30 Facts About Cindy Crawford

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Cynthia Ann Crawford was born on February 20,1966 and is an American model, actress and television personality.

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Cindy Crawford has two sisters, Chris and Danielle, and a brother, Jeffery, who died of childhood leukemia at age 3.

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Cindy Crawford graduated from DeKalb High School in 1984 as valedictorian.

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Cindy Crawford earned an academic scholarship to study chemical engineering at Northwestern University, which she attended for only one semester before dropping out to pursue a full-time modeling career.

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In 1987, Crawford appeared in the opening credits of the Michael J Fox film The Secret of My Success.

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Cindy Crawford was frequently featured on the cover of multiple fashion and lifestyle magazines, including Vogue, W, People, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Cosmopolitan, and Allure.

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Cindy Crawford appeared in many fashion campaigns during her career, including those for Versace, Calvin Klein, Escada, David Yurman, Oscar De La Renta, Balmain, Hermes, Ellen Tracy, Valentino, Bally, Liz Claiborne, Herve Leger, Halston, Anne Klein, Isaac Mizrahi, Blumarine, Guess, Ink, Gap, and Revlon.

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In October 1998, Cindy Crawford returned to the pages of Playboy for a second nude pictorial, again taken by Ritts.

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In 2002, Cindy Crawford was named one of the 50 most beautiful people by People magazine.

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Cindy Crawford was named No 3 on VH1's 40 Hottest Hotties of the 90s and was named one of the "100 Hottest Women of All-Time" by Men's Health.

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The inaugural issue of George, a short lived political magazine in the 1990s, featured Cindy Crawford dressed like George Washington on the cover.

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From 1989 to 1995, Cindy Crawford was host and executive producer of MTV's House of Style.

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In 1995, Cindy Crawford broke into movies as the female lead in the movie Fair Game.

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Again the film was not successful or critically acclaimed, but Cindy Crawford's acting was not criticized.

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Cindy Crawford has had many lesser roles guest starring on TV and as supporting roles, often playing herself.

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Cindy Crawford quit full-time modeling in 2000 and now appears only occasionally in fashion magazines.

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In 2005, Cindy Crawford created a line of beauty products with Jean-Louis Sebagh called Meaningful Beauty for Guthy-Renker.

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Cindy Crawford has stated that she regularly receives certain cosmetic procedures, including Botox and vitamin injections.

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Cindy Crawford first saw a plastic surgeon at the age of 29.

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In 2009, Cindy Crawford was one of many celebrities to be photographed by Deborah Anderson for the coffee table book Room 23, produced by philanthropist Diana Jenkins.

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Cindy Crawford appeared on the US version of Lipsync Battle reenacting her performance in the bathtub from the George Michael music for Freedom '90, performed by actor Zachary Quinto.

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Cindy Crawford was married to actor Richard Gere from 1991 until their divorce in 1995.

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Cindy Crawford married businessman and former model Rande Gerber on May 29,1998.

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Cindy Crawford's trademark is a mole above her upper lip.

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Cindy Crawford is so closely associated with this physical feature that she appeared in an Australian advertising campaign for flavoured milk featuring a TV commercial wherein she "licked off" her own mole.

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Since becoming a model, Cindy Crawford has made childhood leukemia a focal point of her charity work, donating proceeds of her calendars to medical research.

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Cindy Crawford is an honorary board member of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.

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Cindy Crawford is on the honorary committee of the California Wildlife Center.

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In 2021, Cindy Crawford recreated her iconic Pepsi ad with photographer David Yarrow to help raise funds for the American family Children's Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin where her brother, Jeff, was treated for leukemia.

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In 2008, Cindy Crawford endorsed Barack Obama for President of the United States.