For the porn star of the same name, see Cindy Crawford (erotic actress)

Cynthia Ann Crawford (born February 20, 1966) is an American supermodel, MTV television personality, celebrity endorser, sex symbol, cover girl, and actress.

Early life

Born in DeKalb, Illinois to John Crawford and Jennifer Moluf in 1966, Cindy Crawford's trademark is a visible mole on her face (although most people refer to it as a "beauty mark"). 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.

She 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. She entered the John Casablancas Look of the Year contest and was the runner up.

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 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 New York City in 1986.

Career

From 1989 to 1995, Crawford was host of MTV's House of Style. In 1992, roadside posters of her had to be removed in Norway when authorities noticed a 300% increase in the accident rate as motorists were distracted by them.^{citation needed]} 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.

Crawford is just over 5 feet 9 inches (175 cm) tall, has a slim, well-toned figure, with brown hair and eyes. Her measurements are 34"-24"-35". She was the first modern supermodel to pose nude for Playboy magazine. She was ranked number 5 on Playboy's list of the 100 Sexiest Stars of the 20th century. She has been featured on the cover of more than 600 magazines worldwide including Vogue, W, People, Harper's Bazaar, ELLE and Allure. 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 continues to provide celebrity endorsement for a variety of projects and was featured as #26 in the 2006 Hot 100 issue of Maxim magazine.

Personal life

Crawford's marriage to actor Richard Gere lasted from 1991 to 1995. It was heavily rumored that the marriage was a cover for their mutual homosexuality, but this was denied by both.^{citation needed]} During their marriage, the rumors had been further fueled (and mocked) by Crawford when she appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair in a semi-provocative pose with popular and openly lesbian singer k.d. lang in August 1993.

Crawford and current husband Rande Gerber have two children, Presley, born July 2, 1999, and Kaia, born September 3, 2001. Crawford gave birth to both her children through natural home birth.

Crawford owns her own production company, Crawdaddy Inc.

Filmography

• The Simian Line (2000) ... as Sandra
• Cindy Crawford: A New Dimension (2000)
• The Secret World of... Supermodels (1998)
• Beautopia (1998)
• Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! (1998)
• 54 (1998) ... as VIP Patron
• Frasier: Halloween (1997)
• Fair Game (1995) ... as Kate McQueen
• Catwalk (1995)
• Unzipped (1995)
• Cindy Crawford: The Next Challenge Workout (1993)
• Cindy Crawford: Shape Your Body Workout (1992)

Related links

• Pepsi Stuff
• House of Style

External links

• Cindy Crawford's Official Website
• Cindy Crawford information, pictures and movies
• Cindy Crawford's profile in the FMD-database
• Simply the Best - a tribute to Cindy Crawford
• TV Tome: Cindy Crawford
• Cindy Crawford at the Internet Movie Database
• Cindy Crawford Photo Gallery