Christy Turlington
Christy Nicole Turlington Burns[2] (née Turlington; born January 2, 1969)[1] is an American fashion model. She initially attracted fame in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a supermodel. She represented Calvin Klein's Eternity campaign in 1989 and again in 2014,[3] and also represents Maybelline. Grace Coddington, the long-time creative director of American Vogue magazine, has described Turlington as "the most beautiful woman in the world."[4]
Early life[edit]
Turlington was born in Walnut Creek, California,[1] the middle of three daughters born to Dwain Turlington, a pilot for Pan Am, and María Elizabeth (née Parker Infante), a flight attendant from El Salvador.[5][6] She was raised in the Roman Catholic faith of her mother along with her sisters and continued to practice the religion into adulthood.[7][8]
She was discovered by local photographer Dennie Cody while she was riding a horse in Miami, Florida, where her father was working as a training captain for Pan Am.[9] Turlington began modeling after school from age 14 to 16 and during summers while she attended Monte Vista High School in Danville, California.[1][10] After turning 18, she moved to New York City to model full-time, and later graduated from high school. She went back to school in 1994 and graduated cum laude in 1999 from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study of New York University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in Comparative Religion and Eastern Philosophy.[10] She continued her studies at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.[11]
Other ventures[edit]
In the 2000s, she has become a partner in a variety of business ventures: an ayurvedic skincare line, Sundari,[21] and two clothing lines produced by Puma, an active women's clothing line; and a women's yoga-wear line.[22]
She has contributed writings to Marie Claire, Yoga Journal, and Teen Vogue along with contributions to the Huffington Post.[23] She has also contributed to NBC’s Today Show as a guest correspondent, which included reporting on the status of girl’s education in Afghanistan in early 2002 and an interview with H.H. Dalai Lama at his home in Dharamshala, India.[24]
She was also an initial product tester for the Apple Watch launch in 2015, participating in the press conference and allowing them to film a segment featuring her use of the Apple Watch to train for a marathon.[25]
Honors[edit]
She was one of fifteen women selected to appear on the cover of the September 2019 issue of British Vogue, by guest editor Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.[51]