Naomi Campbell is said to have posed as a UNICEF envoy

Naomi Campbell is currently in the negative headlines.

The reason: The former supermodel is said to have embezzled donations. At least that is the result of an investigation that the responsible British supervisory authority, the Charity Commission, completed last Thursday.

The authority accuses Campbell and two other former board members of misconduct and mismanagement of donations from the organization Fashion for Relief.

Money spent on luxury hotel and spa treatments

The model is said to have spent three nights in a luxury hotel in Cannes for 9,400 euros at the organization’s expense and received spa treatments and room service worth more than 7,900 euros. In addition, the organization is said to have only spent a small portion of its income on charitable purposes. The organization Fashion for Relief, founded in 2005, has since been dissolved, the report said.

The 54-year-old Campbell and two colleagues are no longer allowed to run a charity for five years. In an initial reaction, Campbell denied any responsibility for the misuse of donations and criticized the report.

Now new allegations have been made – by the children’s charity Unicef.

Fashion for Relief held a fashion show and charity auction at the British Museum in 2019, claiming to be working with Unicef ​​and the Mayor’s Fund for London to raise funds.

Unicef: Naomi Campbell was never our envoy

However, Unicef ​​Great Britain stated that it had never been a partner of Fashion for Relief. This was reported by the British newspaper “Guardian”. Unicef ​​knew nothing about the event and received no income from the fundraising campaign.

The organization had already submitted a corresponding report to the Charity Commission in 2022, according to the .

But that’s not all: Campbell is also said to have posed as a UNICEF envoy.

According to the Guardian, Unicef ​​asked for clarification as to why Campbell was referred to as a “Unicef ​​envoy” at an official government meeting with then Foreign Minister Boris Johnson in 2018. Campbell never held an official role at the charity.

“We take compliance with fundraising rules very seriously and Unicef ​​UK reported Fashion for Relief 2019 to the Charity Commission in accordance with our legal requirements. We have never had an official partnership with Fashion for Relief and have never received any funds from the 2019 event,” it quoted “Guardian” from a statement by Unicef.

A spokesman for Campbell told the newspaper: “Naomi Campbell has never held herself out as a representative of Unicef, although she has worked with them.”

Campbell organization is said to have advertised with Unicef

According to The Guardian, Fashion for Relief stated in a brochure for the event during London Fashion Week in September 2019 that the money raised would support “Unicef’s efforts” to protect and improve the lives of children and that Fashion for Relief “contributes to the fact that Unicef ​​can continue to change the lives of children around the world.”

The Mayor’s Fund for London received £100,000 from the event at the British Museum in 2019, according to Fashion for Relief’s report. However, it subsequently submitted a serious incident report to the commission after £50,000 was paid to it from the proceeds of one Fundraisers promised for a Fashion for Relief pop-up shop in November 2019 were never received.

Campbell’s foundation held a series of fundraising galas in London and Cannes to raise money for charities. The money should go to refugee children, Ebola patients or the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in 2011. The 2017 Cannes gala was attended by more than a thousand guests, including stars such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Antonio Banderas, Faye Dunaway, Jane Fonda and Uma Thurman.