Cindy Crawford’s (57) legendary modeling career almost didn’t happen! In the 80s and 90s, the supermodel conquered catwalks around the world. The beautiful actress was discovered at the age of 16 while doing a summer job in the corn fields of Illinois. From then on things went uphill for her. Her dad John Crawford was from Cindy’s However, at the beginning of the modeling job she was anything but enthusiastic!
The mother of two grew up sheltered in a small American town. Young Cindy could only dream of a life on the catwalks. Her father also didn’t know what to do with his new job at first. “He thought modeling was just another name for prostitution and not that it was a real profession,” the 57-year-old recalls in the new documentary series “The Super Models.” However, the top model was quickly able to overcome John’s prejudices. He and mom Sue are said to have even supported Cindy at her very first casting.
Like Mother like daughter! Also at the age of 16, Cindy’s child Kaia Gerber (22) took the plunge into modeling. And her career is also impressive. The girlfriend of actor Austin Butler (32) has already appeared in front of the camera for the big fashion brands. Model mom Cindy has always been incredibly proud of this in the past.
