Christy Nicole Turlington (born January 2, 1969) is an
American model best known for representing
Calvin Klein from 1987 to 2007. She has worked on dozens of modeling contracts with companies including
Maybelline Cosmetics and
Versace. Turlington starred in her fashion
documentary Catwalk and
Isaac Mizrahi's
Unzipped. She was added on as the fourth model investor, after
Elle Macpherson,
Naomi Campbell and
Claudia Schiffer of the now defunct Fashion Cafes.
Early life
Turlington was born in
Walnut Creek, California, the middle of three daughters born to Dwain Turlington, a pilot for
Pan American World Airways and a
flight attendant from
El Salvador, María Elizabeth (
née Parker).
[Benson, Richard. Yogi bared. Telegraph, March 12 2003. Retrieved 2008-02-15.][Belleza no significa no tener arrugas ("Beauty doesn't mean you don't have wrinkles"). Para Ti Online, April 3 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-15.]
She was discovered while
horseback riding[ in Miami, Florida, where her father was working as a training captain for Pan Am.][Whitworth, Melissa. Christy Turlington: the outsider. The Daily Telegraph, September 23 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-15.] Turlington began modeling after school from age 14 to 16 and during summers until she graduated from Monte Vista High School.[Seeber, Michael. Christy Turlington: Beauty and Balance. Psychology Today, July/August 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-15.] After graduation, she moved to New York City to model full-time.
