Cynthia
Ann Crawford (born February 20, 1966) is an
American supermodel and actress. Born in DeKalb,
Illinois, she is well-known as the supermodel
with a visible mole on her face (although most
people refer to it as a "beauty mark"
in her case). Crawford has deviated from the
strict matrix of perfection and distance from
the audience common to celebrities. She has
attempted to display a sense of humor when modeling
and acting. A series of exercise videos that
she made were a runaway hit, although her acting
pursuits have not been nearly as successful.
She continues to provide celebrity endorsement
for a variety of projects.
Once described as possessing
a "volcanic sensuality", Crawford
maintains a powerful, enduring appeal to a generation
of men today - and, additionally, has gained
admiration from the successive generation too
- that most of her supermodel peers cannot,
in much the same way as Marilyn Monroe before
her. In 1992, roadside posters of her had to
be removed in Norway when authorities noticed
a 300% increase in the accident rate as motorists
were distracted by her arrestingly attractive
appearance.
In 1995 Crawford took
her first movie role in Fair Game. Her performance
was dismissed by critics, and the greenlighting
of a $50 million film on the assumption that
she would be a good actress was described in
the magazine Total Film in 2004 as the 7th "dumbest
decision in movie history". Fair Game took
$11 million at the box office.
Crawford is just over
5 feet 9 inches tall and has a slim, well-toned
figure. She was the first modern supermodel
to pose for Playboy magazine. She was ranked
number 5 on Playboy's list of the 100 Sexiest
Stars of the 20th century. She has been featured
on the cover of more than 600 magazines worldwide
including Vogue, W, People, Harper's Bazaar,
ELLE and Allure. A 1997 Shape magazine survey
of 4,000 picked her as the second (after Demi
Moore) most beautiful woman in the world.
From 1989 to 1995, Crawford
was host of MTV's House of Style.
Crawford is now happy
in her second marriage to Randy Gerber (club
owner) with two young children, Presely &
Kaia. Crawford's first marriage to actor Richard
Gere lasted from 1991 to 1995.
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