Cindy Crawford says navigating finances early in her career was a “tricky” situation.
The 58-year-old model appeared on the Saturday, May 11, episode of Christy Turlington Burns and Kelly Corrigan’s new five-part podcast series, Kelly Corrigan Wonders: About your motherwhere she talked about her relationship with her family, but also her career.
The podcast features guests including Jennifer Garner, Amy Schumer, Spike Lee and Bono revealing intimate details about their relationships with their mothers, with the goal of raising $100,000 for Turlington Burns’ Every Mother Counts, a nonprofit that advocates for safe motherhood and postpartum health care.
During their conversation, Crawford explained to Turlington Burns and Corrigan that she was already making more money than her parents at the age of 18.
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“I started modeling in Chicago, and Chicago is a small pond, so I became a big fish there pretty quickly,” the supermodel recalled. “And I was making more money than my parents were making, more money than they could ever dream of.”
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Cindy Crawford in 1988.
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She explained that she reached such a salary “quickly, within a year” from the beginning.
Crawford eventually moved to New York, where her career continued to skyrocket.
When asked if earning more money than her parents at such a young age created any tension in her family, Crawford said she felt like she became “a son in a weird way.”
The model’s only brother, Jeffrey, died of childhood leukemia when he was 3 years old. Crawford was 10 years old. He also has two sisters, Chris and Danielle.
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Kaia Gerber and Cindy Crawford in November 2023.
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“I was able to help out wherever I could,” Crawford continued. “My sisters have no expectations.”
The model went on to explain that she tries to be careful about buying lavish gifts for her sisters because “in a weird way it can screw up their husbands.”
“If I give my sister a nicer ring than her husband gives them or something, it just becomes a weird thing,” she said. “I wanted more to give them experience and then help them if they need a down payment on a house or something like that. My sisters were great because they always gave back. But getting into that kind of financial position where you can do a lot is difficult.”
Every mother is important, working to make pregnancy and childbirth safe for everyone, everywhere. To donate, go to everymothercounts.org/donate. Listen to a special five-part podcast series, created in collaboration with Kelly Corrigan Wonders wherever you get your podcasts.
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