“I was basically a surfer girl from California. I never looked like a model.”
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Christie Brinkley
Christie Lee Brinkley is an American model. Brinkley appeared on an unprecedented three consecutive covers of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues in 1979, 1980, and 1981. She spent 25 years as the face of CoverGirl; has appeared on over 500 magazine covers; and has signed contracts with major brands, both fashion and non-fashion.
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Born 2 February 1954 · Q253476
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2026· 5 entries
Yahoo: Christie Brinkley & Billy Joel's Daughter Alexa Ray Is Such A Perfect Mix Of Her Parents
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HELLO!: Christie Brinkley reveals the 'biggest secret' to staying healthy and bikini-body ready at 72
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Fox News: Christie Brinkley has fans mistaking supermodel for daughter in new photos
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InStyle: Christie Brinkley, 72, Shares a Rare Family Photo With All 3 of Her "Babies" for Mother's Day
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2025· 3 entries
New York Post: Christie Brinkley shares advice on marriages — and claims they might be ‘outmoded construction’
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Page Six: Christie Brinkley fights back tears over ‘arrogant’ ex’s devastating affair: ‘Your whole world falls apart’
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Page Six: Christie Brinkley reveals ‘difficult’ Billy Joel anecdote she ‘hesitated’ to put in memoir
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2022· 1 entry
Brinkley competed in season seven of The Masked Singer as "Lemur" of Team Cuddly
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2019· 3 entries
It was reported by Deadline that Brinkley would have a guest role on the season 7 premiere of the ABC television series The Goldbergs playing a character named Aleah Welsh
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Were worth an estimated US$80 million, primarily as the owner of real estate mainly in the Hamptons
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Brinkley was announced as one of the celebrities to compete on the 28th season of Dancing with the Stars
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2011· 3 entries
In New York, Brinkley made her stage debut as Roxie Hart in the long-running musical Chicago
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Men's Health named her one of the "100 Hottest Women of All-Time", ranking her at No
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Appeared as herself in the documentary King of the Hamptons, which was produced by filmmaker Dennis Michael Lynch
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2008· 1 entry
Brinkley and Carlon Colker promoted National Family Fitness Day with Xbox 360 at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America
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2007· 1 entry
Showed her support by writing a blog for NHL
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2005· 2 entries
Brinkley was featured in the special Sports Illustrated 40th Anniversary Issue's Hall of Fame, celebrating the most revered figures in the magazine's history and again in 2014, in the 50th Anniversary The Legends
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CoverGirl again signed Brinkley, using her in ads in magazines and TV commercials for mature skin products
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1998· 2 entries
Playboy readers voted Brinkley one of the 100 Sexiest Women of the 20th century
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They had one child, daughter Sailor Lee Brinkley Cook, born July 2, 1998, with the help of IVF as Brinkley was 44.
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1995· 1 entry
With one son, Jack Paris Brinkley, born June 2, 1995
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1994· 2 entries
In Telluride, Colorado, near the area where they were both in a helicopter crash on April 1, 1994
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Brinkley was introduced to real estate developer Richard Taubman by a mutual friend
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1993· 1 entry
By Rolling Stone for the artistic work Brinkley did on the cover of Billy Joel's album River of Dreams
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1991· 2 entries
In 1991, Brinkley was considered to have an ideal, all-American look with her blonde hair, blue eyes, slim figure, and soft features, when Allure first conducted a survey taking the pulse of the average American (men and women) searching for their beauty perceptions and preferences.
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Brinkley was considered to have an ideal, all-American look with her blonde hair, blue eyes, slim figure, and soft features, when Allure first conducted a survey taking the pulse of the average American (men and women) s
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1989· 1 entry
Brinkley was, along with Cheryl Tiegs and Beverly Johnson, one of the three models featured as dolls produced by Matchbox Toys called The Real Model Collection
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1983· 4 entries
On the Island of St Barts, in the Caribbean, and were married on March 23, 1985, on a yacht on the Hudson River; it was also Joel's second marriage
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Brinkley wrote and illustrated a book on health and beauty, Christie Brinkley's Outdoor Beauty and Fitness Book, which topped The New York Times Best Seller list
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In a four-part segment featuring beauty tips and, in 1992, began her own television series Living in the 90s — With Christie Brinkley, a daily half-hour show on CNN
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“s Outdoor Beauty and Fitness Book, which topped The New York Times Best Seller list. Brinkley illustrated the cover art for Billy Joel”
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1982· 1 entry
Brinkley had a romantic relationship with Olivier Chandon de Brailles, heir to the Moët-Chandon Champagne fortune
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1979· 1 entry
Cook and Brinkley met in 1979 when he was modeling.
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1973· 1 entry
By American photographer Errol Sawyer in a post office in Paris
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1954· 2 entries
Born 1954-02-02.
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The daughter of Marjorie (née Bowling) and Herbert Hudson
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