Cindy Crawford, 46, mother of two (to son Presley, 12, and daughter Kaia, 10) with husband nightlife proprietor Rande Gerber, chatted with Parade.com about balancing her busy career and motherhood. She also opened up about her daughter Kaia’s budding modeling career. Check out some highlights:
On her 10-year-old daughter Kaia’s recent photo shoot…
“I loved it. I thought she looked great. I was proud of her. I was there when she shot it, so I know what the experience was like for her. She liked it, but she also saw that it’s hard work. When we left the shoot, it wasn’t like, ‘Oh, I can’t wait to do that again,’ it was like, ‘That was kinda hard!’ The first 10 snaps are really fun and then it’s work. There’s a reason they call it a job. I thought it was a really good introduction for her to understand a little bit what I do. It was a really great experience for her. ”
Does she see a lot of herself in her daughter?
“Other people see more of me in her than I do, but I just see her. I always tease her that she stole everything from me. I’m like, ‘You have my old legs and I want them back!’”
She still gets a rush in front of the camera…
“I do! The thing that I love most about modeling is really the rapport with the photographer and the team and creating exciting images. It’s about working as a team. It’s also about communication. A picture tells a story and I think that’s what I really respond to. Maybe the story I’m telling now at 46 is different than it was at 25, but it’s still a form of communication.”
More on Cindy, including how she keeps her kids grounded, her working-mom juggling act and more:
http://www.parade.com/