Cindy crawford was born in 1966, under the name of Cynthia ann, in Illinois, United States.
She’s daughter of Jennifer sue and of John crawford.
He had a brother who died at an early age of leukemia, prompting Cindy to develop a vast charitable work related to the disease.
He graduated from DeKalb High School in 1984, being the valedictorian with the highest average. He won a scholarship to study chemical engineering at the Northwestern University, which she attended for a quarter of its duration, abandoning it to fully dedicate herself to her modeling career.
She was discovered by chance by a journalistic photographer, who found her, at 16, at her summer job selling pop corn and took a picture of her. This photo, along with positive feedback, convinced her to try modeling.
After finishing his studies, he traveled to Chicago to appear in an agency contest Elite, in which he became a finalist and won. He worked with the photographer for some time Victor Skrebneski, in Chicago and then moved to Manhattan in 1986.
His trademark is the mole that he has on the side, on his upper lip. Although initially in his career, this was removed from the photos, over time it became an indisputable hallmark of his style.
Between the ’80s and’ 90s, she was among the so-called Supermodels, who had exclusive spots on magazine covers, catwalks and in different campaigns of famous designers.
It has been cover of magazines like Vogue, W, People, Harper’s Bazaar, ELLE, Cosmopolitan Y Allure. Among the campaigns in which he participated, there are Versace, Escada, Revlon, Ink, Maybelline, Omega Y Clairol.
In 1988, she became the first supermodel to pose nude for the magazine. Playboy. He would return 10 years later for a second appearance in the popular publication.
From 1989 to 1995, she was the host of “House of Style”, the program of Mtv.
In the mid-90s, he starred in a famous commercial for the firm Pepsi Y Pepsi Staff.
By 1995, he had his first film role, in “Legal Hunting” next to William baldwin and with Salma Hayek. His performance was poorly received by critics and the film a box office failure.
Likewise, for that year, Forbes calculated that she was the highest paid model on the planet, with annual earnings of $ 6.5 million, being Claudia schiffer second with $ 5.3 million.
Since then he has participated, with small roles, in films such as “The Simian Line “(2000) with William hurt Y “Bodyguards- Field Guard”.
He has also appeared in several series such as “Frasier“(1997),”Third rock from the sun”(1998),“ 54 ”(1998) and According to Jim”(2002).
In 2001 he starred alongside the Argentine top model Valeria Mazza, the image of a yogurt brand, as well as that of a household appliance firm.
In 2002 she was named among the 50 most beautiful people in the world by the magazine People and, in 2006, it was number 26 of the magazine Maxim, from the Hot 100 edition.
Cindy It has also ventured into the business world as it created Crawdaddy from Crawford Inc.
Among the company’s investments we can include parts of the Planet Hollywood and a line of swimwear calendars that never cease to amaze.
In 2005, she created a series of beauty products called Meaningful Beauty, next to Dr. Jean Louis Sebagh.
In your private life, Cindy has been married to Richard Gere between 1991 and 1995.
She is currently married to Rande gerber, with whom he has two children, Presley Y Kaia. The family resides in Malibu, California.
Cindy is a member of the Ronald McDonald House Charities and from Friends of RMHC.