There is hardly a person, especially from the older generation, who has never heard of the world-famous American model and very popular actress Cindy Crawford. At one time, she was a real standard of female beauty and grace; in the 80-90s, many women tried to imitate her.
A luxurious woman, a model in demand in many magazines. It would seem that she has everything you could want. But was it really all that easy for her? What did the young girl have to go through on her way to fame?
Height, weight, age. How old is Cindy Crawford
Even though Cindy is no longer so young, she still has many fans. And at the very beginning of Crawford’s career, and at the peak of her popularity, and after, fans were always interested in such data as height, weight, age. She never hid how many years Cindy Crawford was. Today she is 51 years old.
Photos of Cindy Crawford in her youth are still easy to find on the Internet. Although the years have still taken their toll on her face, this model is still just as beautiful. In addition, with a height of 177 centimeters, which is quite rare for a female, the woman managed to maintain a weight of 56 kilograms, which makes her figure still as sexy as in her youth.
Biography and personal life of Cindy Crawford
Cindy Crawford is a world-famous American model and actress. Her full name is Cynthia Ann Crawford. She was born on February 20, 1966. Her family's income was relatively small.
Father - John Dan Crawford worked as a simple electrician. By the way, the man always dreamed of a son so that the Crawford family would not be interrupted, so Cindy (the youngest child in the family) decided not to change her last name in the future. Mother, Jennifer Sue Crawford-Molafe, worked as a nurse in a city clinic.
As mentioned above, Cindy was not an only child in the family. She has older sisters - Chris and Danielle. It is also known that Cindy had a brother, Jeff, however, he died of leukemia at the age of only three years. Cindy tried to study well, and after school she entered the institute at the Faculty of Chemical Technology. The girl’s efforts were appreciated, and the university provided her with a scholarship.
Around the same time, the girl's father became seriously ill, and Cindy got a part-time job. One summer she was harvesting corn on a farm and by chance ended up in a photograph that was taken for a newspaper article about the harvest.
The biography and personal life of Cindy Crawford are full of amazing events. By a lucky coincidence, this photograph was seen by a famous photographer, who convinced sixteen-year-old Cindy to try her hand as a model. The girl’s parents were against it, but she decided to disagree with them and left for Chicago, despite all her parental prohibitions.
In 1986, Cindy Crawford signed her first contract with a modeling agency.
That same year, she won the silver medal in the Elite Model Look competition, where she represented one of the New York modeling agencies. The brown-eyed, brown-haired woman with almost ideal figure parameters and a very remarkable feature of her appearance - a mole above her lip - began to rapidly rise to the modeling Olympus. By the way, at first the girl was convinced to get rid of this mole. The girl flatly refused, so the photographers had to fix this peculiar defect in a photo editor. If you compare photos of Cindy Crawford in her youth and now, you can see that in the very first professional photographs the model does not have a mole.
In the early nineties, Cindy became a world-class supermodel. She becomes a real catwalk star, as well as the face of the most famous clothing and cosmetics brands. For example, for ten years Cindy Crawford represented the cosmetics brand Revlon. Interestingly, at the beginning of her career, Crawford was called “baby Gia”, due to her resemblance to the famous model Gia Carangi.
Among other personal achievements, Cindy Crawford became the first model to conduct a photo shoot for the men's glossy magazine Playboy in a completely nude form. According to the tabloid, she was included in the top five sexiest celebrities of the last century. In 1997, Cindy was recognized as the second most beautiful woman in the world, according to Shape magazine. Together with Demi Moore (who was given first place), she managed to beat four thousand participants. And People magazine included the supermodel in its own ranking of the fifty most beautiful people on the planet.
Crawford's career as an actress did not work out. Her debut took place in the film "Fair Game", where she played the role of a lawyer. This detective, which had a budget of fifty million dollars, failed on all counts. It was rejected not only by film critics, but also by viewers. Cindy tried to act again, but she never received success or acting recognition. Therefore, she returned to what she does best.
Cindy Crawford is also involved in charity work. In memory of her brother, she founded a foundation that finances projects to create medicines for children with leukemia.
Career peak
Soon Crawford saw her photographs on the covers of the famous glamor magazines Vogue and Cosmopolitan. In the 90s, there were already more than five thousand covers with her photographs advertising various world brands, for example, Versace, Escada and Gianne. Many began to call her the “second Gia” because of her resemblance to the first supermodel Gia Carangi.
One of Cindy's longest projects was her collaboration with Revlon, whose cosmetics she advertised for 11 years, starting in 1989. In 1995, the American model tried her hand at cinema in the film Fair Play.
Crawford's MTV show "House of Style" was very popular, as were her fitness training videos. In 2000, 34-year-old Crawford literally left the modeling business at the peak of her fame.
