Cindy Crawford

Cynthia Ann "Cindy" Crawford (born February 20, 1966) is an American actress and former 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.
Early life

Crawford was born in DeKalb, Illinois, the daughter of Jennifer Moluf[1] and John Crawford. Crawford's trademark is a visible mole (or "beauty mark") above her 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.

She was discovered when she was 16 by a newspaper photographer who noticed Cindy at work during her summer job of detasseling corn and took a picture of her. The photo and the 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 [2]. 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.

Career

Throughout 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 ensamble 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 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 Crawford was among the most popular supermodels, first being known as "Baby Gia" and then becoming a ubiquitous presence on magazine covers, runways, and in fashion campaigns. In July 1988, she became the first modern supermodel to pose nude for Playboy magazine in a shoot by photographer Herb Ritts. In October 1998, Crawford returned to the pages of Playboy for a more revealing nude pictorial.

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. [3].

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 s

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Stephanie Seymour

Stephanie M. Seymour is an American model who has modeled for many notable fashion magazines and designers. She has been photographed by several well-known photographers including Herb Ritts, Richard Avedon, and Gilles Bensimon. She has appeared on over 300 magazine covers.
Career

Born in San Diego, California, the middle child of a California real estate-developer father and hairstylist mother, Seymour started her modeling career working for local newspapers and department stores in her hometown at the age of 14. A year later she won the Elite Model Management Look of the Year modeling contest.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Seymour appeared in numerous issues of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, and appeared on the cover of Vogue. During the same period, Seymour was a primary lingerie and hosiery model for the relatively new Victoria's Secret company in its mail-order catalogs and retail stores. In 1991 and again in 1994, Seymour posed for Playboy.

In 1998, she wrote Stephanie Seymour's Beauty Secrets for Dummies.[3][4] In 2000, Seymour was ranked #91 on the FHM 1000 Sexiest Women of 2000.[5] In 2006, she appeared in a campaign for Gap with her children.

In July 2007, it was reported that Salvatore Ferragamo had finished the creative campaign for his fall/winter 2007/2008 collection featuring Seymour and Claudia Schiffer. The collection was shot on location in Italy with Mario Testino. In the promotional photos, the supermodels play film stars protected by bodyguards and pursued by the paparazzi.

Acting

In 2000, Seymour played Helen Frankenthaler in the movie Pollock. In 2002 she played the role of Sara Lindstrom in the "Crazy" episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

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Claudia Schiffer

Claudia Schiffer
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Claudia Schiffer

Schiffer in London, 13 June 2007.
Date of birth 25 August 1970 (1970-08-25) (age 38)
Place of birth Rheinberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Hair color Blonde
Eye color Blue
Measurements 37-24-36 (95-62-92 cm)
Spouse(s) Matthew Vaughn (25 May 2002–present)

Claudia Schiffer (born August 25, 1970)[2] is a German model and actress, who reached the height of her popularity during the 1990s, initially due to her striking resemblance to Brigitte Bardot.[3] Schiffer is one of the world's most successful models, having appeared on over 500 magazine covers.[4][5] Forbes estimated Schiffer to be worth £38 million in 2002.[4]
Background

Schiffer was born in Rheinberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which is a small town 15 km northeast of Duisburg. She is the daughter of Gudrun and Heinz Schiffer, a lawyer.[6] She has two brothers, Stefan and Andreas, and one sister, Ann Carolin.[5]

Schiffer said that she was popular in high school, but felt socially overshadowed by the other girls in her class.[5] She has revealed that because she was so tall, she became very shy and did not want to be noticed. She was also subjected to jealousy by others as she came from a wealthy family that was well-known locally.[5] Schiffer became fluent in French and English.[5]

She originally wanted to become a lawyer and work in her father's law firm.[1] She later dropped these aspirations when in October 1987 at seventeen she was spotted in a nightclub in Düsseldorf by Michel Levaton, the boss of Metropolitan Model Agency who signed her up to become a model.[2]

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