Cindy Crawford: biography
Cindy Crawford is an American supermodel and actress. Cynthia "Cindy" Ann Crawford was born in February 1966 in DeKalb, Illinois. The future American supermodel grew up in a family with little income. The celebrity's father worked as an electrician, and his mother worked as a nurse in a city clinic. Cindy's family included English, German and French.
In addition to Cindy, two more daughters were growing up in the family - Chris and Danielle. There was also a son, Jeff, but the boy died at the age of 3 from leukemia. In the future, the girl will not change her last name precisely because her father dreamed of continuing the family line and preserving the family name - Crawford.
Cindy Crawford in her youth
Cindy and her sisters grew up in a homely, warm and calm atmosphere. The girls tried to please their parents. Chris played basketball, Dad's favorite game, and Cindy brought home excellent grades from school. In 1984, the girl graduated from high school and entered the best university in Illinois, where she studied chemical technology. Crawford studied so well that Northwestern University awarded the student an academic scholarship.
During this period, the head of the family, John Dan Crawford, became seriously ill. To help her family, Cindy started working part-time. One day during the summer holidays, wanting to earn pocket money, a girl was picking corn on farmland and accidentally ended up in a photograph in a newspaper report about the harvest. This photo was seen by the famous photographer Victor Skrebenesski. The man convinced the 16-year-old beauty to try her hand at modeling. And although her parents did not approve of this initiative, for the first time Cindy went against their will by going to Chicago. After a series of photographs by Skrebenesski, Crawford received an offer from the agency to work as a model in Manhattan, Cindy accepted. This is how Cindy Crawford’s modeling biography began in 1986.
Supermodels of the 1990s: what Cindy Crawford regrets at 51
In the 1990s. Girls all over the world wanted to be like her, and men admired her beauty. Cindy Crawford was one of the most famous and successful supermodels of the late twentieth century. In 2000, she stopped appearing on the catwalk, but she still appears on the covers of glossy publications - even at 51 she has a magnificent figure and a blooming appearance. At her age, her only regret is that she missed the chances that fate gave her.
Cindy Crawford
She was called a sex symbol of the 1990s.
Cynthia Ann Crawford was born in a provincial American town in the family of a nurse and an electrician. Her photo ended up in the local weekly thanks to a happy accident: a journalist came to the farm where she worked during the summer holidays to report on the harvest. This picture was later noticed by a famous photographer, and the girl was invited to a photo shoot. And at the age of 17 in New York she signed a contract with one of the largest modeling agencies.
She was called a sex symbol of the 1990s.
At first, photographers saw only one flaw in her appearance - a mole above her upper lip, and in the first photographs for the covers they tried to hide it, and later this mole became her “trademark”. Cindy Crawford was compared by many to one of the first supermodels, Gia Carangi, but the similarity was only external: unlike her predecessor, Cindy was never involved in parties, alcohol and drugs and did not disrupt filming.
In the early 1990s. Cindy Crawford became not only a model, but also a fitness guru
Cindy Crawford on magazine covers in 1988 and 1992
Cindy Crawford on magazine covers 1994-1995.
One of the most successful supermodels of the 1990s.
She was the face of famous cosmetics companies, collaborated with the Versace and Escada fashion houses, and has about 600 covers of glossy magazines. In 1995, Cindy Crawford became the highest paid supermodel. Karl Lagerfeld considered her beauty classic; she was ranked 5th in the list of “100 Sexiest Celebrities of the 20th Century”.
She was called a sex symbol of the 1990s.
Cindy Crawford with Karl Lagerfeld and Claudia Schiffer, 1993
One of the most successful supermodels of the 1990s.
At 51, she does not appear on the catwalk, but continues to appear on magazine covers and in commercials. Both in her profession and in her personal life, everything turned out very well. But there were moments in her biography that she still regrets. So, now the model admits that she behaved incorrectly in her first marriage with actor Richard Gere, which is why this union lasted only 4 years. Then she tried to pretend that she shared his interests, although in fact she did not understand either his passion for baseball or his meditation practice. Because of this, her husband did not perceive her as an independent unit.
One of the most successful supermodels of the 1990s. Cindy Crawford
Cindy Crawford with her first husband, Richard Gere
She realized her mistakes only in her second marriage to the owner of a restaurant chain, Randy Gerber. “I think the secret of our marital longevity is precisely that the relationship began with friendship. With him, it never even occurred to me to share all his interests or hide my own. My first husband was never my friend and did not perceive me as an equal. How could it be otherwise, because I was a naive provincial girl, and he was Richard Gere himself!” admits the model.
Cindy Crawford on magazine covers 1994
Cindy Crawford on magazine covers in 1994 and 2007
Cindy Crawford with her first husband, Richard Gere, 1994
Cindy Crawford with her first husband, Richard Gere
Cindy Crawford also regrets the missed opportunities that opened up for her in her younger years: “In my youth, I could not have said the word “no” as often as I did. Maybe I missed the interesting and promising chances that were given to me in my youth. Now time has passed, nothing can be returned.”
