Christy Turlington in 2021<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\u00a0\n\nToday, christy\u2019s beauty still mainstays on major campaigns and international magazines. The 54-year-old recently served as one of the covergirls for W Magazine’s<\/em> 50th Anniversary issue, and was a model for Louis Vuitton’s collaboration with Yayoi Kusama.<\/p>\n\nOff the catwalk, Christy works on a lot of charity campaigns and she serves on the Harvard Medical School Global Health Council, campaigns against smoking, as an ex-smoker herself and having sadly lost her dad to lung cancer.<\/p>\n\n
she also runs the organization Every Mother Counts, which strives to improve maternal care worldwide, and is mom to kids Grace and Finn with husband Ed Burns.<\/p>\n\n\u00a0\n\n
5. Tatjana Patitz<\/h3>\n\n\u00a0\n\n Born\u00a0: May25, 1966, Germany.<\/p>\n\n
Died\u00a0: january 11,\u00a0 2023 (age\u00a056).<\/p>\n\n
Years active\u00a0: 1983- present.<\/p>\n\n\u00a0\n\n
Then:<\/h4>\n\n\u00a0\n\n \nTatjana Patitz walks the runway at the Chanel Ready to Wear Spring\/Summer 1991-1992<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\u00a0\n\nLike Crawford, Campbell, Evangelista and Turlington, Tatjana Patitz rose to prominence in the late ’80s and early ’90s as one of the original supermodels, making her big splash with her 1990 black-and-white cover for British Vogue<\/em>.<\/p>\n\nAnd for the next decade, the statuesque blonde continued to front the campaigns of Chanel, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Revlon, Cartier, L’Or\u00e9al, and more.<\/p>\n\n
she also started in the music video for George Michael’s “Freedom! ’90,” along with Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, and Linda Evangelista.<\/p>\n\n\u00a0\n\n
Now:<\/h4>\n\n\u00a0\n\n \nTatjana Patitz in Germany in April 2022<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\u00a0\n\nShe continued to lend her talents to the likes of Etro, Jean-Paul Gaultier and Chanel throughout the 2010s, before happily stepping back from the spotlight, to spend time at her Malibu ranch with her son, Jonah, and a menagerie of animals including horses, dogs and cats.<\/p>\n\n
In 2019, she returned to the runway during Milan Fashion Week, walking in Etro’s Autumn\/Winter 2019-2020 presentation.<\/p>\n\n
On Jan. 11, 2023, Tatjana died at 56 following a battle with breast cancer.<\/p>\n\n\u00a0\n\n
6. Tyra Banks<\/h3>\n\n\u00a0\n\n Born\u00a0: December 4, 1973, California, U.S. (age\u00a049).<\/p>\n\n
Years active\u00a0: 1991\u2013present.<\/p>\n\n\u00a0\n\n
Then:<\/h4>\n\n\u00a0\n\n \nYves Saint Laurent’s ready-to-wear fall\/winter show 1992<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\u00a0\n\nTyra Banks started modeling at 15, and within a few years\u00a0; She conquered her first runway season during Paris Fashion Week in 1991,\u00a0 booked editorial shoots in all the top glossies, signed lucrative contracts with CoverGirl and Victoria’s Secret.<\/p>\n\n
She also broke boundaries when she became the first Black model to cover the\u00a0Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue<\/em>, And the first Black model to appear on the cover of the Victoria’s Secret catalog.<\/p>\n\nTyra also starred in Michael Jackson’s iconic video for Black or White <\/em>at the genesis of her career.<\/p>\n\n\u00a0\n\nNow:<\/h4>\n\n\u00a0\n\n \nTyra Banks hosting dancing with the stars<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\u00a0\n\nThe always multifaceted Tyra Banks has transformed herself from a model-actress into an uber-successful entrepreneur.<\/p>\n\n
She has turned her time on the runway into a lucrative career in TV, from her famous talk show, for which she won two Daytime Emmys in the late aughts to creating, hosting and executive producing America’s Next Top Model, Which run for 24 cycles.<\/p>\n\n
The 49-year-old mom of son York, 8, recently co-hosted Dancing with the Stars for Three Seasons.<\/p>\n\n\u00a0\n\n
7. Kate Moss<\/h3>\n\n\u00a0\n\n Born\u00a0: January 16, 1974, London, England\u00a0 (age\u00a049).<\/p>\n\n
Years active\u00a0: 1988\u2013present.<\/p>\n\n\u00a0\n\n
T<\/strong>hen:<\/h4>\n\n\u00a0\n\n \nJohn Galliano spring\/summer 1994<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\nHer career took off quickly and when she was 16, she landed her first magazine cover for The face.<\/p>\n\n
Best known as one of the 1990s’ wildest party girl going, The English model ushered in the era of the “anti-supermodel” when\u00a0she started to promote a look that became known as “heroin chic.”<\/p>\n\n