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Family and children of Cindy Crawford
Like other selected beauties from the catwalk, Cindy more than once had to accept courtship from rich and influential men in order to receive a lucrative job offer. At the same time, it is worth giving her credit - not a single one of these novels was a “one-day affair.” Each of these relationships lasted at least three months.
Cindy Crawford first married in 1991 to a handsome actor and the dream of many women of that time - Richard Gere. This marriage did not last long. The couple divorced four years later without having children together.
The second time she walked down the aisle in the spring of 1998. The model married Randy Gerberg, who owns his own chain of restaurants in several cities. And it is he who is her husband to this day. Just a year after the wedding, Cindy gave Randy a boy, who was named Presley Walker. Three years later, a daughter, Kaya Jordan, was born.
It must be said that Cindy Crawford’s family and children are the main priority in her life. She loves her role as a mother, and tries to devote every free minute to her own children.
Cindy Crawford's son - Presley Walker Gerber
Cindy Crawford's son Presley Walker Gerber was born on July 2, 1999. It is noteworthy that Cindy’s birth did not take place in a hospital, as expected, but in her own home in Los Angeles, under the supervision of doctors. The name for the boy was suggested by the model’s husband, and she readily agreed, since both parents are admirers of Elvis Presley’s work.
Today the guy is already eighteen years old. He enjoys surfing and photography, and sometimes poses for popular magazines. Let us note that he “inherited” from his mother the same remarkable mole above his lip.
To date, it is known that Presley has not yet entered into any contracts with modeling agencies. It is likely that the guy will prefer a career as a photographer to a successful modeling career. His very first model and muse was his sister Kaya, with whom he has a very warm relationship.
Cindy Crawford's daughter - Kaia Jordan Gerber
Cindy Crawford's daughter, Kaia Jordan Gerber, was born on September 3, 2001. Interestingly, Kaia, like her brother Presley, was born at home and not within the walls of a hospital.
Today the girl is already sixteen. By the way, at first Cindy Crawford said that she did not want her daughter to become a model. However, Kaya's first unofficial filming took place when she was only five. Then Crawford announced that she would not allow her to become a model until her eighteenth birthday.
But despite all her mother’s prohibitions, not long ago Kaya signed a debut contract and is currently a very successful and promising model. Moreover, she has all the makings for this, because the girl’s father, Randy Gerber, was also a model in the past.
Outside of modeling
After Crawford's arrival, it was not unusual for models to endorse a wide range of products beyond fashion and cosmetics. Crawford herself signed a multimillion-dollar deal to promote Pepsi, as well as her more traditional role at Revlon. Her status was so high that ABC invited her to host a special on teen sex, provocatively titled Sex with Cindy Crawford. The opening of the Fashion Café themed restaurant in the mid-1990s marked the rise of the supermodel sensation caused by Crawford. The cafe's association with Crawford and other famous models showed how the "supermodel" had become an important figure in American culture. By the end of the 20th century, Cindy Crawford was still the best known of these celebrities, thanks to a combination of her wholesome erotic image and her professional diversification through the many media available.
Cindy Crawford's ex-husband - Richard Gere
Cindy Crawford's ex-husband is Richard Gere, a famous and popular actor. Viewers may know him from films such as “Autumn in New York,” “Pretty Woman,” “Hachiko,” and so on. They got married in '91, after four years of dating. Gere was 42 at the time, and Cindy was 25.
According to the woman, even at the beginning of the relationship, she and Richard were so passionate about each other that they did not see how different they really were. Ultimately, the reason for the breakup was their almost twenty-year age difference. Now he and the actor are on friendly terms, although they see each other very rarely.
The phenomenon of Cindy Crawford
Crawford fell from the distant pedestal of the celebrity mannequin or glamor girl cover girl as she began to assert her identity to the public. She gave interviews in which she discussed her middle-class childhood, her parents' divorce, and the trauma of her brother's death from leukemia. These recognitions humanized her image and made her accessible, and she became the host of MTV's House of Style, a talk show that emphasized fashion and allowed her to conduct interviews relevant to the younger market. The Cindy Crawford phenomenon continued with her appearances in fitness videos, television specials, commercial endorsements and films (Fair Game, 1995, was rejected by both audiences and critics but did little to diminish her popularity.) Meanwhile, her and her already high profile grew with her brief marriage in 1991 to actor Richard Gere. The couple were plagued by rumors of homosexuality, which flared up after Crawford appeared on the scandalous cover of Vanity Fair along with openly lesbian singer Kay Dee Lang.
Cindy Crawford's husband - Rande Gerber
Cindy married her second husband three years after her divorce from Richard Gere. According to Crawford, the secret of her successful marriage is that she and Randy struck up a friendly relationship almost immediately. The difference from the relationship with Gere is that with Randy she was equal from the very beginning, and she did not need to fake it to impress.
Cindy Crawford's husband, Randy Gerber, was also a model in the past, and now owns an entire chain of restaurants not only in Los Angeles, but also in New York.
