Top models have always been associated with beauty and luxury, but it was in the 90s that this profession gained an unprecedented scale. Girls from the catwalk got on TV, tried themselves in music, acted in films and opened their own business, not limited to fashion shows.
Names like Claudia Schiffer or Cindy Crawford at that time were well-known: even those who were completely not interested in the new collections of designer houses knew them.
What happened to them now? How and how do beautiful women live whose peak of fame came at the end of the last millennium?
10. Christy Turlington
The supermodel was born in 1969 and since childhood adored horses, dreaming of professionally engaged in equestrian sports.
At 13, she was noticed by photographer Danny Cody, who hardly persuaded the girl’s parents to let her become a model.
Christy herself did not take filming seriously either and just wanted to earn some money to pay for her classes at the equestrian club.
Gradually, she became a recognizable model in Miami, and in 1987 first hit the cover of Vogue. Since then, she has advertised the products of world cosmetic and perfumery brands, earning millions.
Now she is 50 years old and she is a happy mother of two children, to whom she tries to devote all her free time, so she rarely gets to Hollywood.
Nevertheless, sometimes it still comes out: it appears in an advertisement for anti-aging products and continues to appear on the podium. So, in 2019, Christy Turlington closed the show Marc Jacobs.
9. Carla Bruni
The Italian-French top model was born in 1967, and began her career at 19.
She quickly managed to become one of the elite of the modeling business: in her best years, Carla Bruni was in the top 20 of the highest paid fashion models in the world.
Her modeling career was overshadowed by her numerous and scandalous novels: she had a relationship with Mick Jagger, Vincent Perez, Kevin Costner, former French Prime Minister Laurent Fabius and, as the apogee, marriage to Nicolas Sarkozy, who was then president of the country.
After leaving the podium, Carla went to the music scene, recording 2 solo albums, and also went into business. Now, in addition to this, he is also involved in politics.
8. Heidi Klum
In 1992, being an 18-year-old schoolgirl, Heidi Klum won the Thomas Gottschalk Late-Night-Show, leaving 25 thousand competitors behind. The award was a contract with a modeling agency for $ 300,000, which made her a top model.
Having become one of the Victoria’s Secret “angels” and appearing on the covers of Vogue and ELLE, Klum rarely went onto the catwalks of Milan or Paris, choosing a different path for herself.
Now she is a mother of 4 children and is happy in relations with Tom Kaulitz - guitarist of Tokio Hotel, who is 16 years younger than her chosen one.
7. Janice Dickinson
Despite the fact that the peak of fame Janice Dickinson came in the 80s, it is impossible not to mention it. She was so scandalous that her autobiography became a bestseller.
Here are just a few facts about her in her youth: she could get drunk and fall off the catwalk on Sophia Loren, regularly participated in orgies with other models and celebrities, played novels with Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, Liam Neeson, Mick Jagger, Roman Polansky, Dolph Lundgren, Bruce Willis, John Cusack, Sylvester Stallone and many others.
Her relations with the latter are most interesting: in 1994 she told Slay that she was pregnant and he was glad to make her an offer and prepare to become a father. After the birth, it turned out that the father is the former Janice, and not Stallone, because of which the couple broke up.
Now, at 64, she leads a quiet life, occasionally appearing on TV, where she talks about a stormy youth.
6. Christie Brinkley
This former top model is still often flashed in the media, and the reason for this is her ability to look much younger at age 65.
During her career, she managed to work with many fashion houses, as well as to appear in several films and television series.
After that, she began to do other things that she also did well: photography, business, writing stories, creating illustrations and her own clothes.
5. Naomi Campbell
The Black Panther earned its nickname absolutely deservedly: because of its explosive and aggressive nature, it often found itself instead of a podium in the dock.
Repeatedly she beat a servant, including men, inflicting bodily injuries of varying severity. However, this did not prevent her from becoming the first black girl who appeared on the covers of the French and English editions of Vogue magazine and Time magazine.
Now a dark-skinned diva is engaged in business and appears on TV, starring also in television series. So, she could be seen in two episodes of the fifth season of American Horror Story.
4. Kate Moss
Having first stood in front of the camera lens at age 14, Kate Moss already at 20 earned her first million. Then it was believed that the model should be tall, but Kate destroyed this stereotype, becoming the face of leading brands with an increase of only 168 cm.
Thin and slightly awkward, she looked a little like a boy, so she became a real symbol of the androgyny era, when the unisex style began to come into fashion.
After leaving the modeling business, Kate ceased to lead a secular life, but did not break advertising contracts. She continues to promote popular cosmetics and clothing.
3. Linda Evangelista
“Miss Niagara” - this is precisely the first title won by young Linda. After that, she received an offer to work in New York and took full advantage of her chance, becoming one of the best top models of her time.
For her ability to transform, changing her hair color and hairstyle, she was called the “chameleon”, and she was the first to whom they were ready to pay a lot of money just because she was present at the event.
After completing her career, Linda did not follow in the footsteps of her colleagues and tried in film and music, focusing on traveling and the child.
2. Cindy Crawford
Cindy began her journey at the Elite Model Look contest, where in 1986 she took second place. After that, she began to be invited to more and more serious shows, until in 1995 she had grown to the title of the highest paid top model. At the same time, she became the first to undress for Playboy.
Despite her age (she is 53 years old), Crawford continues to lead an active lifestyle: she is a fitness guru, a leading seminar, regularly appears on TV and owns her own brand of cosmetics and clothes.
1. Claudia Schiffer
Her popularity came to her after moving to Paris in 1987: she was quickly noticed and a year later she appeared on the cover of Elle. In the future, her photograph adorned the covers of various publications more than 1,000 times, which allowed her to become a record holder for this indicator (she even has a certificate from the Guinness Book of Records).
At the peak of fame, Claudia earned $ 50,000 a day, at one time being the most expensive top model.
In 2002, she married director Matthew Vaughn (Kingsman, X-Men: First Class) and is now raising three children, finding time for community service: Schiffer has UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador status.