www.shoplikeanna.com It’s always great to see your favorite model gracing the cover of your favorite magazine. But don’t you wonder how these beauties got there? Believe it or not, posing for photos and strutting the runway isn't an easy task. We picked our favorite three models and we are going to give you a little history on their careers. We did our research and we found out how they got their claim to fame and all the fun in-between. Cindy Crawford is one of the world's first, and perhaps most well known, supermodels. At age fifteen Cindy, from Dekalb, Illinois, decided that modeling was the path she needed to take. Three years later she entered herself in the Elite Model Management Look of the Year Competition. She placed in the top fifteen and it all started from there. She came around in the golden age of modeling. Along with Naomi Campbell and Claudia Schiffer, these girls, and others at that time, made runway shows about the models and not the clothes. People came to see these girls and who they were wearing. She has appeared on over 600 magazine covers world wide and countless runway shows. She is most famous for her ads with Revlon, Omega, and Pepsi Cola. Cindy now has two children, Presley and Kaia and is married to restaurant and bar owner Rande Gerber. She is involved in countless charities including The Ronald McDonald Children’s Charity and various Cancer foundations. She is not only beautiful she is also brilliant too; Cindy won a scholarship to Northwestern University and studied Chemical Engineering. Beauty and brains? You can’t get much better then that! Currently, the most popular (and paid!) model in the world is Gisele Bundchen. She is everywhere, all the time! Gisele got her start when she was discovered in her home country of Brazil in 1994 at the young age of fourteen. She moved to New York at age sixteen and her career took off from there. She has five brothers and sisters including a twin, Patricia, who acts as her manager and helps with her finances. In 1999 Gisele appeared on the cover of Vogue four times. But she is most known for her days at Victoria's Secret. She had a 2.5 million Euro contract with the brand and was one of the top models. Traveling the country and doing the yearly runways show. Rolling stone named her “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World”, Bundchen has won countless other awards such as “The Hottest Model” award. She has graced the cover of many magazines and is the model for brands such a Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, and Bvlgari jewelry. In Gisele’s contract she demands that she be paid in Euros, that way the fluctuation of the dollar will not hurt her income at all. This must be how she became the highest paid model in the world. She is involved in many charities including designing a limited edition necklace that sold to raise money for Saint Jude Children’s Hospital Cancer Treatment Efforts. She is currently dating football star Tom Brady. And last but certainly not least, the lovely Tyra Banks. She has been around for so long that we forget how she started. The beauty from Los Angeles, California began modeling in eleventh grade. She was signed to a modeling agency and sent to Paris for Fashion Week. After her first show she was asked to do a record 25 shows. That is the highest request of a new model in fashion history. She has worked with Cover Girl, Cynthia Rowley, Chanel, and Dolce and Gabanna. Tyra has been on the cover of Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan and many more high profile fashion magazines. Ms. Banks was the first African American model to be on the cover of Victoria's Secret and model in their runway show. She retired from modeling and walked the runway for the last time at the 2005 Victoria's Secret Runway Show. She has moved on from modeling but still remains in front of the camera as well as behind as the Executive Producer on America's Next Top Model and The Tyra Banks Show. Americas Next Top Model is on cycle twelve and still going strong. She is also making an appearance in the new Hannah Montana movie! We love our models, but most importantly they aren’t just models, all these women are involved in charities and most went to college. It’s great that our favorite beauties have the brains too!