Christy Burns

Christy Turlington is a supermodel who has been shining on the catwalk since the 1990s, once competing with Claudia Schiffer, Linda Evangelista and other acclaimed beauties. Her biography is a typical story of the embodied "American Dream," but the source of joy for her is not a brilliant career: today Christie sees the purpose of life in caring for the family and helping young mothers in developing countries.

Christie was born in Walnut Creek, California, on January 2, 1969. Her parents worked for the airline, and there were three other sisters in the family. The father is American by nationality, and the exotic appearance of the future model inherited from his mother, a native of El Salvador.

As a child, the girl did not even think about a career in the fashion industry. Christie was passionate about horses and was fond of equestrian sports: every spare minute tried to spend in the stables, trained daily and participated in local competitions.

At the age of 13, a bright teenage girl came into the sight of photographer Danny Cody. He had to beg for permission from Christie's parents to shoot. The father liked his daughter's fascination with equestrian sports, and from the idea of modeling, he was not enthusiastic. The novice model herself also did not take the new occupation seriously, but for the photos paid decent money (already for the first work assignment she received $100 per hour). Christie decided to sign a contract to pay for her favorite riding classes.

The schoolgirl had to work in the evenings and on weekends. The first work was participation in a series of promotional photos for Emporium Capwell stores. After that, the filming proposals fell one by one, and christie's fame soon spread beyond his hometown. The agency Ford Models offered the girl a contract in Paris. The deal failed: the shots were deemed a failure, and Christie had to return to the U.S.

The head of Ford Models Eileen Ford planned to make Turlington a star and was not going to give up after the first failure. Photos of the model were actively sent to magazines, including the American edition of Vogue. By then, 16-year-old Christie had realized what her true calling was and, after graduating from high school, took her career seriously. From a cute girl she has already turned into a beauty with a chiseled figure (Christie's height - 1.78 m, the parameters were then close to the reference - 86-56-89, and the weight was 49 kg).

Her face first appeared on the cover of Italian Vogue in 1987. Later, Turlington starred for Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazaar, Glamour, received invitations to participate in shows of Christian Lacroix, Karl Lagerfeld, Gianni Versace. In 1989, Christie became the face of The Makelin products and represented The Eternity perfume from Calvin Klein.

Photographer Terry O'Neill compared her to an antique goddess and claimed that Christie's beauty would always be popular. At its peak, Turlington was getting between $1.8 million and $3 million, shooting less than two weeks a year. The Museum of Contemporary Art immortalized its features by ordering 120 mannequins to showcase dresses whose faces were made by cast from the supermodel's face.

Christie was fond of yoga and spiritual practices. In 1994, she decided to go to school: despite the rich life experience, she then had only secondary education. In 1999, Christy Turlington graduated from the Gallatin School at New York University and received her Bachelor of Oriental Philosophy. Later, the model even wrote a book, "Live with Yoga: Applied in Practice."

Despite this fascination, Turlington is not too strict on lifestyle. After being a vegetarian, she went back to meat. Unlike most models, Christie allowed herself to smoke, but when her father died of lung cancer, she left a bad habit and became a zealous tobacco opponent.

On account of the beauty romances with actors Roger Wilson, Christian Slater, Jason Patrick. These were fleeting hobbies, and none of them became a major in her personal life.

Christie is married to actor, director and screenwriter Edward Burns. The couple's relationship was long and complicated. They met back in 2000 and almost immediately announced their engagement, but a few weeks later in the U.S. the events of September 11. Christie and Edward considered it inappropriate to arrange a wedding in the days of national mourning.

They soon broke up, but in 2003 they met again and realized that they wanted to be together. On June 7 of that year, the couple finally formed a relationship, and on October 25, Christie gave birth to their first child, daughter Grace. In 2006, a son, named Finn, was born.

The supermodel is very sensitive to her husband and children. According to her, working in the fashion business did not require mental stress and did not bring noticeable pleasure, but motherhood has become a true reward and pleases daily. Now Turlington lives in a large house in New York and tries to visit Hollywood less often.

The model career of the star of the 90s continues today. In 2018, she starred for the advertising campaign H'amp;M.

Tarlington now represents the anti-ageing cosmetics brand Imedeen and the Fashion Cafe-themed restaurant chain, helping humanitarian aid charities in El Salvador, and opposing the wearing of furs and furry.

In 2005, Christie founded the Every Mother Counts charitable foundation. Her first birth was difficult, and Turlington became interested in helping young mothers in developing countries. Specifically, the model received a master's degree in social health.

The Christy Turlington Foundation organizes midwives' schools in third world countries, creates family support programs, and addresses the supply of medicines and equipment to hospitals. In 2010, Christie made the film No Woman, No Cry, dedicated to maternal mortality.

The supermodel uses social media to work: she has Instagram accounts, Twitter, where she shares information about the foundation's work, writes a lot about yoga and women's health.

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