The supermodel, 50, revealed that she is the mother to a baby girl by releasing a picture on her Instagram page on Tuesday afternoon.
Friends close to the star have told how she is in a ‘wonderful place’ and how it finally felt like the ‘perfect time’ to become a parent.
Campbell is living in the States with her secret boyfriend – who will help her raise her first child after announcing she has become a mother.
Friends said that Naomi has really mellowed in the past year and is in a wonderful place in life. She has been living in America with her boyfriend and is really happy.
It finally felt like the perfect time to become a mother and she is over the moon.
‘The first lockdown allowed her to stop and take stock of the important things and she decided now was the time to properly look into starting a family.’
Naomi reportedly recently told her team that she wants to quit working over weekends, just weeks before making her baby announcement.
Friends of the catwalk icon, who is living in New York, said that she used a surrogate to welcome her daughter.
Surrogate Baby?
Naomi surprised her thousands of Instagram followers on Tuesday as she shared a picture cradling her newborn daughter and stated she has never felt a ‘greater love’.
She did not disclose the method in which she welcomed her daughter, but four years ago credited science with giving her an opportunity to start a family ‘whenever she wants’, suggesting she was leaning towards using a surrogate.
Offering a first look at her new arrival with a picture of her baby girl, whose name has not been revealed, Naomi penned: ‘A beautiful little blessing has chosen me to be her mother.
‘So honoured to have this gentle soul in my life there are no words to describe the lifelong bond that I now share with you my angel. There is no greater love.’
The model gave no further details in the post.
Naomi was last in a relationship with rapper Skepta in 2018 but enjoyed a fling with Liam Payne the following year. he has also enjoyed high-profile relationships with the likes of Diddy, Robert De Niro, Mike Tyson, and Russian billionaire Vladislav Doronin over the years.
Although she is notoriously private about her love life, she has previously stated she is ‘on good terms’ with her exes and is not believed to be dating anyone new at present.
Naomi kept her baby news a secret from the world, but her mother Valerie Morris-Campbell shared her thoughts on the arrival, saying she was ‘beyond thrilled’.
Sharing the same picture, she posted: ‘Congratulations to my daughter Naomi on the birth of her daughter, I’m beyond thrilled as I’ve waited a longtime to be grandmother. ❤️ @naomi #proud #mother #grandmother #love #family’.
Naomi then commented on the snap: ‘We love you Mum ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️’