Cindy Crawford

Cynthia Ann Crawford, born 20 February 1966 is an American actress, model and TV personality. In the 1980s and 1990s she was a renowned supermodel with a prominent appearance in magazines and runways and also in fashion shows. In the years following she diversified her acting career and ventured into business. When she was in her sophomore year at high school, she was contacted by an email from a local retailer about modeling opportunities but was later informed that it was a trick played by two students. Crawford was offered a job by a different retailer the following year to do a modeling job for them. They also held a fashion shoot. In her junior year, local photographer Roger Legel, whose duties included photographing another college student to be the week's coed in the DeKalb Nite Weekly, asked to take her picture for the publication. The result was her first cover. The model was enticed to pursue modeling by the positive comments and pictures she received. She began working at a small agency. Elite Model Management sold the agency shortly after signing. At 17 years old she participated in Elite's Look of the Year contest and was able to make it to the national finals.