Crawford is one of a cohort of models that were superstars in the 90s. Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington raised the profile of this profession and made the image of the model as glamorous and inaccessible as the image of the Hollywood stars.
If Naomi was a "black panther", and Schiffer was now and then compared to Brigitte Bardot, then Cindy Crawford became famous not without the help of her recognizable mole above her upper lip. A bright brown-haired woman with a shock of beautiful thick hair stood out for her natural beauty, and a mole gave her image a "zest".
But not everyone agreed with this, especially in the fashion world, where the striving for perfection without flaws and peculiarities reigned, and then no one heard about body positivity. Cindy often asked to remove the mole or wiped it off her face in photographs using retouching.
Here's what Cindy Crawford herself says about her birthmark.
"A mole is my passport"
It seems to me that my birthmark is just right to write an autobiography. We went to a concert once and were late for the start, so we decided to enter through a different entrance. The guard didn't want to let us in, but our driver said:
"I have Cindy Crawford in my car, can you let us in?"
And he blurted out:
"Come on, show me the mole!"
I rolled down the car window and showed it. And he missed us! The mole is my passport.
At the beginning of her career there were times when she was constantly retouched and you can find these photos. It seems to me that I am becoming not like myself, because I have a rather asymmetrical face, and a mole seems to balance it. Once I was photographed for the cover of American Vogue, where the mole was left intact. Since then, there have been no problems with her.
It so happened that a mole on the right side for some reason is considered a beautiful and "highlight" of the appearance, while on the left - a defect. I was teased about it at school, and my sister called my birthmark "ugly mark", so I dreamed of removing it. But my mother convinced me:
“You know what your mole looks like, you are used to it. You don't want a scar on this place, do you?
The new generation is already without a mole, but with genes
How is my mole doing today? This is a part of me, a part of my face, this is the feature by which people identify me, and even other women with moles are associated with me. I think this is one of the reasons why they continue to invite me to photo shoots to this day. I remain a reminder of the past with which they connect me.
Today, Cindy's daughter, Kaia Gerber, is making a successful career. She does not have a mole, but she looks like her mother, so it is impossible not to compare them, including at the beginning of the careers of both. And Kaia already has Vogue covers!
