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Cynthia Ann Crawford (born February 20, 1966) is
an American supermodel and actress. She is best
known as a world famous Supermodel. Born in
DeKalb, Illinois, her trademark is a visible
mole on her face (although most people refer to
it as a "beauty mark"). A series of exercise
videos that she made were successful; her acting
pursuits were not so. She continues to provide
celebrity endorsement for a variety of projects.
From 1989 to 1995, Crawford was host of MTV's
House of Style. 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 them. 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 (175 cm)
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.
Crawford is now happy in her second marriage to
Randy Gerber (club owner) with two young
children, Presely & Kaia. Crawford's first
marriage to actor Richard Gere lasted from 1991
to 1995. It was heavily rumoured that the
marriage was a cover for their mutual
homosexuality, but this was denied by both. Gere
has also since become a father. During their
marriage, the rumors had been further fueled
(and mocked) by Crawford when she appeared on a
magazine cover in a semi-provocative pose with
the popular and openly homosexual singer k.d.
lang. In contrast, one of Crawford's last covers
was an issue of "W" featuring a black-and-white
nude of her very-pregnant profile, echoing a
similar color cover photo years earlier by Demi
Moore in a different magazine.
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