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Cindy Crawford

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Real Name:
Cynthia Crawford
Nationality:
American
Birthday:
February 20, 1966
Born in:
Dekalb, IL
Lives now:
Los Angeles, CA
Agencies:
Storm
Known for:
My mole, my hair, my name
Status:
Cover girl, retired (mostly), sexy girl, supermodel
Married:
Richard Gere (1991-1995, actor), Rande Gerber
Children:
Presley (born 7/2/99), Kaya (born 9/3/01)
Friends with:
Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell, Tatjana Patitz, Yasmeen Ghauri
Model turned…
Actress (Fair Game, 1995), activist (skin-care awareness), tv personality (MTV’s House of Style, 1989), home décor designer (with Malibu Designs, 2007), fitness host (Cindy Crawford: Shape Your Body Workout, 1992)

Photos

Off the Runway

Parties, covers, ads, etc.View slideshow »

Career

Playboy, 1996

Feb 20, 1966
Born in Dekalb, Illinois
1983
Local newspaper photographer takes her picture while she’s at work in a cornfield, which encourages her to try modeling
1983
Enters Elite Look of the Year modeling contest, finishes in the top fifteen finalists
1985
Drops out of chemical-engineering studies at Northwestern University to pursue modeling
1986
Moves to New York
Aug 1986
Featured on first Vogue cover
1987
Appears in print ad for the Gap
1987
Appears on the covers of British Vogue, French Vogue, and Cosmopolitan
1988
Travels to India on a shoot for British Vogue, photographed by Patrick Demarchelier
Jul 1988
Appears nude in Playboy
1989
Hosts MTV’s House of Style
1990
Becomes the face of Halston
1991
Signs cosmetics contract with Revlon Video »
1991
Ellen von Unwerth photographs Crawford with Tatjana Patitz for Italian Vogue
Dec 12, 1991
Marries actor Richard Gere
1992
Tapes a fitness video, Cindy Crawford: Shape Your Body Workout
May 1992
Named one of People magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People
Aug 1993
Featured on the now iconic cover of Vanity Fair in a provocative pose with recently outed k.d. lang
Feb 1994
Featured in Pirelli calendar
1995
Becomes Pepsi spokesmodel Video »
1995
Appears in the “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” campaign for PETA
1995
Named one of People magazine’s best-dressed list
Mar 1995
Named the highest-earning model in the world by Forbes, with a reported annual income of $6.5 million
Aug 1995
Divorces Richard Gere
Nov 1995
Plays a Miami attorney in movie Fair Game, alongside Alec Baldwin Video »
Oct 1996
Launches a beauty book, Cindy Crawford's Basic Face: A Makeup Workbook
May 29, 1998
Marries Rande Gerber
Jun 1999
Appears nude and pregnant on the cover of W magazine
Jul 1999
Has child, Presley, with husband Rande Gerber
Sep 2001
Has second child, Kaya, with Gerber
2002
Named one of People magazine’s Most Beautiful People
Aug 2002
Featured on the cover of French Vogue, photographed by Mario Testino
Feb 2005
Appears in British Vogue editorial, photographed by Nick Knight
Dec 2005
Featured on the cover of Maxim
2006
Appears in Liz Claiborne ads
May 30, 2006
Signs with IMG
Sep 2006
Threatens to sue French magazine Gala for affirming that she used Botox
Sep 2006
Stirs controversy after letting Kaya pose topless, with a stick-on tattoo on her lower back, for a swimwear-company ad campaign
Oct 22, 2006
Protests with her family against a liquid-natural-gas facility being built off the coast of Malibu
Feb 1, 2007
Launches a new home-décor line with Malibu Designs
Mar 2007
Opens SaraBoo Creek, an artsy retail boutique in Illinois
Dec 15, 2007
Surprises a family in Arizona with a house full of her Cindy Crawford Home collection furniture
Jan 2008
Featured on the cover of Italian GQ
Apr 2008
Appears on the cover of French Elle
May 7, 2008
Speaks at the DKMS Linked Against Leukemia Gala
Nov 2008
Appears in French Vogue editorial, photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin

Quoted

“I'll sometimes dance on a table for my husband and his friends.”

Vogue.co.uk (May 8, 2008)

“Fashion is about changing and what’s new—41-year-old models aren’t usually on covers, so if I’d only wanted to model, that would have been a depressing road.”

New York magazine (August 27, 2007)

“They wanted me to interview Madonna, but I was too scared. I've seen interviews she's done with women, and I didn't want her to be mean to me.”

Playboy (April 1993)

“I think watching your husband become a father is really sexy and wonderful.”

Hello! magazine (October 2001)

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