these days when someone says the word
supermodel you probably think of young
beauties like Gigi Hadid or the latest
Instagram stars but before this new crop
of models there were the original
supermodels legends in the industry who
walked the high fashion runways and
graced magazine cover after magazine
cover not many models become household
names and even fewer have careers that
span decades but these women defied the
odds here's what they look like today
Cindy Crawford models come and go but if
there's one supermodel who has made a
name for herself across generations its
Crawford beginning with her breakout
Vogue cover in 1986 Crawford has done it
all in her decades-long career and it
doesn't look like she's slowing down
anytime soon
these days she owns a skincare line and
serves as a mentor for her two children
who've taken on the world of modeling
themselves Claudia Schiffer discovered
at age 17 and chosen by Karl Lagerfeld
himself to be a Chanel Model shipper has
worked with some of the greatest names
in the fashion world but in 1996
Schiffer was shocked to learn Lagerfeld
no longer wanted her as the face of
Chanel but that didn't slow her down she
continued modeling and even dabbled in
some acting appearing in films like
Zoolander and Love Actually in 2002 she
married director Matthew Vaughn with
whom she has three kids
Christy Turlington first discovered in
her teen years
Turlington went on to work with huge
names like Vogue Calvin Klein and
Maybelline despite her success she left
full-time modeling in 1994 to pursue her
education in 2003 she married actor
Edward Burns with whom she has two kids
she also started every mother counts a
nonprofit that provides maternal health
care to women across the world
she's also gotten back into modeling
starring in a Calvin Klein fragrance
campaign with her husband and gracing
the cover of Vogue Paris in April 2017
Naomi Campbell she first made a name for
herself on the runways in Muse
videos and as the first black cover
model for Vogue and her career has never
really slowed down she since served as
the executive producer for the reality
show the face and even interviewed
Vladimir Putin Elle Macpherson sure most
supermodels have bodies the rest of us
would kill for but Macpherson's was so
fabulous that in 1989 time literally
nicknamed her the body thanks in large
part to her record 5 Sports Illustrated
covers Macpherson's proven that her
brain is just as lucrative as her famed
body leveraging her nickname into a
successful brand today she owns two
Australia based businesses a lingerie
collection and a wellness line
Elena Kristensen Christensen's breakout
moment is undoubtedly her sultry
appearance in Chris Isaak's 1989 wicked
game music video from there she went on
to model for covergirl and Victoria's
Secret
though she walked the runway alongside
the best Christiansen retired at 31 she
since had a son with The Walking Dead
actor Norman Reedus and co-founded nylon
magazine but she hasn't given up on the
fashion world completely she's found
happiness working as a photographer
Linda Evangelista Evangelista revealed
to interview that her agents told her
when she first started modeling in the
80s to expect her career to last about
three years instead she became one of
the most well known sought-after models
in history famously claiming she
wouldn't get out of bed for less than
$10,000 a day
her work included print and runway and
she appeared in to George Michael music
videos today she's a working mother
serving as the vice president creative
director and spokesperson for a wrinkle
cream called erase' ava herzegovina for
Wonderbra featured Herzegovina series of
ads that have since been called some of
the most iconic of all time the
Czechoslovakian blonde bombshell went on
to model for huge names like Victoria's
Secret and Sports Illustrated and walked
the runways for Prada and Louie Vuitton
more recently she nabbed a Dior
champagne and has even dabbled in
philanthropy partnering with DKMS in
2010 to create a worldwide DNA database
to help find matches for bone marrow
transplants Stephanie Seymour an
original Victoria's Secret model both
covergirl and former girlfriend of Guns
and Roses frontman Axl Rose Seymour is
no stranger to the spotlight she made
waves again in 2016 when she was
arrested for driving under the influence
later that year she went after today's
popular models like Gigi Hadid and
Kendall Jenner saying they weren't
worthy of the title supermodel talk
about delivering some super shade
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