When Naomi Campbell has to describe discrimination she has faced in the fashion industry, she does not like using the word 'racism.' The supermodel shared this during an interview, when she was asked whether she faced racism at the start of her career in the '80s.

"I never use that word 'racism' I find it a cliché word and I don't want to use it as an excuse. For me it was... I call it territorialism, where there are people that have that certain territory and they stand their ground, and they are not going to change their mind and that is their opinion," Naomi was quoted as saying. Campbell reportedly offered some specific examples of when she felt she was discriminated against, citing when she was turned down for the cover of the French version of a known fashion magazine in the late '80s.