Biography of Cindy Crawford
The future star of catwalks and glossy covers grew up in the family of electrician Dan Crawford and his wife Jennifer, who worked as a nurse. The father dreamed of a son, and three daughters were born one after another. Then the long-awaited son was born, but he did not live even three years and died of leukemia. To please her parents, Cindy got straight A's in school, graduated with top marks, and won an academic scholarship in chemical engineering to Northwestern University. But she studied at the university for only a quarter and made a choice in favor of a modeling career.
Cindy Crawford's secret to a perfect figure in 10 minutes
Cindy is very interested in sports. Mainly fitness. The model has also developed a virtually unique set of exercises, which will be especially interesting for girls and women during the post-pregnancy period, as it allows you to quickly return your figure to its previous parameters. It's called Cindy Crawford How to Achieve Perfection. There, model Cindy Crawford reveals the secret of an ideal figure in 10 minutes.
Indeed, it takes no more than ten minutes a day to complete, which is perfect for both young mothers and any other women who are busy with work or home.
Training “The Secret of the Ideal Figure”
In 1992, Cindy prepared and recorded her own video course, “Secrets of an Ideal Figure,” which included a set of exercises she had selected, aimed at quickly losing extra pounds and maintaining a toned figure. The video course presents a system of 3 courses of exercises, each lasting from 10 to 40 minutes.
Lessons consist of a set of activities focused on working a specific muscle group.
“The Secret of an Ideal Figure” very quickly gained worldwide popularity, making the top model a fitness trainer for many generations of women.
The exercises included in the training can be easily performed at home on your own, having with you:
- 2 dumbbells weighing from 1 to 3 kg (they can be replaced with plastic bottles of the same weight, filled with sand or liquid);
- gymnastic mat;
- chair with backrest.
Pros and cons of the course
The advantage of training is that it:
- suitable for any category of people, regardless of age, health status and level of physical fitness;
- include simple exercises that do not require extra effort.
- aimed at developing all categories of muscles;
- when performed regularly, they help you quickly lose weight and keep it in the desired parameters;
- conducted by the top model herself, who inspires fans by personal example;
- performed at a slow pace, without loading the body.
- ends with mandatory stretching.
The disadvantages of the training include:
- lack of cardio training that allows you to quickly eliminate extra pounds;
- the ability to build muscle mass with constant exercise, which is undesirable for most women;
- monotony of the course.
For quick and lasting results from training, you need to:
- Carry them out regularly . Exercises can be done in any order, but you must do them at least once every 3 days.
- Combine sports with proper nutrition . Losing weight is possible only after giving up fatty, fried foods, fast food, and a lot of sweets. The diet should consist of meat and fish products, fresh vegetables and fruits. Dark chocolate is allowed for dessert.
- Supplement fitness with a drinking regime. Every day you need to drink up to 2 liters of water.
When carrying out a set of exercises, it is very important to give the body proper rest and get enough sleep.
In addition to “The Secret of the Ideal Figure,” the model’s authorship includes sports video courses:
- “How to achieve an ideal figure”;
- "New Dimension".
Part 1
The first 40 minute part contains exercises aimed at:
- shaping and strengthening the hips and buttocks;
- structuring a beautiful neckline.
You need to approach the exercises gradually. It may be difficult for a person with a minimal level of physical fitness to complete all the movements at once. The top model recommends a gradual approach with a constant increase in load. You should not exercise by force.
Part 2
This is a 40 minute video showing how to:
- strengthen the muscles of the arms and shoulders;
- remove excess belly fat and pump up your abs.
The exercises are accompanied by the use of dumbbells. If sports equipment is not available, they can be replaced with bottles of similar weight filled with water or sand. If it is impossible to lift 3-kilogram dumbbells, you need to choose a lighter weight. The video ends with a stretch.
Part 3
A 10 minute course designed for those with limited time. Includes a set of exercises aimed at working all muscle groups and maintaining body tone. It does not help to lose weight, it is only able to maintain the shape obtained after 2 previous courses of classes.
One of the leading supermodels of the late 20th century, 52-year-old star Cindy Crawford, whose photographs have repeatedly appeared in all fashion magazines, said in a recent interview that she was able to maintain her previous shape through exercise and careful self-care.
The actress strongly advises all fans not to neglect modern cosmetology and sports, starting to maintain their figure as early as possible.
Article design: Anna Vinnitskaya
Instagram and Wikipedia Cindy Crawford
Like the information pages of any other public and famous person, Cindy Crawford’s Instagram and Wikipedia are freely available. There is not much information about her on Wikipedia. A short biography, a little about career, a few lines about family and children.
On her Instagram, Cindy shares photographs of various types. These include both pictures from work photo shoots and photos with family or friends. The model has almost three million subscribers, which is not surprising, given such popularity. Fans actively like and comment on photos.
