Naomi Has a Bone to Pick

And probably a cell phone to throw too...

Naomi Campbell is accusing the advertising business of using the recession as an excuse to avoid using black models to sell their products.

"This year, we have gone back all the way that we had advanced," she says, according to UK's Telegraph newspaper. "I don't see any black woman, or of any other race, in big advertising campaigns."

Campbell, who was born in London to a mother of Caribbean descent, refers to the publication last year of a special edition of Italian Vogue dedicated to non-white models.

"That made some noise, but, unfortunately, we are the same as before," she says. "People, in the panic of the recession, don't dare to put a girl of color in their campaign, full stop. Nor of any other race. It's a shame. It's very sad."

No comment on addressing whether designers are afraid to hire Ms. Campbell, who has a history of beating staff and snorting up anything not glued to the coffee tables.