Pop Culture: Christy Turlington

Christy Turlington: The First Latina Supermodel
Christy Turlington was discovered as a teenager while riding horses in Miami, where her father worked as a training captain for Pan American. After turning 18, she moved to New York City to model full-time. In no time, Turlington was the face of such noted brands as Calvin Klein, Maybelline and Versace and would appear on more than 500 magazine covers. She even appeared with fellow supermodels Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Cindy Crawford and Tatjana Patitz in George Michael’s “Freedom” video in 1990, which featured the world’s top five models lip-syncing the song. “The greatest model of all time,” declared one casting agent in 2008 about Turlington. “You could combine every model to this day into one person, and they wouldn't come close (sorry, girls).” Ain’t that the fact!

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