"Her name is synonymous with fashion history. Cindy Crawford managed to break some of the unwritten rules of an industry resistant to major changes, and she is one of the few who has successfully defied ageism in a sector that often ignores women as they get older. This Friday, February 20, Crawford celebrates her 60th birthday, balancing her work as a model with her role as an entrepreneur at the helm of the cosmetics brand Meaningful Beauty, geared towards older women."
"She had never considered fashion as a career path and, in fact, during her student years she held all sorts of jobs: from cleaning houses to folding clothes in a store to detasseling corn, as she recently revealed to Elle magazine. Thanks to her excellent grades in school, she received a scholarship to Northwestern University to study chemical engineering."
"She started working at an agency in Chicago where, ironically, they told her she had to remove the mole she had at the corner of her lip. She refused, and that mole became her trademark, a brand that helped her land lucrative contracts. It's that uniqueness that makes you stand out from the rest, which is why you have to embrace your individuality, even though it's easier said than done, she said in a 2020 interview."
Cindy Crawford broke industry norms and defied ageism while maintaining a modeling career and leading Meaningful Beauty, a cosmetics brand for older women. She was discovered at 16 by a local photographer in DeKalb, outside Chicago, after holding many jobs during her student years. Strong grades earned her a scholarship to Northwestern University for chemical engineering, but fashion opportunities prompted a career change to modeling. Early career struggles included an agency pressing her to remove a lip mole; she refused and the mole became her trademark that secured contracts. An Elite takeover in the mid-1980s and a January 1990 British Vogue cover by Peter Lindbergh launched her superstardom.
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