Original Air Date:
Friday, February 4, 2011
Guests:
Oprah's supermodel reunion with Christie Brinkley, Beverly Johnson, Stephanie Seymour, Cheryl Tiegs, Elle MacPherson, Veronica Webb and Paulina Porizkova.
Show Summary:
Christie Brinkley, Beverly Johnson, Stephanie Seymour, Cheryl Tiegs, Elle MacPherson, Veronica Webb, Paulina Porizkova -- some of the most beautiful faces in the world who have graced the cover of hundreds of magazines and walked down countless runways sat down for this episode of The Oprah Show to discuss the rise of their careers, the changes in the modeling industry, dealing with aging and beauty, as well as a little look inside their home lives.
Special Highlights:
This episode featured the following highlights:
- Supermodels used to appear on the cover of every fashion magazine, but through the years have been replaced by popular celebrities. The models appearing on the show made their name, face, and bodies famous beginning in the 70s, and many still have careers today.
- Christie Brinkley may be one of the most famous Cover Girl faces of all time and while she hasn't found a lifelong partner after 4 divorces, she has been able to hold a long standing career, even at the age of 57.
- Stephanie Seymour has recently been in the news because of photographs of her and her son on vacation, but the supermodel never felt she had to defend the relationship between her and her child.
- Cheryl Tiegs and Beverly Johnson both made news in their careers at the first African American model on Vogue and as a Time Magazine cover model. But with the attention comes the pressure to prove that they are more than just their looks.
What to Take Away from the Show:
Each woman confirmed that while at some point heads would always turn when they walking in the room, they never felt overly confident that their beauty would carry them in the world and therefore still felt that they had to prove that they weren't just 'dumb models' with pretty faces. Contrary to belief that beauty is a ticket to a perfect life, each supermodel had experienced challenges in their lives that made them harder workers and stronger individuals just with, as Christie Brinkley put it, good genes and a great dermatologist.