Christie: Annual Salary 300&Nbsp, Ten Thousand'S Popular Supermodels.

20 years ago, she was a popular supermodel with an annual salary of 3 million.

10 years ago, she was the fashionable pronoun of yoga.

Today, she is an expert in women's health.

How did a woman who had been a model since she was 14 turned into what she is now?

Christy Turlington once told New York Times a reporter: "Cindy is a smart model.

Nowadays, no one will overlook her intelligence. Since she was 25 years old, she had lost her mind in order to go to university to fade away from the model circle.

As for kindness, the long neglected virtue of the fashion industry seems to be insignificant in Turlington's legendary supermodel.

Luckily, she has not lost this inborn good character so far.

Just under the double escort of mind and character, her beauty will last forever.

In spite of her beauty, she does not seem to mind.

People in blockbusters are not me.

In 1990, George Michael's popular Golden Melody "Freedom 90" came to the top 6.

Even so, in her mind, the golden age of "supermodel without 10 thousand dollars" is still no substitute: "I met Kate (Moss) when I was 18 years old, and our father was a colleague.

She is always more interesting and smart than other girls.

She can be red to today, because no one can replace her.

"Compared with the present supermodel, our physique is more feminine, but I always feel that we were gorgeous at that time.

Because I am not such a person, I feel very unreal.

Compared to the Chanel mini skirt and Versace jacket, I am more sympathetic to the fashion today.

"What I hate most is walking on T," she recalls. "My heart is always thinking," how soon can we finish a round-trip? "

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Most of the time, she looked at her photos with an unusual calm look, as if the man was not himself: "makeup, lighting and photography have turned you into another person. I never want to be a photographer, because it would be very dangerous."

A woman with such a sober mind will certainly not be anxious about wrinkles and pouches.

"For many people, growing old is a burden.

However, I will not spend my time on things that I can not control.

Wrinkles do not scare me. They are part of my life. I am willing to accept them.

What I fear is plastic surgery. "

Her voice turned, "but now the actresses are more stressed than the models.

At the moment, people like old age models very much, and I always receive advertisements, which are not designed for 41 year old women - I am very happy to take such jobs.

It's easy to be supermodels.

Turlington was born in an ordinary Catholic family in California, USA. Her mother is a flight attendant, from Salvatore, and his father is a Pan American Airlines pilot.

From his parents, he inherited the proud height and Latin beauty. At the age of 14, she was discovered by a Miami photographer. She was riding with her sister Kelly.

The photographer asked her to pose with a dissolute expression when she photographed her, so that even a California girl who had never seen a fashion magazine was confused.

At first, she only worked as a part-time model in the summer vacation. She flew to Europe to take pictures, accompanied by her mother, and did everything.

Before she was 16 years old, she belonged to the American version of Vogue, which made her feel more relaxed. "I think, as long as" Vogue "thinks I look good, it should be right.

Working with AuthurElgort, Patrick Demarchelier and Steven Meisel, I am full of confidence every day and skip the stage of adolescent shyness and self doubt.

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In 1987, after graduating from high school, Turlington went to New York to start a full-time career in modeling.

At the age of 20, she got a $1 million 200 thousand Calvin Klei "n Eternity" perfume endorsement contract.

"We know our strength.

We made a lot of money from these companies.

In 1991, she said in an interview with Time magazine.

No one can contradict her, it is the golden age of supermodel.

A year after the interview, she climbed to the top of her career with a $2 million Maybelline advertising contract. Until then, no model had such high endorsement.

To this day, she is still the spokesperson of Maybelline.

Everyone in the fashion circle knows that it is a great pleasure to cooperate with Turlington. She has always been famous for her good temper.

"As a model, I can only get compliment if I have a sweet attitude, a team spirit, and hang up my own clothes," she said.

Taking her profession as a matter of course, she was one of the most profitable models in the world at the age of 23, with an annual salary of $3 million.

Advanced custom dress, high pay, night party, private jet...

She soon lost interest in these easy things, and perhaps never had much interest.

"The work of modeling is not helpful to people. It is just an interesting opportunity.

