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[man] I think it's a bit--
We've got so many nods to Pepsi
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that for you to have a Pepsi can
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- is a bit of no-no.
- I don't need it, no.
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- But it's kind of, "what the fuck?"
- And we know the environment.
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- Yes, yeah.
- Yes. Okay.
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And... we'll just play around with that,
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and then we'll do one different shot here.
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But I just want to get something
in the can straight away.
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- Okay. Okay.
- And I think it will work.
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You haven't changed at all over 30 years,
but you know that.
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I redo this commercial every ten years
just to make sure.
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I'm very flattered
that I'm the 2021 edition.
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{\an8}Just come a little bit more this way.
Come forward.
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[camera clicking]
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A little bit more this--
That's it. That's it.
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[Cindy] I never in a million years thought
I would still be in front of the camera...
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[chuckles] ...35 five years
after I started modeling.
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I mean, uh, no. Yeah, even more.
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I started modeling when I was 17.
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So, that's a long time. [chuckles]
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[camera clicking]
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I don't think there was a...
like, a long-term plan
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for most young women who started modeling.
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Because we thought about maybe
you'd have a five-year career.
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[Younger Cindy] It would be silly
for me to say
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that physical beauty's not important
for our job because it is.
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But I think everyone knows it's--
It sounds such a cliché to say
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that, you know, beauty's on the inside,
but-- but it's really true.
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- [camera clicking]
- Great, that's good.
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But there's a kind
of physical beauty that's about...
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...physically how you look, but I mean,
that doesn't last very long.
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Aging.
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Your body changes and everything changes.
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[breathing, murmuring to herself]
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[people murmuring]
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I just got into a furnace. No, I--
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[man] Are you okay?
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No, I think I'm going through menopause,
it's pre-early menopause.
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- Pre-menopause.
- [man] You want a little bit of wind?
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- There's nothing you can do.
- [woman] We'll give you some wind.
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It just happens. Shit, Lord.
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- [man laughs]
- One minute, I'm fine.
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Next minute, just this furnace comes up.
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- I got some wind for you.
- Why do men not get menopause?
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[Naomi] There have been times when
I've said, "Okay, I'm gonna slow down,
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I'm gonna pull out,
I'm gonna go do other things."
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But... my energy is still the same.
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You hope that the way you are
will sort of transcend your image.
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I don't like just being, like,
"I'm a model."
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[laughs] "I'm a model,
and that's all I am."
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[younger Christy] So I've been
doing a lot less... everything.
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I just have a lot of interests in my life.
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It's not that I'm stopping.
I'm just being a lot more selective.
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I just hope that when this is all over,
that I take it well.
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I put my whole heart into it.
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Um...
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I know it's gonna come to an end one day.
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- [indistinct]
- [laughs]
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[Linda] So many barriers have been
taken down since I started modeling.
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And age was one of them. And...
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you see Cindy...
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and Christy...
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...and Naomi.
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They're flourishing
and they're beautiful, and...
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[breath shaking]
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...they can work forever.
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[Linda] I didn't sleep last night.
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{\an8}It's okay, as long as...
as long as I'm gonna live it's okay.
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I've just been dealt so many... blows...
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...that I feel like this is just another one
and I'll get over it, 'cause,
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what am I gonna do, I have to get over it.
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Being in the vain world
that I was working in and living in,
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there were all these tools
we were presented with.
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And, um, I used some of those tools.
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[voice trembling] Because...
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...I wanted to like
what I saw in the mirror,
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and the commercial said
I would like myself better.
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{\an8}But what happened to my body
after CoolSculpting...
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{\an8}...became my nightmare.
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I can't like myself
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with these hard masses and protrusions
sticking out of my body.
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I-- I just can't.
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Had someone told me you're going
to grow hard fat, that we can't remove,
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maybe,
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I would never have taken the risk.
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I wish we could just really
see ourselves...
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...in the mirror.
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Non-distorted.
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Without ever having seen ourselves
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with a filter or retouched.
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[voice trembling]
That is what has thrown me
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into this deep depression that I'm in.
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It's like a trap. You're trapped.
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With yourself, that you hate.
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It's been years since I worked.
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And years of hiding.
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I never went out the door
unless it was maybe
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a doctor's appointment
that I had to go to.
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[distant siren wailing]
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[Linda] Let's go get that poison
shot in me.
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- [doctor] Tell us your name and birthday.
