Cindy Crawford claims that the secret to staying beautiful is to take care of oneself 80% well and 80% of the time. The top model who in the 90s dominated the catwalks alongside Naomi Campbell (55), Elle Macpherson (61), or Claudia Schiffer (55), giving a new meaning to the word supermodel, turned 60 on February 20.
At the peak of her career, she was among the highest-paid and, according to Forbes, in 1994 she was the highest earner with $6.5 million. Her cachet combined with her business acumen, especially with the skincare brand Meaningful Beauty, place her among the richest models in the world with a $400 million fortune.
Currently, Crawford is enjoying supreme happiness. For almost three decades, she has shared her life with the entrepreneur Rande Gerber (63), whom she met during her agent's pre-wedding party in the early 90s.
At that time, nothing happened because they both had their respective partners, but in 1995, after the model's divorce from Richard Gere (76), she started dating Gerber. The couple married on May 29, 1998, in the Bahamas and have since become one of the most solid marriages in the industry.
In an interview with People magazine in 2017, Cindy confessed: "We have found time to simply be together, whether it's a beach walk or a weekend getaway. I think we laugh together and truly respect each other's opinions. Even when we disagree. When he disagrees with me, I'm fascinated. I want to know why, because I respect him enough to listen, and he does the same for me."
They are also tremendously proud of the two children they have raised. Presley (26), who works as a model and bravely admitted at the end of last year that he has struggled practically all his life against depression and anxiety, and Kaia (24), a 'mini Cindy' who works as a model and actress and has become one of the most popular young people in Hollywood.
Unlike her brother, her public profile is much more powerful, especially due to her romantic relationships as she dated Austin Butler (34) and Jacob Elordi (28).
Cindy also coincidentally met Richard Gere in 1988 at a barbecue at the home of her close friend Herb Ritts, one of the best fashion photographers who passed away in 2002. After three years of relationship, they got married on December 12, 1991, in Las Vegas.
Despite the fact that the star of American Gigolo was 17 years older, they were one of the most attractive couples in show business. Admired and desired, wherever they appeared, crowds of fans and photographers gathered.
In Cindy's autobiography titled Becoming, she wrote: "I was a Midwest girl who had seen many movies and dreamed of getting married in a fairytale wedding. After dating for a couple of years, I kept asking when we would get married, and in the end, he said, 'Okay, we're going to Las Vegas tonight'."
Everything seemed too perfect to be true, so a rumor was fabricated claiming that their marriage was one of convenience because they were actually homosexuals. That rumor lingered for so long that, aware that no statement to deny it would be convincing, they decided to publish in May 1994 a kind of full-page announcement in the influential newspaper The Times. It is rumored that it cost them $20,000.
In the statement, they argued that they got married "because we love each other and have decided to share our lives. We are heterosexual and monogamous, and we take our commitment to each other very seriously. There has never been any kind of prenuptial agreement. Divorce rumors are completely false. We are still very much married. We both plan to have a family."
That apparent happiness shattered when the couple divorced in 1995. They did so amicably and to this day, they still have a great affection for each other.
On more than one occasion, the American model has confessed that the toughest moment of her life was when her younger brother Jeffrey died of leukemia at the age of 3. She, who was 10 at the time, struggled with survivor guilt for a long time.
Impact by this cruel loss, when Cindy reached fame, she dedicated her image and resources to continue research and help the scientific community and the sick in a greater way.