Naomi Campbell sure knows how to make an exit.
The mellowed-out supermodel completed the fifth and final day of
her court-ordered community service Friday, strutting away from New
York's Department of Sanitation garage in a sparkly Dolce &
Gabbana gown and silver stilettos.
But the celebratory gown wasn't just a feel-good move, although
Campbell was saying goodbye to garbage and hello to a silver Rolls
Royce. (Yes, quite the upgrade from the chauffeured Cadillac
Escalade that had ferried Campbell to and from the NYC facility all
week.)
Campbell's rep said that the professional poser was on her way to
Elton John's 60th birthday party, hence the designer duds.
The British beauty sauntered out of sanitation duty, surrounded by
paparazzi, at about 4 p.m. ET after a week of sweeping and mopping
floors, scrubbing toilets and other tasks the Manhattan agency
deemed fit for her.
"From what I understand, she was pleasant the entire time,"
sanitation department Deputy Chief Albert Durrell told the
Associated Press.
A state of mind that will hopefully be the start of a trend for the
often catty Campbell.
She was sentenced to five days of community service and anger
management counseling after pleading guilty in January to throwing
a crystal-encrusted cell phone at her former maid, Ana Scolavino,
who needed four stitches after being on the receiving end of
Campbell's outburst. The 36-year-old cover girl was also ordered to
pay $363.32 to her ex-employee.
But Campbell can't afford blinged-out cell phones just because she
looks good in pictures—she's also a savvy businesswoman.
And one who knows how to make the most of any situation, according
to the New York Daily News, which reported that fashion
photographer Steven Klein joined Campbell as she arrived for her
first day of service on Monday so that he could snap her for an
upcoming spread in W.
A studio shoot for the magazine is rumored to have featured her
clad in glamorous slinky outfits while scrubbing a bathroom and
engaging in other tasks inspired by her stint with the Sanitation
Department.
"Our policy is not to comment on upcoming editorial content," a W
spokeswoman told the Daily News, while Campbell said in a posting
on her Website, "I don't want to give too much away about the shoot
and will leave it as a surprise."
Similarly, in 2005 Campbell helped market a line of Chip &
Pepper T-shirts tagged with the phrase "Naomi Hit Me," donning one
for eager celebrity shutterbugs.