Cindy Crawford
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The video is called “Things My Mother Gave Me” and features three generations of Crawfords being pretty, and talking about why they love their moms.
The littlest Crawford, Kaia Gerber, sits with Cindy and says, “She’s the best mom in the world
WATCH THE VIDEO AFTER THE JUMP!
"Families who model together, stay together," I’m pretty sure Tyra Banks said that once.
Cindy Crawford was Gianni Versace’s muse for many years, appearing in their ads for most of Crawford’s career. Now, her 10-year-old daughter Kaia Gerber, who looks like a mini version of Crawford, is the first ever model for Versace’s new kid’s clothing line.
April 18, 2011
Parade.com talked to Crawford about growing older, feeling like an outsider in the modeling industry today, balancing her busy career with motherhood and more.
You can read the tidbits from the interview below:
On how the modeling industry has changed since Cindy's reign....
"I do feel like an outsider now, but I just saw the COVERGIRL commercial with Taylor Swift and I thought, 'Wow, it is so hard for models to get a job these days.' You have to sing and act, too. There doesn't seem to be as much work specifically just for models. And I also think when I was modeling, size 6 was a normal size and now it's like 2 or 0."
On making sure her kids grow up with healthy body images...
"I think the way kids learn most is not by what you say, but by what you do. They see me making healthy choices, and they see my husband and I exercising. Being a woman and having a daughter, I don't want her to feel like in order to be attractive or healthy or thin, that you have to deprive yourself all of the time. So if we go out for ice cream, I don't' say, 'Oh, I can't have that!" I'll order one. I don't make a big deal out of it. She sees how I eat and I always say that I try to be 80% good, 80% of the time because that's achievable!"
She's not afraid of getting older...
"I think what really shows on your face --besides good hair color -- is if you're happy in your life. If you're doing work that you enjoy and that is rewarding, then as my mom always said, 'You'd rather have smile lines than frown lines.' I don't look the same as I did 20 years ago, nor should I. Sometimes I get that little pang, like 'Oh, bummer, I wish I did.' But at the same time, I see my children and I see them growing up and I look at my husband and the marriage that we've worked on and have together, and if all that is good and working, it's a lot easier to be kind to your little fine lines or where gravity's gotten the better of you."
He says that the models these days are very uninspiring because they’re all too skinny. So a size negative 0 isn’t hot?
"If I had to go back to catwalk presentations I would be in a panic...Already the models I find are too skinny, too sad. And I knew the age of the super top models, Linda Evangelista and Cindy Crawford, who were always lively and smiling," Léger said.
The Herve Leger label has been under the Max Azria brand since 1999, but Herve created his own label called Herve L. Leroux in 2000. He says the name was actually suggested by his good friend Karl Lagerfeld.
It’s actually funny that he is so inspired by Karl Lagerfeld, who has on many occasions revealed his dislike for fat people.
"No one wants to see curvy women," Lagerfeld has said. "You've got fat mothers with their bags of chips sitting in front of the television and saying that thin models are ugly," he added.
I do have to agree with Herve on the fact that there are not real supermodels these days. The days of Cindy Crawford, Elle Macpherson, and Linda Evangelista are definitely long gone.
July 7, 2010
About plastic surgery:
“When I was 30 I might have said, ‘I’m just going to age in a way that honors time and is completely natural,’ but I’m no longer so highbrow about it. I’ve tried Botox but it scares me. Plastic surgery is really scary, but as long as you don’t use these things to change your face, I think it’s okay.
The key to her success:
“Luck has been the biggest factor. I’ve tried and failed a lot. But I’ve also been really clear about my brand. It is who I am. I’m a mom. I’m a wife. I’m 44 years old and from the Midwest. I have access to the worlds of fashion and beauty and I can translate that into what women can use in their everyday lives. I’m sexy but not intimidating. I’m not the kind of woman who’s going to steal your husband."
On poking fun at model stereotypes:
“On Twitter the other day I accidentally spelled Chile, the country, with an ‘i’ at the end, like the food. I went right back and wrote, ‘Oops. Sorry. I was having a model moment!’ The good thing about people underestimating models is that the bar is set so low you tend to impress people more easily.”
On the photographs that surface on her on the beach:
“If I put on a few pounds it goes straight to my butt. I do have cellulite.”
Keeping her marriage strong and making sex a priority:
“If you just wait for the moment to strike, you’re going to have dry spells. But even if you don’t start out in the mood, once you get it going everyone’s on board.”
August 24, 2009
Cindy Crawford has the perfect body at 43 and she admits that her perfect body comes with cellulite. In an interview with Redbook Magazine Crawford opens up about the pressures of aging, cellulite and on being Cindy Crawford.
The September issue of REDBOOK hits stands August 25th.
Read some of the excerpts from the interview below:
On cellulite: "I have cellulite," she says, laughing. "I admit it. But
sometimes I just say, 'Screw it, I am going to wear a bikini.'"
On the pressures of aging: "I think I look good for my age. I am not 25;
I am 43. That feels like a big pressure, especially when the National
Enquirer is dying to get a picture. I am so aware that I don't want to
change the way I live because of that kind of attention. So you say,
'Screw it. I am wearing a bikini, and I am not putting on a cover-up.'
You just brace yourself for a bad picture."
On being Cindy Crawford: "People get excited that they're meeting the
Cindy Crawford from the Playboy spread 13 years ago, and I am a mother
of two now. I have to check in with myself. It's good to have an
awareness of the outside pressure; I can't let it get to my core. I love
my life."
