Biography
Christie Brinkley is a famous fashion model, over the beauty of which, it seems, is not powerful time. On the 6th decade, it not only looks much younger than its age, but continues to participate in shows and photo shoots. In addition to the demonstration of fashion collections, Christie is filmed into the cinema, develops its own lines of accessories and gives advice in books and on TV, how to preserve youth for many years.Childhood and youth
The biography of the future Star Podium begins in 1954. Christie Lee Hudson (this surname was given to her at birth) was born in Monroe, Michigan. Shortly after the appearance of his daughter, the mother married the second time. Stepfather, a journalist Don Brinkley, harass the girl and gave her his last name.
The family was secure, and Christie gave a brilliant education. After the end of the prestigious private school, she went to France to devote himself to studying the history of the arts.
Fashion and films
The invitation to the model business Brinkley received randomly. Erol Sawyer, a popular photographer, noticed an attractive girl in the post office and called on the shooting.
The debut photo session was successful, and with the filing of Sawer, Christie got acquainted with Nina Blanchard, who headed the Eileen Ford agency department in Los Angeles. Sale of shooting and showing one after another, and the career of a beginner star of the podium quickly went uphill. Soon Christi appeared on the cover of the magazine Sports Illustrated 3 times in a row that no other model was managed before.
Brinkli's first long-term contract concluded in 1975, becoming the face of the cosmetic brand Covergirl. Relations with this company launched over the next 20 years, which was the longest contract in the history of the Fashion Industry.
In 1983, Christie debuted as an actress. She got a small role in the comedy film "Vacation", where Brinkley starred along with Chevi Chase. When 12 years later, the screens came out to continue the picture, she wouldingly agreed to participate in the shooting and this time. Also, the celebrity was filmed in the clips of Billy Joel and Mika Jones and led his own program dedicated to sports and healthy nutrition. In 2011, played a major role in the famous Musical "Chicago".
In total, in just his career, Christie appeared on magazine covers, including Vogue, Glamor, Esquire, more than 500 times. In 2015, she released the Book "Eternal Beauty," where she revealed secrets of care. This photo model is often divided into its "instagram".
Personal life
A recognized beauty, Christie never suffered from lack of male attention, and her personal life was always very violent. She is a mother of three children and was married 4 times, but all marriages ended with divorces.
With the first husband, the model met when I arrived in Paris to study. Union with the artist Jean-Francois Hello was only a consequence of youthful love and collapsed quite quickly.
In 1982, it became known that Christie had a relationship with the heir to the alcohol company Moët-Chandon. Olivier Shandon De Brile met the fashion model in New York, in the famous Club "Studio 54", and did not resist her charm, but further the courting of this relationship was not destined to go - in less than a year later, the young man died in a car accident.
The second time Christie came out for the musician Billy Joel. They met on the island of St. Barts in the Caribbean, and got married 2 years later on the deck of the yacht on the Hudson River. Their relationship was laid 10 years old, the spouses were born a daughter Alex.
The marriage collapsed when Brinkley met a businessman Richard Taubman. He made a beloved offer, when she was still married, and for him a woman hastily made a divorce. They had a boy who was called Jack Paris Taubman. Together, the couple stayed a little more than a year.
The last spouse Christie became architect Peter Cook. She gave him a daughter Sailor, but in October 2008 a couple broke up. The marriage process was noisy and attracted the attention of the media: the model accused Peter in connection with 18-year-old Diana Bienci, and also that he was overly fond of porn and applied physical strength to children.
The growth of the model is 175 cm. Weight, according to Christie itself, often hesitate, so she has clothes from 40 to 44 sizes in her wardrobe. Now it weighs 55 kg. According to Brinkley, a good heredity and a healthy lifestyle helps to keep her beauty: she is a vegetarian from 13 years old, although it does not refuse to themselves in dairy products and adore oysters. In addition, Christi makes the power exercises every day, practicing yoga, and during the holidays will be readily surfing and wakeboarding and swims a lot.
In his youth, the model tremended his appearance and rarely was solved on beauty experiments. Until the mature years, she went with long curls - lush loose hair was a distinctive feature of her image (however, the model itself was confirmed in an interview that it used to create volumes to create a lift strands), and only in 62 he decided on a haircut.
Christi Brinkley loves to demonstrate the preserved figure and appear in public in short skirts and dresses with a deep neckline. Sometimes the model is criticized for outfits that do not appropriate age, for example, tight jeans or overalls, but she does not see the problems itself - it does not bother an excess of attention.
The celebrity says that it does not use the services of surgeons to preserve youth, but nothing has against rejuvenating aesthetic procedures. Experts, however, argue that on its pictures without makeup, traces of plastic operations can be seen, but at the same time recognize that they are made very high quality and neatly. The photo of the novice model really differs little from its current pictures without photoshop.
According to Christi, she repeatedly did Botox injections, but refused them after the composition under the skin began to make facial expressions. Clear keys of the model - the result of using the fillers, and a well-disconnected chin is most likely to be well-considered chin, is a consequence of the face lifting.
Christi Brinkley now
In February 2018, the photo model noted the 64th birthday. It still appears on the covers of magazines and amazes fans with freshness and beauty. Recently, Christi became the heroine of a series of pictures for the Social Life magazine, where it was appeared in a swimsuit and other brave outfits.
Filmography
- 1983 - "Vacation"
- 1987 - "Billy Joel: Window to Russia"
- 1988 - "Povakkatsy"
- 2012 - "The face of supermodel: then and now"
- 2011 - "Such different twins"