Christy Turlington

Redbook May 2014
ph. Pamela Hanson

 

This Supermodel Says, "Let's Save Lives Together"
"Mothers need mothers," says model-turned-activist Christy Turlington Burns, whose organization rescues women and newborns every day. Get a sneak peak at our cover interview here, and join the movement.
On why she started Every Mother Counts

“When I was seven months pregnant with my son, my mother and I took a trip to El Salvador, where she’s from. Frequent visits with her to see my extended family have taught me how different life can be if you are born into poverty. This time, we traveled with the humanitarian organization CARE, and I visited a village where women were offered basic prenatal services when they came to collect water. At that point in my pregnancy I was seeing my midwife on a weekly basis. I felt great—even more prepared for birth than I had been with my daughter. I wasn’t worried about the delivery this second time, but on our trip I realized that had I given birth to my daughter in a village like this one, I likely would have died. (Turlington experienced a postpartum hemorrhage when delivering her daughter and had to have her placenta manually extracted). We were miles from a hospital, with no electricity, running water, or paved roads. There I stood with my plastic bottle of clean water, and these other women were, hugely pregnant, carrying heavy buckets from the well with their older babies tied on their backs. They had toddlers running alongside, families and farms to take care of, and, happily, plenty of other women to share their pregnancies with. We joked with each other, teasing a little about our bellies. The similarities we shared through our pregnancies were obvious; the disparities less so.”

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Glow in gold (Harper USA 12-1987)

Helena, Stephanie, Christy, Naomi & Claudia, from 1993 by Herb Ritts

in "Loewe"

"Bluemarine" 1991

baby Linda, Naomi, Christy, Cindy, Claudia & Stephanie

in "Chloè" & "Oscar De La Renta", 1994

Gianni Versace Haute Couture fall/winter 1994/95

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Edward Burns and Christy Turlington Burns attend the Vanity Fair Party during the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival at the State Supreme Courthouse on April 23, 2014 in New York City.

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thanks for updates guys. She is timeless. She made Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential people list. well deserved.

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Inez & Vinoodh instagram, 2002

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The 45-year-old model, director and philanthropist premiered her second film, Every Mother, Every Mile in association with Citizens of Humanity on May 1st in the lead up to Mother's Day.

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Directed by Christy Turlington Burns