"The Super Models" Review

 

by John Zenoni

Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell, and Linda Evangelista - for anyone who grew up in the late 80’s, early 90’s, if these names don't ring a bell then you must have been living under a rock. These were THE - well, with the exception of Brooke Shields in my opinion, as I had a tremendous crush on her - super models of the day. There was not an advertisement, article, magazine cover, newspaper ad, or music video in which these women did not appear, and in many cases, they were all together. 

Out of curiosity I decided to catch an episode of Apple TV’s series, ‘The Super Models’, which focuses on these super ladies, and was immediately intrigued. Very well done in terms of capturing what was so appealing about these women and how they became so connected and such good friends. Of course, as this was at the height of their fame, the series touches on the famous George Michael video for the song, ‘Freedom! 90’, and how these ladies became involved in it. There is also talk about the infamous quote by one of these ladies that she, ‘Didn’t get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day.’ Needless to say, this backfired on her and caused quite a bit of controversy and cost her some jobs. Also, great insight into how they became as famous as they did and how each had to stand up for herself - and for each other - in certain situations. Best thing was seeing how they ended up coming back together and have gone on with their lives after their modeling careers.