Everything about Christie Brinkley totally explained
Christie Brinkley (born
February 2,
1954) is a former
American model.
Early life and career
She was born
Christie Lee Hudson in
Monroe, Michigan,
USA, even though she's claimed to have been born and raised in
California. . Majoring in art and graduating in 1972, Christie attended Palisades High School in
Pacific Palisades, California. In the early 1970s, she and her family lived in the
Bel Air hills. She was educated at le
Lycée Français de Los Angeles and worked in
Paris as an entry-level illustrator.
In
1976, she signed a contract with
cosmetics giant
Cover Girl, renewed for 20 years. A few years after Cover Girl ended its contract, it again signed her as a model with ads in magazines and commercials for mature skin products in
2005. She appeared on the cover of three consecutive
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues (
1979 –
1981).
Brinkley appeared as "The Girl in the Ferrari" in the movie
National Lampoon's Vacation in 1983, a role she reprised in the 1997 sequel
Vegas Vacation, though in
Vegas Vacation she was cast as "Woman in Ferrari".
She then promoted home
fitness equipment sold on
cable TV infomercials. She and her children are fans of the New York Islanders ice hockey team. Christie began doing promotions for the team after being noticed at games.
Personal life
Brinkley had a romantic relationship with Olivier Chandon de Brailles, heir to the
Moët-Chandon Champagne fortune. Chandon died in 1983 in an auto-racing accident. The two met in
1982 at
Studio 54 in New York City at a party promoting a calendar in which Christie appeared.
Brinkley has married four times. Her first three marriages were to
artist Jean-François Allaux (1973–1981),
musician Billy Joel (1985–1994) and
developer Richard Taubman (1994–1995). She married her fourth husband, Peter Cook, an
architect, in 1996. She filed for divorce in the summer of
2006.
Brinkley has three children: daughter
Alexa Ray Joel (b.
January 1,
1986) with Joel, son Jack Paris (b.
June 2,
1995) with Taubman, and daughter Sailor Lee (b.
July 2,
1998) with Cook.
She supports
animal rights and
PETA. She has spoken out against the
Ringling Brothers Circus on behalf of PETA.
In
December 2006, Brinkley had back surgery in
February 2007 after a ski trip in
Aspen,
Colorado,.
Brinkley is a fan of the
New York Islanders. In 2007, she showed her support by writing a blog for
NHL.com
and filming a commercial.
Songs
The song, "
Uptown Girl", is perceived to be written about her, by her future husband,
Billy Joel. It was conceived as Joel wondered how Christie Brinkley could wind up with a guy like him.
The songs "That's Not Her Style", "All About Soul", "Blonde Over Blue", "Shameless", "A Matter of Trust", "Christie Lee" were also written by Joel with Brinkley in mind.
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