Cindy Crawford criticise nowadays modelling

Posted by mija on Apr 20, 2011 in News | 0 comments

She was one of the original supermodels who shot to fame in the late Eighties and set the mould for fixture catwalk stars and cover girls. But Cindy Crawford says she feels sorry for today’s models as she thinks it’s much harder to be one these days. And she also said the girls on the runaway and in magazines are shrinking and haven’t got the curves of their predecessors.

Cindy, 45, said: ‘I just saw the CoverGirl commercial with Taylor Swift and I thought, “Wow, it is so hard for models to get a job these days”. ‘You have to sing and act, too. There doesn’t seem to be as much work specifically just for models. And I also think when I was modeling, size 6 (UK size 10) was a normal size and now it’s like 2 (UK 6) or 0 (UK 4).’

Cindy was one of the original supermodels alongside Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Claudia Schiffer, and Christy Turlington who reached the peak of their careers in the early Nineties. They are all in their 40s now, some with children, and Cindy said although she sometimes felt sad that she was over her peak, happiness is the most important thing.

She said: ‘I think what really shows on your face – besides good hair colour – is if you’re happy in your life. If you’re doing work that you enjoy and that is rewarding, then as my mom always said, “You’d rather have smile lines than frown lines”. ‘I don’t look the same as I did 20 years ago, nor should I. Sometimes I get that little pang, like “Oh, bummer, I wish I did”. But at the same time, I see my children and I see them growing up and I look at my husband and the marriage that we’ve worked on and have together, and if all that is good and working, it’s a lot easier to be kind to your little fine lines or where gravity’s gotten the better of you.’

Cindy has been married to businessman Rande Gerber for almost 13 years and they have two children, Kaia, 9, and Presley, 11. And she said she wants her children to grow up with a healthy body image, and added: ‘I think the way kids learn most is not by what you say, but by what you do. They see me making healthy choices, and they see my husband and I exercising.

‘Being a woman and having a daughter, I don’t want her to feel like in order to be attractive or healthy or thin, that you have to deprive yourself all of the time. So if we go out for ice cream, I don’t’ say, “Oh, I can’t have that!” – I’ll order one. I don’t make a big deal out of it.’ And she said even though her kids aren’t aware of what a big modelling icon she is, making an appearance on a children’s TV show shot her to fame in their eyes.

She said: ‘I wasn’t on the cover of Vogue every month anymore, so it wasn’t quite as in their faces. I think sometimes they’re still a little bit surprised or tickled when I get recognized or people say certain things. But I did get some playground credibility after doing Wizards of Waverly Place! All of the sudden their friends knew who I was.’

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