London — Former supermodel Naomi Campbell has been barred from running a charity after an inquiry found funds raised by an organization she founded was spent on spa treatment and room service charges. The inquiry into Fashion for Relief, released Thursday, identified "multiple instances of misconduct," including use of charity money to pay for a five-star hotel stay for Campbell in the south of France. The finding by the U.
K. Charity Commission means Campbell, 54, has now been disqualified from running a charity in Britain for five years. Two other trustees also received bans.
The watchdog probe found that between April 2016 and July 2022, only 8.5% of Fashion for Relief's overall expenditure went on grants to charities. Naomi Campbell attends the H&M & London Event, in London, Sept.
12, 2024. Hollie Adams/REUTERS Campbell, who in 1987 became the first black model to feature on the cover of U.K.
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