Cindy Crawford

Born in 1966 in DeKalb, Illinois, Cindy Crawford is most knowen for her trademark mole above her lip (although most people refer to it as a "beauty mark"). She is so closely associated with this physical feature that she appeared in an advertising campaign for chocolates featuring commercials wherein she "licked off" her own mole. During the beginning of her career, the mole was removed from many of her earlier modeling pictures, including her first Vogue cover.

Before becoming a megamodel, Cindy detasselled corn, won a chemical engineering scholarship, and scored perfec...