As fears
grow that the deadly Ebola virus is spreading one of fashion's biggest
names has expressed her concerns and plans to help raise awareness.
Naomi Campbell, the world-famous supermodel, told Page Six in New York this week that she was becoming increasingly concerned about the disease.
'I'm
scared,' she told Page Six. The 44-year-old model expressed her worries
to the paper while adding that she has a home in Kenya and works with
three orphanages there.
And Naomi is determined to support the fight against Ebola with Vogue.co.uk reporting that she has announced plans for a charity fashion show.
The
Fashion for Relief catwalk will aim to help victims of the virus but the
model revealed that she also hopes to educate the public on the subject
as she believes very little is known about the illness.
'People
don't have a clear idea about what Ebola is' adding that she wants to
make people aware that 'Ebola does not discriminate.'
Naomi established Fashion for Relief
back in 2005 and has since raised over £4 million for charity, here she
poses with Kate Moss (left) and Annabelle Neilson in 2010 in aid of the
Haiti crisis
Naomi always walks for her charitable fashion shows, here she wears Alexander McQueen
Naomi's
ambitious plans came about on Tuesday night after attending her friend
Charlotte Tilbury's make-up launch at Bergdorf Goodman in New York.
This
was the second time this week that we have seen the model express her
charitable side as on Tuesday she posted her #wakeupcall selfie.
The
new internet craze involves celebrities posting selfies of themselves
as they wake up in bed - and aims to raise money and awareness for
UNICEF.
Naomi posted her #wakeupcall selfie this week, a craze encouraging the public to donate £5 to the Syrian Crisis
Pictures
are posted with the hashtag #WAKEUPCALL #UNICEF Text SYRIA to 70007 (to
give £5) or http://wwwwakeupcall.org.uk - with each person nominating
three others to do the same.
Naomi's
recent dabble in fund raising is nothing new for the model. Her plans
for her charitable catwalk is not the first time that Naomi has called
upon the fashion industry to help raise money for charity, with Fashion
for Relief having been successfully established back in 2005.
The
first show raised money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, and she
has since used the project to raise funds following the India terrorist
attacks in 2009, the Haiti earthquake in 2010, and the most recent being
Japan earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
Naomi always invites special guests to her charity catwalks, here she takes to the runway with Piers Morgan in 2010 fashion show
Geri Halliwell (left) and Pixie Geldof (right) have previously helped to raise awareness at Fashion for Relief
Dame Shirley Bassey was a natural on the runway of 2010 Haiti crisis fashion show
Every
show thus far has included a star-studded runway including the likes of
Kate Moss, Shirley Bassey, Beyonce and even Bruce Forsyth previously
taking part.
To date Fashion for Relief has raised an estimate £4.5million for charity.
Beyonce appeared on the first ever Fashion for Relief catwalk back in 2005 to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina
Bruce Forsyth accompanies a model down the catwalk at the 2011 Fashion for Relief catwalk in aid of the Japanese Tsunami
James Cordon and David Walliams embrace on the runway of the 2010 catwalk
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