Rande Gerber and Cindy Crawford
Cindy Crawford with son Presley and daughter Kaia, 2007
Cindy Crawford with son Presley and daughter Kaia
In her youth, she did not spend time at social events and parties, did not have affairs with billionaires who showed her attention, did not create scandals, and preferred reading to dancing. Although this is hardly worth regretting.
Cindy Crawford on the covers of magazines in 2007 and 2014.
And at 51, the model still looks great
Cindy Crawford with daughter Kaia
And at 51, the model still looks great
Model business
In 1986, Cindy Crawford took 2nd place in the Elite Model Look competition. The model was represented by the New York agency Elite Model Management. A brown-eyed girl with parameters 86-66-89, brown hair and a memorable feature - a mole above her upper lip - began a rapid career ascent. As for the mole, at first Cindy was convinced to remove the pigmented formation on the skin. The girl did not agree, and the photographers removed this “defect” using Photoshop. Crawford's first glossy shots in Vogue and Cosmopolitan were without her distinctive mole.
Cindy Crawford on the catwalk
The first months of life in New York were not easy for the young girl. She learned to walk the catwalk, apply makeup professionally and adhere to a strict diet. But Cindy quickly coped with it, and soon pictures of the model began to appear on the covers of popular tabloids.
In the late 80s and 90s, Crawford became a global supermodel. Cindy shines on the catwalk, representing the most famous brands. For 10 years, since 1989, Cindy Crawford has been the face of the Revlon cosmetics brand. Cindy Crawford has been compared to model Gia Carangi due to their physical resemblance. Gianne Versace and Escada, famous high fashion houses, invite the supermodel to become the face of their brands.
Photo shoot of Cindy Crawford for Playboy magazine
Cindy Crawford is the first model to pose nude for Playboy. For the magazine, the model was photographed by photographer Herb Ritz. According to the tabloid, the American took 5th place in the hundred sexiest stars of the 20th century. And in 1997, Shape magazine recognized the model as 2nd (after actress Demi Moore) in the list of the most beautiful women in the world among 4 thousand contenders. People magazine also included the supermodel in its ratings, putting the American on the list of the 50 most beautiful people on the planet.
From the late 80s to the mid-90s, Cindy Crawford was the host of the House of Style program on MTV. At the same time, the model appeared in Pepsi advertisements. The American beauty managed to try herself in films. Crawford made her debut in the film Fair Play as a female lawyer. This detective film about KGB agents with a budget of $50 million turned out to be a failure. Both viewers and critics rejected the film. Cindy tried several more times to participate in TV series and feature films, but there was no success. As a result, Crawford returned to work in the fashion industry.
Cindy soon achieved commercial success by releasing fitness video tutorials. Cindy also plans to write a children's book and is releasing a series of cosmetics called “Meaningful Beauty.”
Infodays
Cindy Crawford is a woman of rare beauty. So what do we know about this supermodel? What does this term, supermodel, actually mean? Once upon a time, in the 60s of the last century, models were not as popular as they are now, the general public did not know them by name, they simply went on the catwalk and showed off outfits; what these girls showed was acquired by the upper strata of society. But then the first supermodel appeared. Of course, there are still debates on this topic - who exactly was the first, but I will tell you one of the versions.
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Well, the first supermodel was the Englishwoman Twiggy. She was the first to start advertising things for the mass market, became popular not only in her homeland, but also in the USA, Twiggy quickly won the hearts of millions of fashionistas around the world, and earned a fortune from her appearance. And off we go, it’s not an era – there are new faces and idols in the modeling business.
Well, in the early 90s, a whole galaxy of supermodels appeared, it was a time when girls demonstrating clothes began to earn fabulous fees. So, for example, Linda Evangelista said that she wouldn’t get out of bed for less than 10 thousand dollars. These were real stars, they were written about in newspapers and magazines, spoken on television, filmed in music videos, and the paparazzi hunted for their pictures to document their personal lives. I have listed for you the names of the most popular supermodels of that time - you probably know them: Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista.
A supermodel is when the whole world knows your face, when you have been on the covers of all fashion magazines at the same time. But this era of supermodels began abruptly and ended abruptly. The era of glamor has come to an end, it has been replaced by interest in film stars and musicians, now their faces adorn the covers of magazines, and rumors spread about them. Since the 2000s, it no longer made sense to pay multimillion-dollar fees to girls demonstrating clothes. Fashion became more faceless; nothing should distract from the clothes on display. Of course, indescribably beautiful models have appeared and will always appear - but all this excitement and madness around them has ended.
Well, today I will tell you about Cindy Crawford - the one who led the five most beautiful and popular models in the world. Do you remember this story? Everyone knew Cindy Crawford by sight, her mole above her lip, black wide eyebrows with a curve, snow-white even teeth, tan, in addition, this model was incredibly fit and athletic, unlike the same skinny Twiggy, who literally swayed in the wind.
Cindy Crawford even released videos in which she demonstrated how you need to properly keep yourself in shape, but that was much later. But what was this girl's path in the fashion industry? Where did she even come from?
This lady made herself, she did not have rich and influential parents. My father is an electrician, my mother is a nurse by training, but since there were four children in the family, she became a housewife.
Cindy was the eldest in the family, after her two more girls were born, but the father dreamed of a son, and his wife persuaded him to have another child. The fourth offspring of the Crowflrd family was the long-awaited boy, who was named Jeffrey. It seemed like happiness had arrived - the house was full, but when Jeffrey was two years old, he was diagnosed with leukemia, for several years the whole family fought for the boy’s life, sometimes there was a remission, but in the end... the baby died. This event left its mark on each member of the Crawford family. The father, for example, could not stand this test and filed for divorce, but the mother became even stronger and wiser, she consoled her daughters and even told them this version of what happened, saying that everyone on this earth has a mission, and little Jeffrey looks like that he has already completed it. Sad but true. After their parents’ divorce, it became very difficult for the children of the Crawford family, especially financially. The father did not always pay child support. If he did not like the behavior of his ex, then he refused to pay money; for example, she was not allowed to go on dates or show attention to other men. Even then, Cindy Crawford promised herself that she would never find herself in a similar situation, she would always be financially independent from anyone. And she kept this promise.
But working as a model was not the first for Cindy Crawford, at first she had to work in a corn field, many American children used to earn money in this way, but very soon fate itself brought the beautiful girl to photographers. But this often happens with beauties: someone saw it, invited someone else to look, they took a photo there, admired it there, and then like a chain reaction, it’s very difficult to hide such beauty from professionals.
In general, this girl did not have to stand in long lines for castings. The first earnings began, but Cindy was also a good student, an excellent student, so she was able to get a scholarship at a certain university, she was going to become a chemist, but she studied only for a few months, since there were a lot of offers for the modeling business.
And so, after working in Chicago, Cindy Crawford flies to New York. The girl was scared that nothing would work out, but she always took risks and moved forward. Well, a continuous streak of luck began - covers, shows, fame.
In 1987, 21-year-old Cindy met 37-year-old Richard Gere, and in 1991 they got married and divorced 4 years later. The fact is that Cindy Crawford got married very young.
She didn’t know then what she wanted from life, who she was, how she would develop, she simply obediently followed her husband, but then she grew up, became independent and she wanted independence, sometimes even to be the leader in a couple, and not a follower, and more often to walk shoulder to shoulder with her. shoulder with a partner.
And so, a divorce happened, but Cindy Crawford and Richard Gere parted as friends, it was a quiet collapse of the marriage, the husband let his wife go in peace.
And now, 3 years later, Cindy marries a former fashion model, and now a successful businessman, Randy Gerber, who, by the way, is only four years older than her. Initially, Randy and Cindy were friends, and over the years their friendship grew into love.
Randy Gerber wanted to take care of his wife, but she fiercely proved to him that she was an independent woman - she could buy everything for herself, she knew how to do everything herself. Her fortune is estimated... but who knows how much it is estimated there, to us mere mortals, in any case, these figures will seem astronomical, in a word - Cindy is rich! And so it took her incredible efforts to allow her husband to at least begin to open the door for her. And the result is a wonderful marriage. These two got married in 1998, at 33 Cindy Crawford gave birth to her son Presley, and at 35 she gave birth to her daughter Kaya - an almost complete copy of herself - only the signature mole above her lip is missing.
After Cindy Crawford gave birth, she did not want to remain out of work; she was no longer at a modeling age. Of course, there were shows, but I didn’t want to place big bets on this type of activity, and there was still a lot of energy. And so Cindy began recording videos of her workouts, she encouraged women around the world to get in shape as quickly as possible after having children. The supermodel showed by her example that everything is possible, and the main thing is to want it, and all you need to do is eat right and regularly do exercises to keep all your muscles toned.
In addition, Cindy Crawford is involved in charity work. But you will say that all rich people, of course, do it. But Cindy has a very global reason, this is the memory of her brother, who died in infancy, remembering him, she supports children with cancer. And if in the 70s a child with leukemia was given a 25 out of 100 chance of recovery, now in the USA recovery from the disease at the same stage occurs in 90% of cases!
Both Presley and Kai Gerber currently work as models; they are in great demand in the fashion industry. It is possible that later they will do something else, but for now their faces often appear on the covers of magazines.
But Kaya is more popular than her brother - she has been on the catwalks since childhood. On the one hand, we can say that this is not her global merit, she was just lucky, because her mother is famous, the public was immediately interested in this girl. But on the other hand, she is incredibly beautiful, and, of course, all the photographers are lining up to take her picture, and fashion designers are fighting for the right to invite her to demonstrate their clothing collections. And here it doesn’t matter who this girl’s parents are, except that they passed on the beauty genes, and thank you for that. Kaia Gerber will definitely not be left without work in the next twenty years, and perhaps she will also become an actress.
Well, now to your attention photographs of Cindy Crawford: both in her youth and now - in our days, as well as photographs of her husbands - the current Randy Gerber and the former Richard Gere, as well as photos of her children - Kaia and Presley Gerber.
And this is Cindy Crawford's son, the guy's name is Presley Gerber.
Cindy Crawford with children.
Now Cindy Crawford looks like this.
Cindy Crawford without makeup.
Son.
Preston Gerber.
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Kaia Gerber.
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