Birth name Cynthia Ann Crawford Date of birth 20 February 1966 Birth place DeKalb, Illinois, USA Nickname Baby Gia Height 5' 9½" (1.77 m)   Cynthia Ann Crawford (born February 20, 1966) is an American supermodel, MTV television personality, celebrity endorser, sex symbol, cover girl, and actress.

Born in DeKalb, Illinois to John Crawford and Jennifer Moluf in 1966, Cindy Crawford's trademark is a visible mole on her face .

She was discovered by chance by a newspaper photographer, who noticed then-16-year-old Cindy at work during her summer job of pollinating corn and took a picture of her. The photo and the positive feedback she received were enough to convince her to take up modeling. She entered the John Casablancas Look of the Year contest and was the runner up.

Crawford graduated from high school as valedictorian with a 4.0 GPA. She won an academic scholarship to study chemical engineering at Northwestern University, which she attended for only one quarter.

From 1989 to 1995, Crawford was host of MTV's House of Style. In the mid-90s Crawford starred in famous Pepsi and Pepsi Stuff advertising. In 1995 Crawford took her first movie role in Fair Game. Her performance was dismissed by critics, and the film was a financial failure, with expenses of $50 million and $11 million takings at the box office. She has had several other minor acting jobs since then, none of which have been commercially or critically successful. The closest she has come to a commercially successful acting job has been her series of exercise videos.

During the 1980s and 1990s, Cindy was among the most popular supermodels, a ubiquitous presence on magazine covers, runways, and in fashion campaigns. She was the first modern supermodel to pose nude for Playboy magazine.She was ranked number 5 on Playboy's list of the 100 Sexiest Stars of the 20th century. A 1997 Shape magazine survey of 4,000 picked her as the second (after Demi Moore) most beautiful woman in the world. In 2002, Crawford was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People magazine.

Crawford's marriage to actor Richard Gere lasted from 1991 to 1995. It was heavily rumored that the marriage was a cover for homosexuality on both sides, but this was denied by both.