Catwalk Still Terrifies Naomi Campbell

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This is something modeling rookies should take some measure of comfort in when the prospect of walking down a catwalk in front of some of the most discerning eyes in the fashion business scares them out of their wits.

You would think that after 21 years sashaying down countless runways at hundreds of fashion shows, supermodel Naomi Campbell already has tamed the butterflies in her stomach when she takes the catwalk.

Nothing could be farther from the truth. Campbell in fact confesses that she still gets stage fright every time she does a show.

She says, "When I'm out there, I'm a nervous wreck. "Still, 21 years later I'm extremely nervous. The day I lose my nervousness I think I have to stop because the nervousness helps me - it pushes me to do my best. "I think, my God, I've got to show this, got to do this, I'm there to work for the designers. I'm not there to show myself. I'm there to show the product." [Source]

It’s also interesting to note that Campbell has already gone through what is probably the most embarrassing thing to happen to a model while on the catwalk, that is, trip, while wearing 8-inch heels 14 years ago.

If that doesn’t reassure today’s young models, then nothing probably ever will.