- [machine beeping]
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Five, ten, '65.
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Linda Evangelista.
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That's a beautiful name.
So... might as well go with it.
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Linda?
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- Evangelista, there's something...
- Evangelista is beautiful.
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But Linda? I never liked that name.
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[doctor] So one hour on this,
one hour on the Cytoxan
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and then one hour at night
and 30 minutes on the... [indistinct]
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So, it's three and a half.
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[Linda]
And I keep saying I'm not suffering.
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[doctor] Yeah.
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Just a little inconvenienced here.
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{\an8}I was approached to do this, and I will
do anything that I can for breast cancer.
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And for me, this is not work,
this is pleasure.
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And to do something for this cause
that I'm very, very, um...
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[Linda voiceover] It's always been
a charity dear to my heart.
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And ironic that I ended up
with breast cancer myself.
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A little over three years ago,
I was diagnosed.
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The decision was very easy to make
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to have a double mastectomy.
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But it came back.
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[Dr. Shapiro] So right now,
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the treatment seems
to be going as planned, um...
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It's really good that you brought it
to everyone's attention
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because it was a finding that I think
would have been easily overlooked.
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{\an8}And you're very attuned to your body.
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{\an8}I mean, that's what you did
to make your living.
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{\an8}And, you know,
and so it all comes together
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that someone with your life experience
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would be attuned to something going on.
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I was pushing on it, because
I thought maybe it was, um,
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because I'm told it was rib number four
that I had sawn off
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from one of my lung surgeries.
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So I thought it was the... the nub that--
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[Shapiro] I can see how
you would think that.
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And in fact, that is...
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[Linda] I have a genetic mutation
called Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome,
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where I had developed little weak spots
and air would escape
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and it would cause my lung to collapse.
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I don't know how many
surgeries I've had.
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I've had so many.
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Scars for me are trophies.
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Like, I overcame something and I won.
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I battled something. And I survived.
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So, I could celebrate a scar.
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But to be disfigured, is not a trophy.
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I can't see how anybody
would want to dress me.
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I just can't. I can't.
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{\an8}Now... to lose my job...
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{\an8}that I love so much and... [inhales]
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[crying] ...lose my livelihood.
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My heart is broken.
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I loved my job.
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[people murmuring, indistinct]
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- [man] This, um...
- [woman] But this was more for Christy.
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[man] And that--
Yeah. She wants to wear some, like...
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- What's this one? Celine?
- [man] That's Celine.
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Oh, my God. This is the total
of Naomi's rings. Five million.
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I would show her. [chuckles]
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[blow dryer whirring]
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[Christy] I haven't really done that much
over the years, 'cause I feel like--
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I used to feel guilty to do, like,
trips for myself.
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- [Cindy] Yeah.
- When I traveled a lot.
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- Right.
- So now that my kids are like...
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- barely notice that I'm gone.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Actually, one of my other girlfriends,
she would call home
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and her daughters are like,
"Where are you?"
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- And she's like, "I'm out of the country."
- And she's like, "You are?"
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- 'Cause at a certain point, they don't--
- "Didn't you make my breakfast?"
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Yeah, at a certain point
they just don't even know.
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...back in the UK.
So, I'm trying to think.
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Thursday, Friday, I'm in the UK.
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Saturday, I'm in the UK,
and Sunday I'm in the UK.
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Is that okay? Would that work?
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We all have so much history,
and I think that's...
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that's the fun thing
of getting everyone together.
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It's like a high school reunion.
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I work Thursday, Friday, and...
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Like, just, all of our lives have gotten
so busy and complicated now too.
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To get everyone
in the same city at the same...
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[make-up artist] Which is amazing.
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It's the first time we're all together
in our 50s, our collective 50s.
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Um...
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We're all mothers now.
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Changed.
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[Christy] In 1996...
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I remember being in Paris
for the couture and...
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I-- I gained a little bit of weight
because I'd quit smoking,
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and... I got released from a show.
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And I remember feeling like,
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"Well, I'm not gonna let this, like,
make me feel bad."
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I just made a decision for myself,
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which is probably
one of the best decisions I've made.
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"And so, you know, maybe now is the time.
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Like, you know, I don't really want to...
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I don't really want to subject myself
to that anymore."
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I'm happy to read that
you've gone back to school.
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- Yes.
- Good for you.
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- Thank you.
- Where did you leave off
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and where did you go back?
