32 Facts About Christy Turlington

Christy Nicole Turlington Burns is an American model and humanitarian.

Christy Turlington represented Calvin Klein's Eternity campaign in 1989 and again in 2014, and represents Maybelline.

Christy Turlington initially attracted fame in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a supermodel.

In 2010, Christy Turlington founded Every Mother Counts, a non-profit 501 organization devoted to making pregnancy and childbirth safe for every mother.

In 2013, Christy Turlington directed the documentary film Every Mile, Every Mother, which explores Every Mother Counts' participation in long distance running to highlight distance from healthcare providers as barriers to women receiving quality care.

Christy Turlington was born in Oakland, California, the middle of three daughters born to Dwain Christy Turlington, a pilot for Pan Am, and Maria Elizabeth, a flight attendant from El Salvador.

Christy Turlington was raised in the Roman Catholic faith of her mother along with her sisters and continued to practice the religion into adulthood.

Christy Turlington was discovered by local photographer Dennie Cody while she was riding a horse in Miami, Florida, where her father was working as a training captain for Pan Am.

Christy Turlington began modeling after school from age 14 to 16 and during summers while she attended Monte Vista High School in Danville, California.

Christy Turlington continued her studies at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

Christy Turlington has appeared on international fashion magazines that include Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Marie Claire, L'Officiel, Tatler, Glamour, Cosmopolitan and Allure.

Christy Turlington was added on as the fourth model investor, after Elle Macpherson, Naomi Campbell and Claudia Schiffer of the now defunct Fashion Cafes.

Christy Turlington Burns closed the Autumn Winter 2019 walk for fashion designer Marc Jacobs.

Christy Turlington has contributed writings to Marie Claire, Yoga Journal, and Teen Vogue along with contributions to the Huffington Post.

Christy Turlington was an initial product tester for the Apple Watch launch in 2015, participating in the press conference and allowing them to film a segment featuring her use of the Apple Watch to train for a marathon.

In 2005 Christy Turlington began working with the international humanitarian organization CARE and has since become their Advocate for Maternal Health.

Christy Turlington visited Swaziland in May 2007 on behalf of Product Red, and El Salvador and Peru in 2005 and 2008, respectively, on behalf of CARE.

In September 2010, Christy Turlington participated in a CARE Learning Tour to Ethiopia to investigate the work being done to reduce maternal deaths.

Christy Turlington currently serves on the Harvard Medical School Global Health Council, and as an advisor to the Harvard School of Public Health Board of Dean's Advisors, She is a member of White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood and Mother's Day Every Day.

An ex-smoker whose father died of lung cancer, Christy Turlington is an anti-smoking activist.

Christy Turlington made her directorial debut on the 2010 documentary film No Woman, No Cry.

Concurrent with the debut of her documentary No Woman, No Cry, Christy Turlington launched Every Mother Counts, a non-profit 501 organization dedicated to making pregnancy and childbirth safe for every mother.

Christy Turlington completed her first New York City Marathon in 2011, running with Team Every Mother Counts to raise awareness for maternal and child health.

Christy Turlington ran the 2013 ING NYC Marathon with Team EMC and 2013 Hood to Coast Relay, which is featured in her documentary film, Every Mile, Every Mother.

In 2015, Christy Turlington signed an open letter which the ONE Campaign had been collecting signatures for; the letter was addressed to Angela Merkel and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, urging them to focus on women as they serve as the head of the G7 in Germany and the AU in South Africa respectively, which will start to set the priorities in development funding before a main UN summit in September 2015 that will establish new development goals for the generation.

Christy Turlington was one of fifteen women selected to appear on the cover of the September 2019 issue of British Vogue, by guest editor Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.

In 2000, Christy Turlington met actor, director, and writer Edward Burns at a Hamptons party, and by the end of the year they were engaged.

Christy Turlington began smoking at 13 and was smoking a pack a day by age 16.

Christy Turlington is a practitioner of yoga, specifically a type of yoga known as Jivamukti.

Christy Turlington is the author of the book Living Yoga: Creating A Life Practice, first published in 2002, is within a third edition.

Christy Turlington has run four marathons during her life, including the London Marathon, her personal best is 3 hours and 46 minutes.

Christy Turlington trained using the Apple Watch during 2015.