Supermodel Cindy Crawford Drops Bombshell Admission

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Supermodel icon Cindy Crawford was one of the most well-known and popular individuals of her time and industry. Having walked the runway for many years, Crawford attracted hundreds of thousands of fans, men and women alike. Fast forward to present day and the former supermodel has just revealed a shocking admission from her past.

In 1988, Cindy Crawford decided to trust her own instinct and not listen to the people around her. She chose to pose nude for Playboy magazine despite her modeling agency’s opinion that it didn’t fit in with the type of jobs she should be doing.

This risk paid off for Crawford who has now been celebrated for almost three decades as a pioneering super model.

At the time, posing nude was not considered “the norm” for high-fashion models like Crawford. Everyone in her life advised against it due to the reputation of Playboy magazine but she trusted her intuition and went through with it anyway. She negotiated terms where she would have control of the images and be able to kill them if there were any issues with them being published.

Her friend Herb Ritts, a famous fashion photographer, arranged the photo shoot which was combined with another trip they were taking for French Vogue to Hawaii. The photos were taken in an organic manner; some used by French Vogue and some used by Playboy so there was no clear delineation between them both mediums.

Taking risks paid off for Crawford as she gained new business opportunities from posing nude that allowed her career path to take a different turn than other female models before her had done. MTV wanted someone from fashion who also had male fans, so when they saw what Crawford had done in Playboy they offered her a position as host on their television series focusing on up-and-coming fashion trends called House of Style.

This gave viewers an insight into both music, fashion, pop culture while also allowing Cindy put more personality into public persona which afforded opportunity such as speaking engagements etc.

It also showed other female models that they can take risks without feeling like victims, something Naomi Campbell & Christy Turlington spoke about when looking back at their successful careers during AppleTV+’s documentary The Super Models.

When asked about how comfortable she felt posing nude Campbell said “I don’t feel like when I’m nude that I’m nude…It really depends who I’m shooting for….it’s the concept and way when its tastefully done you don’t feel like you’re nude”, a sentiment echoed by Turlington who added “I respect and admire people who can be comfortable in their bodies and comfortable naked…if I can trust that person capturing it and I know what they see, and I know that my comfort is going to make that image that much more exciting, interesting, whatever, then I can go there.”

These two statements encapsulate why Crawford took such a bold move all those years ago – because ultimately having respect your body is empowering regardless if others agree or disagree with decision making process.

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