About Cindy Crawford
Cynthia Ann Crawford was born on February 20, 1966, in DeKalb, Illinois, and was one of the most popular supermodels of the 1980s and 1990s, appearing everywhere from magazine covers to runways and campaigns, according to Wikipedia.
A DeKalb discovery
In her junior year of high school, local photographer Roger Legel photographed her for the DeKalb Nite Weekly, her first cover. By January 1990 she was on the cover of British Vogue with Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, Tatjana Patitz and Naomi Campbell.
Covers and campaigns
She has covered Vogue, W, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Cosmopolitan and Allure and worked with Versace, Calvin Klein, Valentino, Omega, Maybelline and many more. Her 1992 Pepsi commercial aired during Super Bowl XXVI, and Pepsi remade it with her in 2016.
TV host
From 1989 to 1995 she hosted and executive produced MTV's House of Style. In 2013, on Who Do You Think You Are?, she learned she is descended from Charlemagne.
Remembering Presley
In their first public words since her son, model Presley Gerber, died at 27, Crawford, her husband Rande Gerber and daughter Kaia Gerber called him "a sweet, beautiful soul" and thanked everyone who has supported the family. Read the family's tribute. Our thoughts are with them.
Sources: Wikipedia