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Well, I was never able to go
beyond high school
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because I started working
at a really young age.
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- Because you were a supermodel.
- Exactly.
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[Christy] I loved my time at NYU.
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I just loved the routine of it.
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I loved, like, walking through the park
to get to school.
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I loved having the excuse of like,
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"No, I'm studying this weekend."
[laughs] "I'm not going anywhere."
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Um, really my concentration area
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was comparative religion
and Eastern philosophy.
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But because it was liberal arts,
I studied American literature,
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psychology, I studied architecture.
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Those were like, I think, some of the most
important years of my life,
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um, because that's where
I was really able to, like,
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make the investment in myself, and, like,
who my future self was gonna be.
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And I just found so much inspiration
to do so many other things.
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[faint cheering, applause]
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So, yeah, it was
such a incredible four years.
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With the exception of my dad
not being well in the middle of it.
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My dad was diagnosed
with lung cancer at 63.
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His diagnosis was like, you know,
six months, stage four.
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And we pretty much lost him
six months to the day.
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After I lost my dad,
I started to think, you know,
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could I be...
could I be helpful in some way?
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In my life, there are two people
in my family who have quit smoking:
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me and my dad.
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[Christy] I sort of saw the power
of telling my story
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and telling my dad's story
and helping other people
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to hopefully have a different kind
of story for themselves.
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Um, and then I did a lot
of advocating in DC
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{\an8}and, you know, just do what I could.
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{\an8}I just wanted to briefly add that
I'll do everything in my power,
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{\an8}um, as a representative
of the fashion community
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{\an8}to, um, take responsibility in my actions
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{\an8}and to set the best possible example
for those I may influence.
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{\an8}There are a lot of people
in my industry that smoke
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{\an8}and that are photographed smoking
and looking very glamorous in doing so...
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My effort is to demystify
those glamorous images
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that have been so prevalent
for so many years.
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{\an8}Thank you.
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In that time, we had the first
"Women and Tobacco" report created.
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I was like, "What?" [laughs]
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"There's not already a report
about women's health and tobacco?"
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Um, and that kind of pissed me off
and also, I think, opened the door
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for the kind of work that I do now
with maternal health
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and, you know, do more.
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Do more than I ever imagined I would do.
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I got married in 2003.
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When we were pregnant,
uh, we were super excited.
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I had had such a full life
before becoming pregnant
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that I really felt, like, so ready
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for this next adventure
and phase of my life.
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But after I delivered...
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...I hemorrhaged.
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It became, um, a complication
that had to be managed.
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Which was painful,
and I lost a lot of blood.
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But my child was born, she was healthy.
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I felt like I was being cared for
by the right people
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and people that I trusted, so, you know,
relatively speaking,
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I felt, um, as good as I could
in this situation.
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But after that, I... you know,
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I wanted to do something about it.
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I felt like, you know, why, you know...
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I was so informed
and had so many resources.
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Why didn't-- why did I not know
this was possible?
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And why did I not know that,
like, so many women die
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from similar complications
around the world.
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And I just sort of dove in
and started this organization
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called Every Mother Counts.
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- Do you want to try?
- [woman] Yes.
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- [heartbeat pulsing]
- [Christy laughs]
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- It's a healthy girl!
- [laughter]
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[Christy] As a woman,
just because of our reproductive systems,
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we're more susceptible
to a lot of different things,
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but we're not studied as much.
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And there's way, way less money invested
in women's health,
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um, in terms of research and studies.
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{\an8}And so I just try to use my voice
and become a better advocate for people.
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{\an8}Every time I've come,
it's grown, uh, exponentially.
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This building didn't exist two years ago.
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This, for anyone's standards,
is incredible.
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I would prefer to give birth here
than where I gave birth.
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My daughter loves Every Mother Counts
because she's like,
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"I'm the reason that you do this.
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I'm the reason
that this work even exists."
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She knows that she really
changed the course of my life
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{\an8}in more ways than just the obvious.
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[blow dryer whirring]
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'Cause I have not seen
you all together for a while.
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Yeah. Last time
we did a thing with, um...
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- But not with Cindy, right? No, no...
- Not with Cindy.
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But I see her, actually,
probably the most.
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- Oh, really?
- Yeah.
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Because, well, whenever
she comes to New York
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we go out for dinner or whatever.
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- More socially...
- Ah, yeah.
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It's magic fabric, isn't it?
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[woman] It's perfect, look.
And the shining is perfect.
