Naomi Campbell gets ban after spending £7,800 of charity fund on five-star hotel

Naomi Campbell has been banned from operating as a trustee for charities after a probe by the Charity Commission.

The supermodel was disqualified after the inquiry found a ‘serious mismanagement of finances’ involving now dissolved charity Fashion for Relief.

She was one of three trustees for the charity who have been banned, with the block in place on Campbell for five years.

The regulator’s probe found that between April 2016 and July 2022, 8.5% of the charity’s overall expenditure was on charitable grants.

On top of this, the Charity Commission unearthed what has been called ‘unreasonable fundraising expenditure’ to the tune of 9,400 euros (£7,800).

This included a three-night stay in a five-star hotel in Cannes, France for Campbell, 54.

Fashion for Relief was founded in 2005 by Campbell and aimed to unite the fashion industry, focusing on targeting poverty, advancing health, and providing education.

This was said to be done by making grants to other organisations and giving resources towards global disasters.

The charity was removed from the register earlier this year and some £344,000 has been recovered and a further £98,000 of charitable funds protected, the regulator said.

According to the investigators, the trustees ‘failed to show how these were cost-effective and an appropriate use of the charity’s resources.’

Along with Campbell, Bianka Hellmich has been disqualified for nine years and Veronica Chou for four years.

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