Cindy Crawford (full name Cynthia Ann Crawford) was born on February 20, 1966 in DeKalb, Illinois, United States. She is a famous international model and actress.
Biography and Career :
Her parents are John and Jennifer.
Cindy Crawford was discovered by chance by a newspaper photographer, who noticed then-16-year-old Cindy at work during her summer job of pollinating corn and took a picture of her. The photo and the positive feedback she received were enough to convince her to take up modeling.
Cindy Crawford entered the John Casablancas Look of the Year contest and was the runner up.
Cindy Crawford graduated from high school as valedictorian with a 4.0 GPA. She won an academic scholarship to study chemical engineering at Northwestern University, which she attended fo
r only one quarter.
Cindy Crawford dropped out in order to pursue a full-time modeling career. After working for photographer Victor Skrebneski in Chicago, Cindy moved to New York City in 1986.
Cindy Crawford was the host of MTV's House of Style from 1989 to 1995. In the mid-90s Crawford starred in famous Pepsi and Pepsi Stuff advertising. In 1995 Crawford took her first movie role in Fair Game. Her performance was dismissed by critics, and the film was a financial failure, with expenses of $50 million and $11 million takings at the box office. She has had several other minor acting jobs since then, none of which have been commercially or critically successful. The closest she has come to a commercially successful acting job has been her series of exercise videos.
During the 1980s and 1990s, Cindy was among the most popular supermodels, a ubiquitous presence on magazine covers, runways, and in fashion campaigns. She was the first modern supermodel to pose nude for Playboy magazine.
Trivia :
- 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.
- She lost her younger brother to leukemia.
- Height : 5'9˝''/177 cm
Quotes :
- "The thing I like about my body is that it's strong. I can move furniture around my apartment. I can ride my horse... I can play basketball. It's a well functioning machine."
- "When I did 'Playboy', I got letters from women who didn't consider it feminist to do nude photographs. I thought the whole POINT of being a feminist was that you got to make your own choices."
- "Fashion and style is just that. Fashion and style. It's not brain surgery."
Filmography :
1. "According to Jim"
- Cars & Chicks (2002) TV Episode .... Gretchen
2. "Fashion Flashback" (2001) (mini) TV Series .... Host
3. Bodyguards - Guardie del corpo (2000) .... Cindy
4. The Simian Line (2000) .... Sandra
5. 54 (1998) .... VIP Patron
... aka Fifty-Four
6. "3rd Rock from the Sun"
... aka 3rd Rock (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Life As We Know It
- 36! 24! 36! Dick!: Part 1 (1998) TV Episode .... Mascha
- 36! 24! 36! Dick!: Part 2 (1998) TV Episode .... Mascha
7. "Frasier"
- Halloween (1997) TV Episode (voice) .... Dorothy
8. Fair Game (1995) .... Kate McQuean
9. "H3O" (1995) TV Series .... Guest
10. "De tu a tu"
- Episode dated 1 October 1992 (1992) TV Episode
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