LONDON — Britain has banned supermodel Naomi Campbell from being a charity trustee for five years after an enquiry into a charity she set up found that funds raised for good causes were used for spa treatments and cigarettes.

London-born Campbell, 54, was one of an elite group of supermodels who dominated runways and magazine covers from the 1990s.

She founded Fashion For Relief in 2005, aiming to raise funds for humanitarian causes by staging runway shows, but the charity was removed from Britain's list of charities this year.

An enquiry published into the organisation by the Charity Commission found multiple instances of misconduct and mismanagement, and the commission said it was banning Campbell plus two others from trusteeship as a result.

Campbell's representatives declined to comment.

Between 2016 to 2022, the regulator found that only 8.5 per cent of Fashion for Relief's expenditure was directed towards charitable grants. Unauthorised payments of 290,000 pounds (S$388,000) were made to one of the trustees, while money was also spent on room service, spa treatments and cigarettes.

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