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It's go time.
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[man] Is this from 1986?
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[Naomi] This one's vintage
or this one's Peter's?
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- No, this one is vintage.
- [Naomi] Ah, vintage.
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How much is that?
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[man] Um, twenty-four thousand dollars.
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- This dress?
- [man] Yeah. That's why--
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That's what they're charging now
for Papa's vintage?
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[Naomi] Azzedine was my papa.
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With him, I learnt about chosen families.
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The same for Gianni Versace.
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He was very sensitive to feeling me,
like, he pushed me.
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He would push me, push me, push me
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to step outside and go further
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when I didn't think I had it
within myself to do it.
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So, when he died...
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...my grief became very bad.
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Grief has been a very strange thing
in my life because it doesn't always...
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I go into a shock and freak out
when it actually happens,
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and then later is when I break.
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But I kept the sadness inside.
I just dealt with it.
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So, I guess when I started using...
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...that was one of the things
I tried to cover up, was grief.
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Addiction is such...
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[sighs] It's such a...
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[clicks teeth]
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It's just a bullshit thing. It really is.
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You think,
"Oh, it's gonna heal that wound."
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It doesn't.
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It can cause such huge fear and anxiety.
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So, I got really angry.
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There's a lot of issues that I have
from childhood.
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Tell me about those.
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Well, for instance, not knowing--
not knowing your father,
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not seeing your mother.
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That brings up a lot of...
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It manif-- manifests a lot of feelings.
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- One of those feelings...
- [Barbara Walters] Anger?
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Absolutely anger.
But I think that's a really normal thing.
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And I mean, I've not always
displayed my anger
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in the appropriate, uh, time.
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It's always been an unappropriate time.
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But, um, it's a manifestation
of a deeper issue, I think, anger.
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And that, for me,
I think is based on insecurity,
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self-esteem and loneliness and, um...
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Being abandoned?
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Being abandoned. That's what I mean.
That's what my core issues are,
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abandonment and rejection and, um...
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and that puts me
in a real vulnerable space.
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And everyone thinks, "Oh, Naomi's
a really tough girl and really strong."
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But that's what I want
to appear to people to be like,
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because I fear that if I don't,
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they're gonna just walk all over me
if they really knew.
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When you try to cover something up,
your feelings...
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You spoke about abandonment.
I tried to cover that with something.
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You can't cover it.
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I was killing myself.
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{\an8}It was very hurtful.
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For my mistakes,
I've always owned up to them.
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I chose to go to rehab.
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It was one of the best and only things
I could have done for myself at that time.
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It is scary to pick up the mirror
and look into the mirror.
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It is scary.
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And it's taken me many years
to work on and deal with.
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And it does still come up sometimes.
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But I just now have the tools how
to deal with it now when it comes up.
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And I have to think of something
outside of myself.
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Something greater than myself.
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If I have people in my life that I love
and I see that they need help,
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of course I'm going to offer my help.
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I'm there. I'm very loyal
to the people that I love.
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[Marc Jacobs] There was a time
where I was partying,
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um, maybe five or six years ago,
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and Naomi would be ringing my phone
and I would see on the screen, "Naomi."
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I was like, "I don't know how she knows
that I'm up to no good, but she does."
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[John Galliano]
She brought me joy, huge joy,
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{\an8}when I was in a place that was so dark.
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Naomi did arrange for me
to go to rehab in Arizona.
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I mean, she's super in every way.
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So, it's good that I tell this story
because apart from work,
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she's human too.
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[Jacobs] Naomi is an extraordinary person,
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who's super caring and loving,
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especially to the next generation.
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Which is... as personal...
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and as, like, you know,
disconnected from fashion as you can get.
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Naomi is probably one of the hardest
working people in the industry,
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'cause she's doing other work as well.
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When I started Fashion For Relief,
it was just an idea.
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{\an8}[Fabien Baron] She's working on many,
many humanitarian causes
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that are really, very, very beautiful,
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and I think it's amazing
that she's that today.
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Fashion For Relief only works because
we all collaborate and come together.
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Naomi always wanted
to bring people with her, and now,
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she has become... a stateswoman.
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[Naomi] I just feel like
I stuck to my integrity.
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I'm coming from a place of authenticity,
I think, because it's not just now.
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That began for me in 1993,
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when I went to South Africa
with Nelson Mandela.
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[Mandela speaking indistinctly]
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Thank you. [laughs]
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{\an8}So, can I call you grandfather?
