Cynthia (Cindy) Ann Crawford was born on 20th February, 1966 in DeKalb, Illinois. Cindy is the second of three girls and four children.

She had very tough times in her childhood because her brother Jeffrey, died of leukemia soon after Christmas when she was ten Her parents later divorced when she was sixteen. She graduated first in her class from high school and went on to study chemical engineering at Northwestern University. /p>

Cindy Crawford met Victor Skrebneski, the king of Chicago fashion photography, because of who her career took off. No overnight sensation, it was the clothing trade, that brought her to the rather lofty financial level as the highest paid, and probably the single most widely recognized supermodel.

She lives in the same New York City building as Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington and Winona Ryder. Dividing her time between New York and Los Angeles, Cindy Crawford is hard at work building her career from coast to coast when she's not starring in major motion pictures.

The epitome of supermodel, Cindy Crawford has ventured into practically every field possible, realizing that the lifespan of a model is relatively short. She made a smooth transition from the world of fashion into broadcast journalism and corporate business.

Cindy Crawford was the first modern Supermodel to pose for Playboy. She was ranked number 5 on Playboy's list of the 100 Sexiest Stars of the Century. Has been on the cover of more than 600 magazines worldwide including Vouge, W, People, Harper's Bazaar, ELLE, and Allure.