| Cindy Crawford | |
| Birth name | Cynthia Ann Crawford |
| Date of birth | February 20, 1966 |
| Place of birth | DeKalb, Illinois, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 9. Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. DeKalb is a city in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. The population was 39018 at the 2000 census. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 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) |
| Official website | |
Cynthia Ann "Cindy" Crawford (born February 20, 1966) is an American supermodel, MTV television personality, celebrity endorser, cover girl, and actress. Richard Tiffany Gere (born August 31, 1949) is a Golden Globe - and Screen Actors Guild Award -winning American Actor. Rande Gerber, (born April 27 1962 is a former model and the owner/operator of the Midnight Oil chain of bars and lounges Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A supermodel is a highly-paid élite fashion model who usually has a worldwide reputation and often a background in Haute couture and commercial modeling MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. A celebrity is a widely-recognized or famous person who commands a high degree of public and media attention For the use of the term testimonial in sport (especially Football) see Testimonial match. A cover girl is a woman whose Photograph features on the front cover of a Magazine. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works
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Early life
Crawford was born in DeKalb, Illinois, the daughter of Jennifer Sue (née Walker) and John Crawford. DeKalb is a city in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. The population was 39018 at the 2000 census. Crawford's trademark is a visible mole (or "beauty mark") on her upper lip. A mole, technically known as a melanocytic Nevus, is a small dark spot on human Skin. A beauty mark or beauty spot is a dark facial mole that some people consider attractive usually when it is within about an Inch of the Upper lip She is so closely associated with this physical feature that she appeared in an advertising campaign for chocolates featuring commercials wherein she "licked off" her own mole. During the beginning of her career, the mole was removed from many of her earlier modeling pictures, including her first Vogue cover. Vogue is a Fashion and lifestyle Magazine published in eighteen countries by Condé Nast Publications.
She was discovered by chance by a newspaper photographer, who noticed then-16-year-old Cindy at work during her summer job of detasseling corn and took a picture of her. Detasseling is the act of removing the Pollen -producing tassel from a corn (maize plant and placing it on the ground The photo and the positive feedback she received were enough to convince her to take up modeling. She entered the John Casablancas Look of the Year contest and was the runner up. John Casablancas (born December 22, 1942) is a successful entrepreneur who founded the Elite Model agency in Paris, France, in 1972
Crawford graduated from DeKalb High School in 1984, as valedictorian [1] with a 4. Valedictorian is an academic title typically conferred upon the highest ranked student among those being graduated from an educational institution 0 GPA. In Education, a grade (or mark is a teacher's standardized Evaluation of a Student 's work She won an academic scholarship to study chemical engineering at Northwestern University, which she attended for only one quarter. A scholarship is an award of access to an institution or a financial aid award for an individual student scholar for the purpose of furthering their Education Chemical engineering is the branch of Engineering that deals with the application of Physical science (e An academic term is a division of an academic year the time during which a School, College or University holds classes 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. Victor Skrebneski (born in 1929 in Chicago Illinois) is a famous Photographer born to parents of Polish and Russian heritage Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York
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. Leukemia or leukaemia (Greek leukos λευκός, "white" aima αίμα, "blood" is a Cancer of the Blood Biomedical research (or experimental medicine) in general simply known as medical research, is the Basic research or Applied research conducted [1]
Career
From 1989 to 1995, Crawford was host of MTV's House of Style. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. House of Style is an MTV show that premiered January 1, 1989 that focused on America 's growing fascination with the " Super In the mid-1990s Crawford starred in famous Pepsi and Pepsi Stuff advertising. Pepsi-Cola is a carbonated beverage that is produced and manufactured by PepsiCo. Pepsi Stuff refers to a promotion launched by PepsiCo, first in North America and then around the world in the 1990s and continuing into the 2000s featuring merchandise In 1995 Crawford took her first movie role in 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. The word critic comes from the Greek el κριτικός ( el-Latn kritikós) "able to discern" which in turn derives from the word A box office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for Admission to a venue She has had several other minor acting jobs since then, none of which have been commercially or critically successful.
Crawford is just over 5 feet 9 inches (177 cm) tall, with brown hair and eyes. Her measurements are 34"-26"-35". [2] During the 1980s and 1990s, Cindy was among the most popular supermodels, a ubiquitous presence on magazine covers, runways, and in fashion campaigns. A runway ( RWY) is a strip of land on an Airport, on which Aircraft can take off and land. In July, 1988, she became the first modern supermodel to pose nude for Playboy magazine, in a shoot by photographer Herb Ritts. Playboy is an American Men's magazine, founded in Chicago Illinois, by Hugh Hefner and his associates which has grown into Playboy Herbert Ritts ( August 13, 1952 in Los Angeles California – December 26, 2002 in Los Angeles was an American fashion In October, 1998 Crawford returned to the pages of Playboy for a second, more revealing nude pictorial.
