Christy Turlington, Supermodel, - Biography
Supermodel, model,
Height 5 foot 10
Weight 119 lbs
MEASUREMENTS: 34-23-34
born January 2, 1969
in Walnut Creek, California
Christy Nicole Turlington is an American supermodel
best known for representing Calvin Klein fragrances since 1987. She grew up in
Danville, California, with a British commercial pilot father & Salvadoran
flight attendant mother. She has also worked on various campaigns for Maybelline
Cosmetic & Giorgio Armani, has appeared in several films about the fashion
industry & was a co-founder of the now defunct Fashion Café.
Turlington
can lay claim to a long list of accomplishments in the modeling industry, having
had numerous million dollar contracts with companies like Maybelline, Chanel &
Calvin Klein. Although she is known as one of the most successful supermodels
in history, Christy has rejected the 'supermodel' label. She is widely respected
in the fashion industry as one of the friendliest & most professional models
in the business. In 1988, Christy along with Linda Evangelista, Cindy Crawford,
Naomi Campbell, Stephanie Seymour & Tatjana Patitz became known as the first
supermodels. Photographer Steven Meisel booked Christy, Naomi & Linda frequently
& together they became known as the "Trinity".
During the 1990s,
Christy appeared in Unzipped, a documentary about fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi,
& the fashion mockumentary film Prêt-à-Porter by famed director
Robert Altman. Additionally, she was featured in Catwalk, a documentary covering
life on the fashion runways, by director Robert Leacock. The documentary was filmed
in 1993 & premiered in 1996. The film followed Christy & her fellow models
Naomi Campbell, Yasmin Le Bon, Kate Moss & Carla Bruni as they jetted around
London, Milan, Paris & New York during Spring Fashion Week. It included rare
footage of what goes on behind the scenes at big shows including fittings, parties,
shopping & catfights. The film was shot in black & white & color,
& featured many top designers at work like a young John Galliano, Karl Lagerfeld
& Gianni Versace 4 years before his death.
Turlington also appeared in
2 music videos. Best friend & fellow model Yasmin LeBon got her husband Simon
LeBon of Duran Duran to feature Christy in their 'Notorious' video in 1986. In
1990 singer George Michael drew inspiration from Peter Lindbergh's January 1990
British Vogue cover (which features Christy, Naomi, Linda, Cindy & Tatjana)
for his 'Freedom' video. The video featured all top 5 female models along with
their top 5 male counterparts, lip-syncing the song.
More recently, she has
become a partner in three successful business ventures: an ayurvedic skincare
line (Sundari) & two clothing lines produced by Puma: Nuala, an active women's
clothing line; & Mahanuala, a women's yoga-wear line.
On August 11, 2006
Women's Wear Daily reported that Christy signed a multiyear contract with Maybelline,
marking her return to the company that made her famous with its 'Maybe She's Born
With It' ad campaign.
· Christy Turlington has been on over 500 magazine
covers.
· Her face is used on the mannequins created by Ralph Pucci
for the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, causing her to be
called the 'Face of the 20th Century'.
· Her unclothed form was used
in a PETA campaign under the motto 'I'd rather go naked than wear fur'. (see PETA
campaigns)
· She climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.
· She is the
chairperson of the Intercambios Culturales of El Salvador organisation.
·
Christy has been featured in several professional photobooks including Peter Lindbergh's
'10 Women', Arthur Elgort's 'Model Manual', Herb Ritts 'Man/Woman' & Karl
Lagerfeld's 'Off the Record'.
· "I am Christy Turlington I am
the word" is a short story by Tom Junod published in Esquire Magazine in
November 1997 (Volume 128, Issue 5).
Turlington has been practicing Yoga for
almost 15 years & is the author of Living Yoga: Creating A Life Practice (ISBN
0-7868-6806-6). Owing to this interest in Eastern religions she went back to school
in 1994 & graduated cum laude in 1999 from the Gallatin School of Individualized
Study of New York University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a
concentration in Comparative Religion & Eastern Philosophy. Previously a vegetarian,
she has gone back to being a meat eater. An ex-smoker whose father died of lung
cancer, Turlington is also an anti-smoking activist.
On June 7, 2003 she married
actor/filmmaker Edward Burns in a ceremony with U2 frontman Bono acting father
of the bride. Burns & Turlington have two children: a daughter Grace born
October 25, 2003 & a son Finn born February 2006. They have a dog named 'MicSpic'
after Turlington's Hispanic & Burns' Irish heritage.
This site was
written in February 2007
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