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00:23:00,382 --> 00:23:04,261
{\an8}Absolutely. I told you that I've
adopted you as my granddaughter.
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00:23:04,261 --> 00:23:06,555
[both laughing]
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00:23:08,181 --> 00:23:10,559
[Naomi] President Mandela made me
his honorable granddaughter
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and made me part of
the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund.
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[all singing]
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{\an8}[Naomi] I didn't really
have any understanding.
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{\an8}I had no knowledge
of what the word philanthropy meant.
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{\an8}[indistinct chatter]
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I got to this hospital, I remember.
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The children are all dying,
pretty much, from leukemia
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or some sort of blood disorder.
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They had made cakes and singing.
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[all singing]
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And I just burst out crying.
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[scattered clapping, chatter]
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I had to learn as I went along.
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[clapping fades]
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Bye!
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[Naomi] I started to like
what I was doing.
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Especially because
I was doing it for Grandad.
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Well, he taught me so much.
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He taught me just not to be afraid
to use my voice and help others.
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It's a great honor to have
such an outstanding model.
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She is one of that generation...
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...that has chosen the world
as the theater of her operation.
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I really love you. Thank you.
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[applause, cheering]
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[Naomi] Once I understood
what I was able to do,
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it was just one focus.
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["Best of My Love" by The Emotions
playing on stereo]
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[Naomi] What an incredible view.
433
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Look at that. Look at Africa.
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Look how beautiful.
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This is heaven.
436
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It's like, it's the Indian Ocean.
437
00:24:50,700 --> 00:24:52,202
Look how stunning.
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00:24:55,163 --> 00:24:56,539
Look at me.
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[Naomi] People in Africa
and the Middle East and India...
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I just feel badly that...
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I, too, with my industry,
just ignored them.
442
00:25:08,385 --> 00:25:11,012
And dis--
I guess you call it discrimination.
443
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We just did not let them in.
444
00:25:13,723 --> 00:25:17,727
I was a part of that, too. And I don't...
I feel ashamed for that.
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[photographer] Absolutely stunning.
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[Naomi] So, when I work now,
447
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I feel like I'm not working for me.
448
00:25:26,278 --> 00:25:29,030
I feel like I am working for the culture.
449
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[shutter firing rapidly]
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[man] Wow. I love this.
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Where I am in my life right now is really
focusing on those emerging markets
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that our industry has ignored,
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that didn't let them in
to our fashion shows, our fashion weeks.
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J'adore, j'adore, j'adore!
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[both laughing]
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00:25:50,218 --> 00:25:54,014
Those are the countries now
that I want to help have the same.
457
00:25:54,014 --> 00:25:57,100
Why not? They have talent there too.
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[Naomi on PA] Arise Fashion Week
has strived to showcase African fashion,
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African designers and African style,
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bringing them to the global stage,
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shining a bright light
on their creativity and excellence.
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They are the future and the time is now.
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[applause]
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[Tinie Tempah] Though we've always had
the best creativity in Nigeria,
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I didn't really feel like this was a place
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{\an8}where that creativity would be embraced
and celebrated in this modern times.
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[Naomi] I want to use who I am
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to change and to help young creatives
469
00:26:31,968 --> 00:26:36,056
be where they should be
and try to make up for lost time.
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This is where I think
I want to leave my legacy.
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I stayed in Nigeria
from December 4th, 2020,
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till March 5th, '21.
So I stayed there all that time.
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'Cause I didn't see any point
of going any-- I don't--
474
00:26:52,864 --> 00:26:55,742
I just went to Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria.
475
00:26:55,742 --> 00:26:58,036
I stayed there the whole--
the whole time on the continent.
476
00:26:58,036 --> 00:27:00,247
And then I came back here.
477
00:27:00,247 --> 00:27:02,666
So that I hadn't been back since then,
so it had been a minute.
478
00:27:02,666 --> 00:27:03,959
- [man] Wow.
- Yeah.
479
00:27:03,959 --> 00:27:06,795
I planned to take my daughter
on this one, but I didn't work out.
480
00:27:06,795 --> 00:27:08,338
- So, next time.
- She's still young though...
481
00:27:08,338 --> 00:27:09,965
- But I took her to Senegal.
- Malaria and stuff...
