The Supermodels Of Our Lives

Hollywood stars aren’t the only celebs who personify beauty and glamour. Over the decades, supermodels have been some of the most prominent faces, and bodies, on the planet. Here, some of the most memorable, beginning with Twiggy, who turns 61 today!



The very personification of 1960s Swinging London and Carnaby Street, Twiggy had a young, mod look that made high fashion seem suddenly attainable to teenage girls.

1960s: Jean Shrimpton Another product of the mod era, Shrimpton seemed like Twiggy’s older and more sensible sister. Her loose mane of hair was a radical departure from the highly shaped styles of the 1950s and early 1960s.

1970s: Christie Brinkley The ultimate all-American girl, Brinkley won over both men and women with her "Sports Illustrated" covers (in a swimsuit) and fashion magazine shoots (in dresses). She always seemed to be smiling, and why not? Even today, she still looks fabulous.

1970s: Lauren Hutton Beautiful but not perfect, Hutton injected a shot of quirkiness into an occasionally sterile fashion world, defying the odds by succeeding despite a gap in her teeth.

1980s: Linda Evangelista Evangelista began attracting attention in the late 1980s as the era of several classic supermodels began. She was one of several big names (including Christy Turlington) featured in George Michael’s classic video “Freedom ’90.”

1980s: Cindy Crawford Like Christie Brinkley, Crawford was beautiful and unthreatening (she still is, in fact.) She’s also marketed herself shrewdly with a popular, mid-priced home-furnishings line.

1990s: Naomi Campbell One of the true supermodels, but you’d never call her a good girl. Campbell, a global style icon, is as well known for her off-stage antics (hitting assistants, throwing phones) as she is for her legendary runway appearances.

1990s: Kate Moss In some ways, she’s Twiggy’s successor – a waif-like girl who had a meteoric rise to fame while still very young. But Moss has been the target of some ugly rumors, most famously cocaine use. Whether that’s true or not, she still looks fabulous today – after almost two decades in modeling.

2000s: Heidi Klum The antithesis of the bad-girl supermodel, Klum has a family with the singer Seal and a steady gig as a stern judge on “Project Runway.” Drawing on her love of motherhood (she’s got four kids), Klum recently launched two maternity-wear lines.

2000s: Gisele Bundchen The Brazilian supermodel’s been called the “model of the millennium” by "Vogue" editor Anna Wintour, and we see her point. As if that isn’t enough, Bundchen’s married to New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, and as far as we’re concerned, the two of them hold the unofficial title of “world’s most beautiful couple.”