Christy Turlington: From Supermodel to Super Role Model
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}When Christy Turlington was a teenager, she made more than her dad.
Way more.
That can warp family dynamics, Turlington admits in the August issue of Vogue.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"My income surpassed my dad's in my first year of modeling—and my dad made a good living," she says. "That puts you in a different place in your family, and the power dynamic shifts, I kind of liked the power in a weird way, but I was confused by it."
PHOTOS: Click for pics of Turlington and her 1980s/90s supermodel competition, then and now.
Now 40, Turlington has a family of her own, and she's starting a new career, working toward a master’s degree in public health at Columbia and making a documentary on the risks of maternity in developing countries.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A bit of a different tack than your standard supermodel.
"One of the reasons I've been lucky in the business is that I had normalcy, I had a family, I stayed in school—all of the things I didn't want at the time," she admits.
Turlington was always the "good one" in the Naomi-Linda-Christy 1980s/90s supermodel triumvirate.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"That's a way I got attention," she says. "All I had to do as a model was be sweet and kind and a team player and hang up my clothes and I got accolades—how easy is that?"
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