Cindy Crawford

Cindy Crawford has been an icon of the modeling world. Known for her beauty mark above her upper lip, the celebrity graced countless magazines, runway shows, and photoshoots over the years. Her prominence in the industry during the 1980s and 1990s had many calling her a supermodel. Banking on her success, she then ventured into acting and business, making investments in cosmetic products, furniture, and restaurants. This made her also one of the first models to successfully capitalize on their modeling success.

Before all of this, Crawford was quite the aspirant in pursuing modeling in her teenage years. During her junior year, she had her first cover shoot, which convinced her to venture into the craft. While she excelled in her studies and even got a scholarship for her college studies, she subsequently ditched her academics to focus on modeling full-time. She eventually signed with the modeling agency Elite New York in 1986, which became the start of her professional career.