The supermodel lent her signature look to campaigns for all the big fashion houses: Dior, Burberry, Chanel, Versace, Dolce and Gabbana, the list goes on.<\/p>\n\n\u00a0\n\n
N<\/strong>ow:<\/h4>\n\n\u00a0\n\n \nKate Moss attends The 2022 Met Gala<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\u00a0\n\nNow, the 49-year-old Moss, has long put her party days behind her, and after a highly-publicised addiction to drugs, she is now sober and clean.<\/p>\n\n
Kate Moss might have aged, but She continues to work as a model and remains one of the top-earning models in the world. But these days, She also plays mentor to her daughter Lila Moss, who is following in her heels. Who has already been on several high-profile runways and even recreated her mom’s famous 1992 Calvin Klein campaign.<\/p>\n\n
In 2022, she made headlines when she testified on behalf of ex Johnny Depp during his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, and She rounded out that year posing for a Marc Jacobs campaign.<\/p>\n\n\u00a0\n\n
8. Elle Macpherson<\/h3>\n\n\u00a0\n\n born: March 29, 1964, New South Wales, Australia\u00a0(age\u00a059).<\/p>\n\n
years active: 1982\u00a0\u2013present.<\/p>\n\n\u00a0\n\n
T<\/strong>hen:<\/h4>\n\n\u00a0\n\n \nEarly 90s Elle Macpherson<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\u00a0\n\nElle Macpherson dominated the modeling world when she entered the scene in the early 1980s.<\/p>\n\n
After posing on the cover of Playboy<\/em> and scoring the nickname “The Body” in 1994, Macpherson went on to grace the cover of not one, but five Sports Illustrated<\/em> Swimsuit issues.<\/p>\n\nDuring her modeling career, the Australian native walked in numerous runway shows for brands like Louis Vuitton and Ralph Lauren and appeared in campaigns for Christian Dior and Escada.<\/p>\n\n\u00a0\n\n
N<\/strong>ow:<\/h4>\n\n\u00a0\n\n \nElle Macpherson attends the Christian Dior Haute Couture Fall Winter 2022 2023<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\u00a0\n\nIn addition to being a supermodel and mogul, Macpherson is also a super mom to two sons, Cy, 19, and Flynn, 24 (their father is financier Arpad Busson).<\/p>\n\n
In 2020,\u00a0 she celebrated her 40th anniversary in the modeling industry, headlining the cover of French Elle with her sons<\/u>.<\/p>\n\n\u00a0\n\n9. Claudia Schiffer<\/h3>\n\n\u00a0\n\n
Born\u00a0: 25 August 1970, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany \u00a0(age\u00a052).<\/p>\n\n
years active: 1989\u2013present.<\/p>\n\n\u00a0\n\n
T<\/strong>hen:<\/h4>\n\n\u00a0\n\n \nSchiffer walking in Chanel’s autumn\/winter 1992 show<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\u00a0\n\nClaudia Schiffer, who’s appeared on more than 1,000 magazine covers, became a household name in the ’90s thanks to her star-making campaigns as the face of Guess and Chanel.<\/p>\n\n\u00a0\n\n
N<\/strong>ow:<\/h4>\n\n\u00a0\n\n \n50 year old Claudia Schiffer<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\u00a0\n\nIn 2017, Claudia released a self-titled book to mark her 30th anniversary in the fashion industry.<\/p>\n\n
In August 2022, The blonde bombshell\u00a0 was immortalized as a Barbie in honor of her 50th birthday.<\/p>\n\n
Additionally, she also teamed up with FRAME to commemorate her milestone birthday and designed two pairs of jeans for the brand.<\/p>\n\n
Schiffer and her husband, director Matthew Vaughn, have kids Clementine, Cosima and Caspar.<\/p>\n\n\u00a0\n\n
10. Helena Christensen<\/h3>\n\n\u00a0\n\n Born: December 25, 1968, Copenhagen, Denmark\u00a0(age\u00a054).<\/p>\n\n
years active: 1992-present.<\/p>\n\n\u00a0\n\n
T<\/strong>hen:<\/h4>\n\n\u00a0\n\n \nThe Versace “bondage” dress, 1992<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\u00a0\n\nChristensen entered the fashion world after winning the Miss Denmark in 1986, appearing in runway shows and campaigns for Valentino, Prada, Chanel, and Revlon, which made her the brand spokesperson in 1992. And even starred in the 1991 music video for Chris Isaak’s song “Wicked Game,” which is deemed one of the sexiest videos of all time.<\/p>\n\n
In 1999, she also co-founded fashion magazine Nylon and served as its original creator director.<\/p>\n\n\u00a0\n\n
N<\/strong>ow:<\/h4>\n\n\u00a0\n\n \nHelena Christensen at 54<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\u00a0\n\nin recent years, she has gone behind the camera, becoming an accomplished photographer, along with becoming an advocate for climate change awareness.<\/p>\n\n
For her 54th birthday on Christmas Day, the supermodel shared clips of herself having fun in the sun to mark the milestone.<\/p>\n\n
Christensen shares son Mingus with ex Norman Reedus.<\/p>\n\r\n