She has been featured on the cover of many magazines, including Vogue, W, People, Harper's Bazaar, ELLE, Cosmopolitan, and Allure. Vogue is a Fashion and lifestyle Magazine published in eighteen countries by Condé Nast Publications. W is a monthly American Fashion Magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. People (full name People Weekly) is a weekly American Magazine of Celebrity and human interest stories, published Harper's Bazaar is a well-known American Fashion Magazine, first published in 1867 Elle is a Worldwide Magazine that focuses on Women 's Fashion, Beauty, Health, and Entertainment. Cosmopolitan is the best-selling young women's magazine in the world Allure is a women's beauty Magazine. It was founded in 1991 and its current Editor in Chief is Linda Wells Cindy also appeared in many fashion campaigns during her career, including those for Gianni Versace, Escada, Revlon, Ink. Gianni Versace ( December 2, 1946 &ndash July 15, 1997) was an Italian Fashion designer and founder of Gianni Versace S Escada is an international luxury fashion group in women's Designer fashion Revlon ( is an American Cosmetics company History Revlon was founded in the midst of the Great Depression, 1932, by Charles An ink is a Liquid containing various Pigments and/or Dyes used for coloring a surface to produce an Image, text, or She has also worked for Omega, Maybelline, and Clairol. Omega SA is a high-end Watch company based in Biel / Bienne Switzerland. For the Chuck Berry song see Maybellene. Maybelline is a Makeup brand sold world-wide and owned by L'Oréal. Clairol is a Personal care products division of Procter & Gamble. Of her, famous designer Karl Lagerfeld has said: "She is a classical beauty and the all-American dream girl. Karl Lagerfeld (born Karl Ottom Lagerfeldt on September 10, 1938) is a prominent Fashion designer He has collaborated with a variety of fashion "
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. Shape Magazine (or Shape) is a monthly English language fitness magazine distributed by Weider Publications (a division of Demi Moore (born Demetria Gene Guynes on November 11 1962 is an American Actress. In 2002, Crawford was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People magazine. People (full name People Weekly) is a weekly American Magazine of Celebrity and human interest stories, published She continues to provide celebrity endorsement for a variety of projects and was featured as #26 in the 2006 Hot 100 issue of Maxim magazine. For the use of the term testimonial in sport (especially Football) see Testimonial match. Maxim is an international men's magazine based in the United Kingdom and known for its revealing pictorials featuring popular Actresses [3]
In 2005, Cindy created a beauty product with Dr. Jean-Louis Sebagh called Meaningful Beauty for Guthy-Renker. Guthy-Renker Corporation is a direct-response marketer known primarily for selling products in the United States via Infomercials However the company now sells products direct
Personal Life
She was married to the actor Richard Gere between 1991 and 1995. Richard Tiffany Gere (born August 31, 1949) is a Golden Globe - and Screen Actors Guild Award -winning American Actor. She is currently married to Rande Gerber, with whom she has two children, Presley and Kaia. Rande Gerber, (born April 27 1962 is a former model and the owner/operator of the Midnight Oil chain of bars and lounges She currently resides in Malibu, California.
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. A Ronald McDonald House (named after Ronald McDonald) is a place where the parents of children that are in a nearby Hospital can stay at night for reduced or no cost [4]
Filmography
- Cindy Crawford: Shape Your Body Workout (1992)
- Cindy Crawford: The Next Challenge Workout (1993)
- Unzipped (1995)
- Catwalk (1995)
- Fair Game (1995) . Unzipped is a 1995 Documentary film, directed by Douglas Keeve. . . as Kate McQueen
- Frasier: Halloween (1997)
- 54 (1998) . 54 or Studio 54 is a 1998 film starring Salma Hayek, Ryan Phillippe and Neve Campbell. . . as VIP Patron
- Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! (1998)
- Beautopia (1998)
- The Secret World of. Sesame Street is an American educational Children's television series and a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard combining . . Supermodels (1998)
- Cindy Crawford: A New Dimension (2000)
- Bodyguards (2000) . . . as herself
- The Simian Line (2001) . The Simian Line is an American Improvisational film released in NY / LA in 2001 . . as Sandra
- "Sunrise, Australia" (2007)
- The Tyra Banks Show (2007)
See also
References
- ^ Crawford raises questions, awareness for leukemia society - DMNews
- ^ Profile of Cindy Crawford. The Tyra Banks Show is a Daytime Emmy Award winning American Talk show hosted by former supermodel and America's Next Top Model Pepsi Stuff refers to a promotion launched by PepsiCo, first in North America and then around the world in the 1990s and continuing into the 2000s featuring merchandise House of Style is an MTV show that premiered January 1, 1989 that focused on America 's growing fascination with the " Super Retrieved on 2007-04-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans.
- ^ Cindy Crawford of 2006 Hot 100 on Maxim.com
- ^ Celebrity Friends of RMHC. McDonald's Corporation.
External links
- Cindy Crawford's official website
- Cindy Crawford in the Fashion Model Directory
- Cindy Crawford at the Internet Movie Database
| Preceded by none |
Host of House of Style 1989-1995 |
Succeeded by Amber Valletta and Shalom Harlow |
| Preceded by Nick Nolte |
People's Sexiest Couple Alive (shared with Richard Gere) 1993 |
Succeeded by Brad Pitt (no award given in 1994) |
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| NAME | Crawford, Cindy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Crawford, Cynthia Ann |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American fashion model |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | DeKalb, Illinois, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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