Christie Brinkley
December 13, 2008 by Mrs. Robinson
Filed under Celebrities
Date of Birth: February 2, 1954, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Birth Name: Christie Lee Hudson
Height: 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
Children
Daughter: with Peter Cook, Sailor Lee Brinkley Cook, was born. [2 July 1998]
Daughter: with Billy Joel, Alexa Ray Joel, was born. [1 January 1986]
Son: with Richard Taubman, Jack Paris Brinkley, was born. [2 June 1995]
Filed a $42 million defamation suit against the National Enquirer and jointly sued her former personal assistant Beth La Face as the contact for the tabloid. [9 September 1997]
Supermodel
Her first SPORTS ILLUSTRATED swimsuit issue cover was in 1979. She also appeared on the cover in 1980 and 1981, making her the first model to appear on 3 consecutive covers.
Brinkley was one of three models featured as dolls produced by Matchbox Toys called “The Real Model Collection”.
She and her then husband-to-be Richard Taubman survived a helicopter crash in March 1994 near Telluride, Colorado. Nine months later they married near the spot of the crash.
Was a democratic delegate from New York state at the 2000 Democratic Convention in Los Angeles.
Is a vegetarian.
Daughter of producer-director Don Brinkley and Marge Brinkley.
Wears size 7 1/2-8 shoe. (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Measurements: 36C-23 1/2-35 1/2 (her model card) (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Sister of Greg Brinkley.
Recovering from emergency back surgery following a skiing injury that occurred during a recent family ski trip [February 28, 2007].
Went to Palisades High School in Los Angeles, California.
Personal Quotes
If a person lies to you about what’s in their bank account, they’ll lie to you about other things as well.
I have this helicopter crash, and I fall in love with this man who was in the crash with me. I must have been suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome.