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Christie Brinkley

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Real Name:
Christie Lee Hudson
Nationality:
American
Birthday:
February 2, 1954
Born in:
MI
Lives now:
NY, USA
Agencies:
Ford
Known for:
My hair, my smile
Status:
Retired (mostly), supermodel
Dated:
Olivier Chandon de Brailles
Married:
Jean-Francois Allaux (1973-1981), Billy Joel (1985-1994), Richard Taubman (1994-1995), Peter Cook (1996-2006)
Children:
Alex Ray Joel (born 1986), Jack Paris (born 1995), Sailor Lee (born 1998)
Friends with:
Brooke Shields, Kathy Ireland, Paulina Porizkova
Model turned…
Activist (PETA, UNICEF), tv personality (Living in the ‘90s with Christie Brinkley, 1992)
Interests:
Skiing, sailing, painting

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Career

Sports Illustrated, 1981

Feb 4, 1954
Born in Michigan
1972
Enrolls in art school in Paris
1973
Marries artist Jean-Francois Allaux
1976
Signs contract with CoverGirl, beginning a twenty-year partnership
Sep 1977
Appears on the cover of Glamour
Feb 1979
Appears on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit edition
Jul 1979
Appears on the cover of Glamour
Feb 1980
Appears on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit edition
1981
Divorces artist Jean-Francois Allaux
Feb 1981
Appears on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit edition for the third consecutive year
1982
Meets Olivier Chandon de Brailles, heir to the Moët-Chandon Champagne fortune, at Studio 54
Feb 1982
Appears on the cover of Life
1983
Releases book, Christie Brinkley’s Outdoor Fitness and Beauty Book
1983
Appears in the video for Billy Joel’s “Uptown Girl” (the song is inspired by her) Video »
Mar 2, 1983
Brailles dies in an auto-racing accident
May 1983
Appears on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar
Jun 1983
Appears on the cover of Rolling Stone with Michael Ives
Jul 29, 1983
Makes her national acting debut in National Lampoon’s Vacation
Sep 1983
Appears on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine
Dec 1983
Appears on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar
Nov 1984
Appears on the cover of Playboy
Nov 1984
Appears on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar
Mar 23, 1985
Marries Billy Joel
Dec 1986
Appears on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar
Dec 29, 1986
Has daughter Alexa Ray with Joel
1992
Hosts CNN’s Living in the Nineties with Christie Brinkley
1993
Paints the cover of Billy Joel’s highly successful album River of Dreams; Rolling Stone names it cover of the year
Aug 25, 1994
Divorces Joel
Dec 22, 1994
Marries developer Richard Taubman
1995
Appears in print advertising for Got Milk?
Jun 2, 1995
Has son Jack Paris with Taubman
1995
Divorces Taubman
Sep 21, 1996
Marries architect Peter Cook
Feb 14, 1997
Appears in movie Vegas Vacation
1998
Launches her own perfume, Believe
Jul 2, 1998
Has daughter Sailor Lee with Cook
May 1999
Visits Bosnia to entertain the troops
Sep 14, 2001
United States Oil Fund contacts Brinkley to convey a message of appreciation for the troops involved at ground zero
2005
Resigns her contract with CoverGirl to pitch products for women over 30
Jul 11, 2006
Divorces Cook after he has sex with a 19-year-old in a widely publicized tabloid scandal
Dec 2006
Injures her back during a ski trip in Aspen, Colorado
Feb 2007
Undergoes emergency back surgery for the ski injury
Aug 18, 2008
Featured on the cover of New York magazine's fall fashion issue, photographed by Ruven Afanador

Quoted

“This may be my fourth marriage and Peter’s first, but it’s the last for both of us.”

Redbook (April 1997)

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