'Hope you are in a happy place': Milind Soman's b'day wish for supermodel Naomi Campbell

Milind Soman, a fitness enthusiast, and actor, took to his Instagram handle to wish British supermodel Naomi Campbell on her 50th birthday. picture shared by Soman is a throwback from 2017 when Campbell visited India for a conference.

Soman's wife Ankita also dropped a comment, "Happy birthday you marvellous creature @naomi ❤️❤️❤️" [sic] Naomi walked Indian ramp for first time in a fund-raiser show at Lakme Fashion Week 2009. In an interview, Campbell said she loves coming to India as she feels country is home to many strong women, who contribute a lot in quest of equality.

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I love India as re are many strong women here: Campbell

actor-model said as a woman of colour, her aim has always been to encour diversity in showbiz as well as various or fields.

"When I started in 1986, re were runway and magazine models. My group of girls, we became bridge of mixing two and were thus called 'supermodels'. It's important as a woman of colour, to represent: Campbell talks about diversity in industry," she said in a conversation with Soman.

Campbell said her mor is biggest source of "physical and mental strength" for her. "My life with her was minimal. Since she was a ballerina, I was raised by a nanny. My mor sacrificed a lot for me," she said.

Meanwhile, Milind Soman a few days back shared his workout routine and wrote, "Every day I have my lockdown routine - make bed, cut fruits, exercise, some office work, have lunch, some tv, etc. And every day I d something as a surprise for myself, whatever comes into my he, something I kw well, or something completely new. If it's new, and I enjoy it, n I try to build it into my schedule, learn about it and do it more often so I get better at it. I love doing hestands and do a hestand at least once a month, or at least when I remember, and I have a mat! So today... ."

(with PTI inputs)