Denton County Living Well Magazine Fall 2015 | Page 8

FALL 2015

SPOTLIGHT

Supermodel
Christie Brinkley
proves that
living well goes
beyond good
looks

Timeless
Beauty

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hristie Brinkley just might be more gorgeous than ever. Her new book, Timeless Beauty:
Over 100 Tips, Secrets, and Shortcuts to Looking Great, seems to suggest that she has
done everything in her power to rail against the effects of aging. But, according to the
61-year old model, actress, author, and philanthropist, that’s not exactly accurate.
“It’s funny, in writing my book, I was going back through some old interviews looking for material and I came across an interview where I literally must have been 19 or 20,” she says. “According to the interview, I said,
‘I can’t wait to get old so that I’m not judged by my looks and I can just do
what I want without the looks being the first thing that people focus on.’”
For Brinkley, it’s never been about the looks––not entirely, anyway. Obviously, her
enduring beauty has helped her gain worldwide success as a model and pop-culture
personality, but she’s always made it a point to be so much more than that. Her charismatic personality, her well-publicized marriages (most notably to Billy Joel for almost
a decade), her charity work, and even her comedic chops (namely her iconic role in

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DENTON COUNTY Living Well Magazine | FALL 2015

PHOTO BY ANNA GUNSELMAN

By Gerry Strauss