Christie brinkley biography
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Christie Brinkley Biography
Feb 2, Birth Place:
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Biography
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Christie Brinkley Biography
Robust and athletic with a California-girl smile, Christie Brinkley was the first woman to appear on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition for three consecutive years (). Christie Brinkley was studying art in Paris when she was discovered by a fashion photographer early in the s, and she soon joined the Ford modelling agency. Her career really took off with her first Sports Illustrated cover in She had a cameo role in National Lampoons Vacation () and married superstar singer Billy Joel in A top model, she appeared in Joels videos for Uptown Girl and Keeping the Faith, and created the cover art for his album River of Dreams. Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel divorced in and she married architect Peter Cook in She left him in and their bitter divorce reached its pop culture peak in , with news of Cooks affair with an 18 year-old and his expensive internet porn habit. Their legal battles were settled in July of ,
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Christie Brinkley
American model, actress (born )
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Brinkley at the Tribeca Film Festival | |
Born | Christie Lee Hudson () February 2, (age71) Monroe, Michigan, U.S. |
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Yearsactive | –present |
Height | 5ft 9+12in (cm)[1] |
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Children | 3, including Alexa Ray Joel and Sailor Brinkley Cook |
Christie Lee Brinkley (née Hudson; born February 2, ) is an American model.[2] Brinkley appeared on an unprecedented three consecutive covers of Sports IllustratedSwimsuit Issues in , , and She spent 25 years as the face of CoverGirl;[3] has appeared on over magazine covers; and has signed contracts