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According to a witness, people in line at U.S. Customs at Kennedy Airport earlier this week booed Naomi Campbell when she was escorted to a passport-screening officer ahead of 200 or so people. These people apparently failed to understand that they are not supermodels.

“An
older lady was about to have her passport checked, but she was told to
wait so Naomi could go first,” says the witness source, who traveled with Campbell aboard an American Airlines flight from London. “It p- off a lot of people.”

Campbell’s lawyer claimed that “she was not treated any differently than any other
high-profile individual. American Airlines offered to escort her. She
did not ask for it. It’s done for security reasons, so high-profile
passengers aren’t besieged by people.”

American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith declined to say how the airline decides who is a celebrity. The size of one’s sunglasses is likely a factor.

According to a witness, people in line at U.S. Customs at Kennedy Airport earlier this week booed Naomi Campbell when she was escorted to a passport-screening officer ahead of 200 or so people. These people apparently failed to understand that they are not supermodels.

“An
older lady was about to have her passport checked, but she was told to
wait so Naomi could go first,” says the witness source, who traveled with Campbell aboard an American Airlines flight from London. “It p- off a lot of people.”

Campbell’s lawyer claimed that “she was not treated any differently than any other
high-profile individual. American Airlines offered to escort her. She
did not ask for it. It’s done for security reasons, so high-profile
passengers aren’t besieged by people.”

American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith declined to say how the airline decides who is a celebrity. The size of one’s sunglasses is likely a factor.