Olympia Campbell

Olympia Louise Campbell
Born
Olympia Louise Campbell

(1995-10-23) 23 October 1995
OccupationsModel
Evolutionary anthropologist
RelativesSophie Hicks (mother)
Roderick Hugo "Roddy" Campbell (father)
Modelling information
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Hair colourBrown
Eye colourBlue
Agency

Olympia Louise Campbell[2] (born 23 October 1995) is a British fashion model and an evolutionary anthropologist.[3] She was on the cover of Vogue Italia with her sister Edie.[4]

Early life

Campbell was born in Westminster, to architect and British Vogue editor Sophie Hicks and hedge fund manager Roddy Campbell.[5] Her older sister is fashion model Edie Campbell.[6] Campbell attended City of London School for Girls.[7]

Career

Modelling

Campbell has walked for Louis Vuitton, Sonia Rykiel, Burberry, Simone Rocha, Céline, Balmain, Chanel, Fendi, Emilio Pucci, Christopher Kane, Hermès, Paco Rabanne, Ralph Lauren, and Acne Studios.[8][9]

Campbell is a feminist.[10][11] She has spoken out about sexual harassment by fashion photographers.[12]

Anthropology

Campbell received a PhD in evolutionary anthropology from University College London in 2023.[13] She currently is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Toulouse and explores the correlates of gender-biased outcomes.[3]

In 2025, she received the Margo Wilson award for the best paper published in Evolution and Human Behavior with her article Genetic markers of cousin marriage and honour cultures.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Olympia Campbell - Model". Models.com.
  2. ^ "Olympia Campbell". search.findmypast.co.uk.
  3. ^ a b "Olympia Campbell | TSE". www.tse-fr.eu. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
  4. ^ "Vogue Italia June 2016 Covers". FTape.
  5. ^ "Edie Campbell and the minx effect". Evening Standard. 10 April 2012.
  6. ^ "Edie and Olympia Campbell: Sister Act". The Independent. 2 September 2013. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022.
  7. ^ "London's model families: the Campbells v the Delevingnes". Evening Standard. 26 March 2013.
  8. ^ "10 magazine talks to Edie Campbell". 10 magazine.
  9. ^ "Double power: siblings ruling the fashion world". Telegraph.
  10. ^ Campbell, Olympia (10 September 2016). "'The pictures are someone else's vision of me': Model Olympia Campbell on her catwalk career and feminist values". Telegraph.
  11. ^ "It-Brit Model Olympia Campbell On Instagram and Why Feminism Is Cool, Too". Vogue. 23 June 2015.
  12. ^ Sawer, Patrick (17 February 2018). "British catwalk star Olympia Campbell: Photographers blacklist models who refuse to date them". Telegraph.
  13. ^ Gowans-Eglinton, Charlie (17 February 2018). "Olympia Campbell on what life is really like for models". Telegraph.
  14. ^ Campbell, Olympia L. K.; Padilla-Iglesias, Cecilia; Fiorio, Grégory; Mace, Ruth (1 November 2024). "Genetic markers of cousin marriage and honour cultures". Evolution and Human Behavior. 45 (6) 106636. doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2024.106636. ISSN 1090-5138.