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Runway ready: Where are the ‘90s supermodels now

CATWALK stars of yesteryear are proving they still have extraordinary influence years after stealing the spotlight. Where are all the ‘90s supermodels now?

Claudia Schiffer, Elle MacPherson, Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington pose in New York in 1995. Picture: AP
Claudia Schiffer, Elle MacPherson, Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington pose in New York in 1995. Picture: AP

FASHION is renowned for its obsession with youth, but the pendulum has swung to the past this year with retired runway stars experiencing a resurgence in online fame.

Catwalk stars of yesteryear are proving they still have extraordinary influence more than 30 years after stealing the spotlight.

Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell and Helena Christensen, with a combined online following of more than 8 million fans, assembled for the Versace runway this year, while Elle Macpherson continues to flaunt her enviable figure on social media to more than 300,000 followers. Here’s where they are now.

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Cindy Crawford as a teenager. Picture: Supplied
Cindy Crawford as a teenager. Picture: Supplied
Kaia Gerber, daughter of Cindy Crawford, has made her catwalk debut. Picture: AP Photo/Luca Bruno
Kaia Gerber, daughter of Cindy Crawford, has made her catwalk debut. Picture: AP Photo/Luca Bruno

Cindy Crawford, 51,
2.6 million followers

Crawford shot to fame with her signature beauty spot. She went on to launch several businesses including an eponymous home collection and a line of anti-ageing skincare. She has passed her catwalk baton on to daughter Kaia Gerber, 16, her eldest child with entrepreneur husband Rande Gerber. Kaia made her debut at New York Fashion Week.

Model Claudia Schiffer in feminine Fendi design at Spring-Summer ready-to-wear show in Milan in 1994. Picture: Supplied
Model Claudia Schiffer in feminine Fendi design at Spring-Summer ready-to-wear show in Milan in 1994. Picture: Supplied
At the Bambi Awards 2017 in Berlin. Picture: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images
At the Bambi Awards 2017 in Berlin. Picture: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images

Claudia Schiffer, 47,

777,000 followers

The German was only 17 when Karl Lagerfeld signed her to model for Chanel, with the blonde bombshell going on to appear on more than 1000 magazine covers. She was famously engaged to magician David Copperfield, but married X-Men and Kingsmen director Matthew Vaughn, with whom she has three children, Caspar, Clementine and Cosima. She has dabbled in acting, including a cameo in Love Actually, has designed a range of clothing and acted as a Unicef ambassador.

Elle Macpherson embodies the Australian beach spirit Pic: supplied
Elle Macpherson embodies the Australian beach spirit Pic: supplied
Elle Macpherson at the 2017 DreamBall To Benefit Look Good Feel Better in New York. Picture: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images
Elle Macpherson at the 2017 DreamBall To Benefit Look Good Feel Better in New York. Picture: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images

Elle Macpherson, 53,

301,000 followers

Dubbed “The Body”, Macpherson was the quintessential Aussie “beach babe”, appearing for a record five times on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue. Macpherson has launched a range of lingerie, skincare and wellness supplements as well as producing NBC’s reality program, Fashion Star. She has two sons, Flynn and Aurelius.

Helena Christensen in 1994. Picture: Supplied
Helena Christensen in 1994. Picture: Supplied
Helena Christensen is now a fashion photographer and launched her own line of lingerie for Triumph at Fenwick Of Bond Street. Picture: Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images
Helena Christensen is now a fashion photographer and launched her own line of lingerie for Triumph at Fenwick Of Bond Street. Picture: Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images

Helena Christensen, 48,

265,000 followers

Christensen co-founded fashion magazine Nylon and is now more associated with her work on the other side of the camera as a photographer. She briefly dated Michael Hutchence in the ’90s before settling down with The Walking Dead star, Norman Reedus, with whom she has a son, Mingus.

Linda Evangelista on the runway in 1996. Picture: Supplied
Linda Evangelista on the runway in 1996. Picture: Supplied
Linda Evangelista on Australia's Next Top Model. Picture: Supplied by Foxtel
Linda Evangelista on Australia's Next Top Model. Picture: Supplied by Foxtel

Linda Evangelista, 52,

519,000 followers

At the peak of her career, the Canadian-born model was quoted as saying she didn’t “get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day”.

When she cut her hair, she famously lost a number of high-profile contracts, before it became her trademark. She now rarely makes public appearances.

English top model Naomi Campbell forged a fashionable path for other diverse models. Pic: AFP PHOTO/Evaristo SA
English top model Naomi Campbell forged a fashionable path for other diverse models. Pic: AFP PHOTO/Evaristo SA
Naomi Campbell at the Glamour Celebrates 2017 Women Of The Year Live Summit at Brooklyn Museum. Picture: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Glamour
Naomi Campbell at the Glamour Celebrates 2017 Women Of The Year Live Summit at Brooklyn Museum. Picture: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Glamour

Naomi Campbell, 47,

4.5 million followers

Spotted by a talent scout before her 16th birthday, Campbell was a trailblazer.

Despite stints in rehab and plenty of scandal, she continued to model and launched a range of fragrances, a career in TV presenting and has had roles on Empire and American Horror Story: Hotel. She is a prolific philanthropist.

Christy Turlington became an activist for mothers Picture: Supplied.
Christy Turlington became an activist for mothers Picture: Supplied.
Christy Turlington at MOMA in New York. Picture: Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images
Christy Turlington at MOMA in New York. Picture: Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images

Christy Turlington, 48,

608,000 followers

Turlington, Campbell and Evangelista were known as the “Trinity”. But Turlington left the industry, enrolled at NYU, graduating with a degree in religion and philosophy.

The yoga enthusiast, who went on to marry Hollywood heart-throb Ed Burns, became an activist, founding Every Mother Counts which is dedicated to making pregnancy and childbirth safer for women around the world.

She has two children with Burns: Grace and Finn.

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