Talking about the 80s and 90s without remembering the glories of fashion of that period is an almost impossible undertaking. Beautiful models paraded on the catwalks all over the world who, even today, are unparalleled.
Carla Bruni , Linda Evangelista , Claudia Schiffer and many others were among the most envied and copied women, for their looks, on the planet. In fact, the most famous supermodels of that period made history but how will they become now ?
Many years have passed but no one has forgotten those women who wore the clothes of the best designers and were portrayed on hundreds of covers of the most glossy magazines in the world.
Now far from the catwalks and close to the age of 50 , some of the most famous supermodels of the time have completely changed their professional life and some even their physical appearance.
Let ‘s find out how the 8 most famous models of the 80s and 90s are today:
1) Naomi Campbell
Naomi Campbell ‘s debut was in 1978, when she was only seven years old, when you appeared in the video clip of Is This Love by Bob Marley and by the time she was twenty she was already one of the most requested models in the world. With the support of her colleagues and thanks to her enterprising character, she was the first black model on the cover of Vogue UK and the first to conquer the September issue of Vogue USA . But despite her successes, she wasn’t paid as much as the famous white models . A great support for her career was that of Gianni Versace, to which she remained linked until the day of the designer’s murder, in 1997. Off the catwalks she tried her way in singing and publishing but, in the 2000s, she walked again for big brands. She also did not miss a TV appearance in the reality show The Face and in two episodes of American Horror Story: Hotel .
2) Carla Bruni
Carla Bruni , born in Italy, in Turin in 1967, and naturalized French, became famous in the late 80s and, like the other models, run for the most important brands in the world. In 1997 Carla decided to turn her attention to music . In fact, in 2002 she made her debut with the album Quelqu’un m’a dit . She is a beautiful and sensual woman, she has conquered more than one famous heart . Among her relationships followed by the paparazzi more than her were those of her with Eric Clapton , Mick Jagger , and her love triangle with Jean Paul and Raphael Enthoven , respectively her father and son. In 2008 she became his wifeby the President of the French Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy , but, having abandoned her dress as a premiere dame of France, Carla is back to music with a new album , French Touch .
3) Linda Evangelista
Supermodel Linda Evangelista was born in 1965 and from an early age she dreamed of becoming a supermodel. The first step in her career and the victory in the Miss Teen Niagara pageant , immediately and noticed her extraordinary beauty. In 1988, when the flowing locks typical of the current decade still reigned supreme, she had the courage to show off the very short haircut that would later take the name The Linda and be copied by celebrity. In 1998 she retired from the catwalksbut he didn’t say goodbye to the millionaire advertising campaigns, documentaries and charity nights for a while. Today it has visibly changed and with a few extra pounds .
4) Christy Turlington
Christy Turlington , born in 1969, was the face for Calvin Klein ‘s Eternity advertising campaigns , but not only. In fact, her career continued with Maybelline and, during the 1990s, she amassed over 500 magazine covers. In addition to advertising, Turlington has written, as a contributor, in Vogue, Marie Claire and the Huffington Post. In the 2000s she and she dedicated herself to charity , taking on the role of the director for the documentary No Woman, No Cry in 2010. She also founded the Every Mother Counts project, in favor of the battle for the health of mothers and children in every country of the world.
5) Cindy Crawford
The career of Cindy Crawford , born in DeKalb, Illinois, in 1966, began at just 16 years old. In fact, she was discovered while she was fertilizing a corn field and from that moment, with her unmistakable neo of her, she has trod the catwalks all over the world. She currently she and she married to Rande Gerber and she has two children: Presley and Kaia. The latter, as beautiful as her mother, has decided to follow in her footsteps. She who knows if she will be able to reach maternal goals. In fact, the assets of the former supermodel would be around 100 million dollars .
6) Helena Christensen
Helena Christensen , born in 1968, rose to fame, winning the Miss Denmark beauty pageant in 1986 and representing her country in the Miss Universe pageant of the same year and in 1991 appeared in the music video of Chris Isaak ‘s Wicked Game song . For her the covers and fashion were not satisfying enough, so, at the height of her success, she decided to embark on a new work experience. In fact, Helena put herself on the other side of the camera and became the artistic director of Nylon magazine . She has also designed and produced her own line of lingerie for Triumph and documented climate change with its disastrous consequences in 4 years of photographic shots, from Kenya to Peru, which were collected in the book Meltdown .
7) Kate Moss
Kate Moss , born in 1974, unlike her fellow models , still continues to parade . The youngest of the supermodels of the time was discovered at just 14 by a talent scout, who said of her: ” And baby, but with that face and that determination of her they will try to imitate her all in New York “. In fact, in addition to being a model, Kate Moss is also universally recognized as a fashion icon .] Her style has earned her numerous awards, including that of the Council of Stylists of America to be included in the list of best dressed women in the world . . The model in 2002 had a daughter, Lila Grace , born from the relationship with the publisher Jefferson Hack .
8) Claudia Schiffer
Claudia Schiffer was born in 1970 in Rheinberg in Germany. About her Her career as a model was also helped thanks to her incredible resemblance to actress Brigitte Bardot . Like her blonde and beautiful, in 1987, she was noticed in Dusseldorf by Michael Levaton , the head of a major fashion agency, who convinced her to work as a model. More than 700 international covers of her have been dedicated to her and Forbes magazine , in 2002, had quantified her worth of her at around 55 million dollars .
