Window-Shopping Discovery

Model scout Beth Boldt spots a 15-year-old Campbell window-shopping in London's Covent Garden. Campbell, a British dance student at the Italia Conti stage school, has already appeared in Pink Floyd's film The Wall. She is immediately sent to Alabama for a shoot for British Elle.

February

Campbell Nabs U2 Rocker

Campbell, 22, bumps into U2's Adam Clayton (left) on a flight to the Grammy Awards. This comes after reading an article where Clayton, asked if there was anything in the world he desired but didn't have, responded: a date with Naomi Campbell. In April, the Irish rocker proposes to the British supermodel over the phone, but they call off their engagement in August.

Elite Drops Campbell

Elite fires Campbell on the grounds that "no money or prestige could further justify the abuse" to staff and clients. Describing her as "manipulative, scheming, rude and impossible," the agency says they would not employ her again if she were "the last model on earth." Despite its claim, Elite eventually rehires her.

Naomi Battles Cocaine

Campbell (pictured partying with fellow supermodel Kate Moss) tries cocaine for the first time. She explains to ABC's Diane Sawyer in 2005 of her choice: "I was having fun. I was living this life of traveling the world and having people just give you anything. The little glow in your face goes. You know? And I – you do lose weight. That's not why I did it, though, 'cause I do love to eat, but – it's a very nasty drug."

Naomi Campbell Sings

Campbell – singing in a smoky alto – releases an album titled Babywoman. On the back of the album is a picture of a pair of Vivienne Westwood platform shoes with a mobile phone sticking out of them, a joking reference to Campbell's famous phone-throwing habit.