Naomi Campbell Fights Ebola: Supermodel Plans 'Fashion For Relief' Benefit Shows

Supermodel, Naomi Campbell, is taking action against the growing Ebola outbreak by organizing charity fashion shows to raise money to fight the deadly disease. Although the disease has been running rampant through West African countries for a quite while, it took the first American victim, Thomas Eric Duncan, to get the masses to pay attention.

In an exclusive interview with Page Six, Campbell said she is planning a star-studded Fashion For Relief show during February's New York and London Fashion Weeks to raise awareness about the spread of Ebola. Although she is a native of London, Campbell has a home in Kenya and travels back and forth frequently. With Kenya being one of the African countries at high-risk, Campbell admits she is "scared."

"People don't have a clear idea about what Ebola is. Ebola does not discriminate." Campbell also mentioned that she feels responsible as a black woman to address this outbreak.

This won't be Campbell's first Fashion For Relief show. She has launched these shows in the past, to benefit relief efforts in Haiti following the devastating 2010 earthquake, and in Japan, where residents suffered 2011's earthquake and tsunami.

The shows included participants like Kate Moss, Rosario Dawson, Jane Fonda and supporters Diane von Furstenberg and Kelly Osbourne. For her Japan relief shows, Campbell commissioned Dolce & Gabbana to create T-shirts, with proceeds from sales going to the Japanese Red Cross.

Campbell came up with the philanthropic idea for the upcoming shows on Tuesday night after attending her friend, Charlotte Tilbury's, makeup launch at Bergdorf Goodman. With the events still in beginning stages, Campbell added she's interested in reaching out to Jeffrey Wright to help with a charitable partnership. The Boardwalk Empire and Hunger Games actor has been pioneering "ethical and sustainable" mining in Sierra Leone.