Naomi Campbell has said become a mother was the ‘proudest moment’ of her life as she appeared on Loose Women on Tuesday.

The supermodel, 54, became a mother for the first time in 2021 aged 50 and posed with the newborn on the cover of Vogue. 

The style icon shocked the world when she announced the surprise birth her daughter followed by a son in 2023, both of who’s names the catwalk queen has not made public.

Asked what the proudest moment of her life was during her appearance on the ITV show, Naomi replied: ‘Definitely becoming a mother, hands down.’

Looking back on her career in the fashion industry, Naomi was asked by panellist Judi Love who had the biggest impact on her success.

Naomi Campbell has said become a mother was the ‘proudest moment’ of her life as she appeared on Loose Women on Tuesday

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The supermodel, now 54, shocked the world when she announced the surprise birth her daughter followed by a son in 2023, who’s names the catwalk queen has not made public

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Asked what the proudest moment of her life was during her appearance on the ITV show, Naomi replied: ‘Definitely becoming a mother, hands down’

‘Gianni [Versace] and Karl [Lagerfeld]. They were each masters in their own way,’ she said, before adding: ‘Alexander McQueen, he was also such a great friend. His friendship and support was unfounded.’

The Victoria & Albert museum recently opened an exhibit dedicated to Naomi’s career in fashion where they ‘celebrate her creative collaborations, activism and far-reaching cultural impact.’

Asked how it felt when the exhibit opened, Naomi said: ‘I always said I was going to do a book and this is a book in another way.

‘It’s opening up. It’s beyond my dreams really.’

The interview comes after the model confirmed that she welcomed both her children via surrogate.

Naomi previously admitted that her daughter, three, wasn’t adopted before now clarifying that she hadn’t been pregnant herself as she discussed how much her children mean to her.

Speaking to The Times, she said: ‘My babies are everything to me. It’s made me fear for the future’.

Naomi went on to explain that she was never looking for a father for her kids and happy being ‘a single mother of a single mum’.

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Looking back on her career in the fashion industry, Naomi was asked by panellist Judi Love who had the biggest impact on her success

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She said: ‘Gianni [Versace] and Karl [Lagerfeld]. They were each masters in their own way’

When asked wether she used a surrogate the model replied: ‘I did. I hope for a better world for my children. They are 110 per cent my priority. I have to be there for them on their first day at school.’

Her daughters arrival sparked widespread speculation that she used a surrogate, a popular approach among older celebrity mothers, because she was not spotted with an obvious baby bump in the months leading up to the birth.

Naomi also spoke of her concern that younger generations are not interested in having children and she insisted parenthood is always ‘worth it’, no matter how difficult the circumstances.

Saying: ‘I have heard a lot of young girls saying that it is too expensive to have children and they may not want them, and I have said, “You will change your mind. You will want to be a mum”‘.

‘I understand economically it is tough. But my mum had nothing and she made it work. It’s worth it. It is so amazing’.

She continued: ‘We have to depend on the younger generation to change this world. I trust my children more than us to do the right thing.’

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When asked wether she used a surrogate the model replied: ‘I did. I hope for a better world for my children. They are 110 per cent my priority. I have to be there for them on their first day at school’

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Naomi also spoke of her concern that younger generations are not interested in having children and she insisted parenthood is always ‘worth it’, no matter how difficult the circumstances

Elsewhere in the interview she revealed that she won’t let her daughter go into the world of work at 15 like she did, after starting her own career in her teenage years when she did her first cover shoot.

The beauty, who was whisked abroad to model in her first photoshoot for Elle in New Orleans aged 15, said she would be uncomfortable with her now two-year-old to start working so young.

Naomi was last in a relationship with rapper Skepta in 2018 but enjoyed a fling with One Direction‘s Liam Payne the following year.

She has also enjoyed high-profile relationships with the likes of Diddy, Robert De Niro, Gerard Butler, Terrence Howard, Mike Tyson and Russian billionaire Vladislav Doronin over the years.

Although she is notoriously private about her love life, the star has previously stated she is ‘on good terms’ with her exes and is not known to be dating anyone at present.