But it does not benefit either mentally or intellectually. "

She recently said in an interview with the British Daily Telegraph.

At the height of her heyday, she also told Fashion Journalist Marion Hume that once the model career went downhill, she would go to university.

"Many people go to college to find out what they want to do in the future, and I am different. After graduation, I can start another career."

As a result, she almost rushed back. At the age of 25, she left her modeling career and went to New York University to major in comparative religion and Oriental philosophy.

Besides studying, she meditated every day and took 3 Yoga lessons a week.

Don't be a yoga beauty.

At the age of Turlington18, yoga began. After graduating from New York University, her interest and her modeling identity were connected. She gradually became an unofficial spokesperson for yoga in the world.

In 1999, she launched the Yoga product line Nuala with the sports brand Puma, and launched the natural beauty brand Sundari in the same year.

"After graduating from college, I thought about what to do next.

Others advise me to go into business, and the only thing I can think of is to take a natural and organic route. "

She said in an interview.

However, she did not want yoga to become a label of her own, and she did not want others to regard her as a label for yoga.

In 2003 and 2007, she ended the beauty brand Sundari and the cooperation with Puma.

She found that she was not very interested in doing business. "Sundari has put too much pressure on me. When I started selling this brand with my own fame, I felt as if I was modeling for others, and the whole thing was no longer pure, so I gave up."

She said.

She is not the beauty of yoga. She eats meat, drinks wine and beer, and calls the pale vegetarians "veal" (she used to eat vegetarian food in the past, so now the vegetarian organization regards her as a "traitor").

"I miss Yoga very much, but yoga is not just as simple as a few body movements.

I believe that what I am doing now is the most important yoga, that is to serve others.

This is the most basic part of human beings.

People always say that "giving is a good medicine for the soul, so that you feel good", which deprives itself of its beauty.

She said.

Noble things

Turlington's "new yoga" is engaged in public welfare undertakings, which sounds very old-fashioned, because the stars of the public spirited are numerous, but, unlike most of the people who are in a rush, they are devoted to it.

She is committed to protecting human health, including working for the humanitarian organization Care, calling for maternal health, participating in a number of anti smoking campaigns, and working with the American Cancer Society.

"I want to tell people what it feels like to see their loved ones die of lung cancer."

She said.

In the middle of 1990s, her father died of lung cancer. He was an old smoker. He quit smoking only half a year before his daughter persuaded him.

She also started smoking at the age of 13 until she was 26.

At that time, public opinion once exaggerated her body weight after smoking cessation.

But it also strengthened her new values: "I would rather add 10 pounds, not smoke, and live happily."

Fifth years after smoking cessation, she was diagnosed with mild emphysema, which was not fatal enough, but it had irreparable bodily harm.

Her collaboration with Care began 8 years ago after her daughter Grace was born.

"I suffered from postpartum hemorrhage. Fortunately, it is easy to solve in a hospital in New York.

But then I heard that postpartum hemorrhage is a major cause of death among pregnant women in developing countries. Since then, I have begun to pay attention to and understand all aspects of maternal health.

I don't want to be a publicity ambassador. I want to work in depth. "

As a result, she went to various countries with Care, and in 5 months of pregnancy, she set foot on her mother's hometown, Salvatore. It was unforgettable for the local pregnant woman to walk for miles of water under the hot sun.

"In Lima, I saw a beautiful pregnant woman who was shepherding sheep on the hillside. I was shocked by her weak wind. I thought," what should I do for her? "

4 years later, Care reduced the maternal mortality rate in a small town by half.

In fact, 90% of maternal deaths can be avoided, so we must do better. "

Today, she is studying for master's degree in public health at Columbia University. A documentary film named No Woman, No Cry will also be released in the year. The film records the hard life of pregnant women she saw in developing countries and poverty-stricken areas over the years.

Deborah Gordis, director of Care's "pregnant women problem", praised Turlington as a "calm, intelligent, talented woman."

It was he who encouraged her to go to Columbia University for further studies.

"How can a woman who is a model from 14 years old be so noble?" he sighed.