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 & Aia. Crawford's first marriage to actor Richard Gere lasted from 1991 to 1995.
Filmography
- The Simian Line (2000) ... as Sandra
- 54 (1998) ... as VIP Patron
- Fair Game (1995) ... as Kate McQueen
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Last updated: 08-16-2005 00:32:10
