Birth Name: Cynthia Ann Crawford
Date of birth: February 20, 1966 (age 43)
Place of birth: DeKalb, Illinois, US
Height: 5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m)
Hair color: brown
Eye color: brown
Measurements: 34B"-26"-35" (86-66-89 cm)
Weight: 130 lbs (59 kg)
Dress size: 8 (US), 38 (EU)
Shoe size: 9 (US)
Spouse(s): Richard Gere (1991–1995) & Rande Gerber (1998–present)
Cynthia Ann "Cindy" Crawford is an American Actress and former super model. Known for her trademark mole just above her lip, she has adorned more magazine covers than any model in history. She was named #3 on VH1’s 40 Hottest Hotties of the 90s.
She was the highest-paid and the most prominent American supermodel of the 1990s. As an actress she appeared in the movie Fair Game, and she is the former host of MTV's House of Style.
BiographyConsidered one of the world's most beautiful women, supermodel Cindy Crawford has appeared just about everywhere that advertisements are allowed. Over her unprecedentedly long career, she has hawked everything from haute couture and perfume to soda pop and dairy products, and has made a fortune with her beauty and fitness videos and swimsuit calendars. Crawford also owns a piece of the Planet Hollywood restaurant chain. In 1995, Forbes magazine ranked her as the most highly paid model in the world. Crawford is the first supermodel to pose for Playboy and later risked her career by posing suggestively on the cover of Vanity Fair beside lesbian singer K.D. Lang.
In addition to appearing in television commercials, Crawford spent six years hosting the MTV cable network's House of Style. She is an intelligent, witty woman and a popular talk show guest. As an actress, Crawford occasionally guest stars on television series, as she did in a special 1998 episode of the NBC sitcom Third Rock From the Sun. In 1995, Crawford made a rather inauspicious film debut in the action thriller Fair Game. Despite the film's lack of box-office success, Crawford is still interested in pursuing an acting career.
Crawford is a native of De Kalb, IL, and was discovered as a teenager when a local news photographer took a picture of her while she was detasselling corn. Already an impressive beauty, she left her country job to become a model for the summer. She continued modeling for the next two summers, through the Chicago division of the Elite modeling agency and then decided to go to college. Helped by an academic scholarship (she'd been a straight-A student in high school), Crawford studied chemical engineering at Northwestern University, but shrewdly decided that she'd make more money as a model. For a while, Crawford worked in Chicago, but didn't hit the big time until she moved to New York City in 1986.
Early lifeCrawford was born in Delkalb, Illinois, the daughter of Jennifer Moluf and John Crawford. She was discovered at the age of 16 by a newspaper photographer. He noticed Cindy at work during her summer job of detasseling corn and took a picture of her. The photo and positive feedback she received were enough to convince her to take up modeling. She entered the Elite Model Management's Look of the Year contest at 17 and was the runner-up. The Elite modeling agency in Chicago then started representing her.
Crawford graduated from Dekalb High School in 1984, as valedictorian. She won an academic scholarship to study chemical engineering at Northwestern University, which she attended for only one quarter. She dropped out in order to pursue a full-time modeling career. After working for photographer Victor Skrebneski in Chicago, Cindy moved to Manhattan in 1986; she was signed with the Elite New York modeling agency.
In 1987 she briefly appeared during the opening credits of the Michael J. Fox film The Secret of My Success.
CareerThroughout the 80s and 90s, Cindy was repeatedly and frequently featured on the cover of many magazines, including: Vogue, W, People, Harper’s Bazaar, ELLE, Cosmopolitan, and Allure. Crawford also appeared in many fashion campaigns during her career, including those for Gianni Versace, Escada, Revlon, Ink. She has also worked for Omega, Maybelline and Clairol.
Crawford has also been on TV and in films. From 1989 to 1995, Crawford was host of MTV’s House of Style. In the mid-1990s Crawford starred in famous Pepsi and Pepsi Stuff advertising. In 1995 Crawford broke into movies as the female lead in the movie Fair Game. Her performance was panned by critics, and the film was a financial failure, with expenses of $50 million and $11 million takings at the box office. In 2001, she costarred as part of an ensemble cast in The Simian Line. Again the film was not successful or critically acclaimed, but Crawford's acting was not criticized. She has had several other minor acting jobs over the years.
Crawford has consistently ranked highly on lists of the world's sexiest people. She was ranked number 5 on Playboy's list of the 100 Sexiest Stars of the 20th century. A 1997 Shape magazine survey of 4,000 picked her as the second (after Demi Moore) most beautiful woman in the world. In 2002, Crawford was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People magazine. Even in her forties she claimed #26 in the 2006 Hot 100 issue of Maxim magazine.
But Cindy Crawford did more than be beautiful; she redefined it in popular culture. Fashion designer Michael Kors summed up her impact:
"Cindy changed the perception of the ‘sexy American girl’ from classic blue eyed blonde to a more sultry brunette with brains, charm, and professionalism to spare."
After modelingCrawford recently launched a new line of furniture under the "Cindy Crawford Home Collection" name exclusively with Rooms To Go. She assisted in the creation of the line by directing the designers to include certain features, colors, or styles that fit the needs of families or reflected her own tastes.
Personal lifeShe was married to the actor Richard Gere between 1991 and 1995. She has been married to Richard Gere since May 29, 1998, with whom she has two children, Presley Walker (born July 2, 1999) and Kaia Jordan (born September 3, 2001). She currently resides in Malibu, California.
Her brother died at a young age from Leukemia, and Crawford has made childhood leukemia a focal point of her charity work, donating proceeds of her calendars to medical research. She is also an honorary board member of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.
In 2007, Cindy became an official supporter of the Ronald McDonald House Charities and is a member of their celebrity board, called the Friends of RMHC. Crawford is on the Honorary Committee of the California Wildlife Center.
Filmography• Cindy Crawford: Shape Your Body Workout (1992)
• Cindy Crawford: The Next Challenge Workout (1993)
• Unzipped (1995)
• Catwalk (1995)
• Fair Game (1995) ... as Kate McQueen
• Frasier: Halloween (1997)
• 54 (1998) ... as VIP Patron
• Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! (1998)
• Beautopia (1998)
• The Secret World of... Supermodels (1998)
• Sex with Cindy Crawford (1998) a one hour TV special about sex in the United States hosted by Crawford
• Cindy Crawford: A New Dimension (2000)
• Bodyguards (2000) ... as herself
• "Intimate Portrait: Cindy Crawford" (2001)
• The Simian Line (2001) ... as Sandra
• "Sunrise, Australia" (2007)
• The Tyra Banks Show (2007)
• Wizards of Waverly Place (2009)
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