482
00:27:09,965 --> 00:27:12,801
My daughter, she's the love of my life,
483
00:27:12,801 --> 00:27:15,303
she is everything to me,
484
00:27:15,303 --> 00:27:20,600
and it's the best thing I've ever done
in my whole life, is having my daughter.
485
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:24,020
[indistinct chatter]
486
00:27:24,020 --> 00:27:27,524
[man] Cindy, how many hours have you been
in hair and make-up your whole life?
487
00:27:27,524 --> 00:27:29,150
[laughter]
488
00:27:29,150 --> 00:27:33,113
I used to say if I had a--
like, a nickel for every...
489
00:27:33,113 --> 00:27:36,533
for every hour I was in hair and makeup,
and then I was like, "Oh wait, I do."
490
00:27:36,533 --> 00:27:37,617
[laughing]
491
00:27:39,536 --> 00:27:41,121
- A certain benchmark, things that...
- Yes.
492
00:27:41,121 --> 00:27:42,414
- ...you know, are always there.
- Yeah, it's funny.
493
00:27:42,414 --> 00:27:45,041
Mine, mostly, weren't really in fashion.
494
00:27:45,041 --> 00:27:47,419
- Right.
- Mine were fashion adjacent.
495
00:27:47,419 --> 00:27:49,671
But you were, sort of, branding before
branding was kind of...
496
00:27:49,671 --> 00:27:51,339
- Yeah.
- ...a thing, right? In a way.
497
00:27:51,339 --> 00:27:52,757
[Cindy] I didn't really know
to call it that, but yeah.
498
00:27:52,757 --> 00:27:55,510
No, it wouldn't be called that yet,
no because, God...
499
00:27:55,510 --> 00:27:58,138
[Cindy] It was just like doing
your own stuff, and...
500
00:27:58,138 --> 00:28:00,473
- 'Cause I did my exercise video.
- Yeah, yeah.
501
00:28:00,473 --> 00:28:02,225
I did a calendar.
502
00:28:03,143 --> 00:28:06,104
I did a little make-up book, actually.
503
00:28:06,104 --> 00:28:07,772
Um, yeah, so...
504
00:28:07,772 --> 00:28:09,566
But people always said about you,
didn't they?
505
00:28:09,566 --> 00:28:12,444
Like Cindy's-- you know,
she's a businesswoman. She's got it.
506
00:28:12,444 --> 00:28:14,946
Like, you know. And now it'd be like,
"Oh, she's a brand."
507
00:28:14,946 --> 00:28:17,407
[Cindy] I don't normally refer to myself
in the third person,
508
00:28:17,407 --> 00:28:22,162
but I'm a human being and my job is,
like, being Cindy Crawford.
509
00:28:22,913 --> 00:28:25,749
{\an8}I've let my career
510
00:28:25,749 --> 00:28:29,169
reflect what I'm going through in my life.
511
00:28:29,169 --> 00:28:32,881
It's like, I'm not trying to be 55,
512
00:28:32,881 --> 00:28:36,301
doing the same things I was when I was 25.
513
00:28:36,301 --> 00:28:39,095
Back then I did Sports Illustrated,
514
00:28:39,095 --> 00:28:41,556
which was not
a good experience for me and...
515
00:28:42,724 --> 00:28:44,935
...because I had an opinion [laughs]
516
00:28:44,935 --> 00:28:46,686
and that was not well received.
517
00:28:46,686 --> 00:28:49,898
So, then I was like, "You know what?
I'm going to do my own swimsuit calendar."
518
00:28:50,649 --> 00:28:53,985
Like, that was, like,
my first foray into doing my own thing.
519
00:28:53,985 --> 00:28:56,112
{\an8}[applause, cheering]
520
00:28:56,112 --> 00:28:59,407
{\an8}And it was successful and I raised money
for my charity, and it was great.
521
00:29:00,951 --> 00:29:04,037
So then that emboldened me
to do other things.
522
00:29:04,037 --> 00:29:05,622
I'm like,
"Okay, I've done that, now what?"
523
00:29:05,622 --> 00:29:06,915
{\an8}[overlapping chatter]
524
00:29:06,915 --> 00:29:10,335
When I was 35
and my Revlon contract was up,
525
00:29:11,002 --> 00:29:13,922
it was kind of like,
"If I'm going to do my own thing,
526
00:29:13,922 --> 00:29:15,966
this feels like the right time."
527
00:29:15,966 --> 00:29:20,428
And I did not go forward
with re-signing with Revlon.
528
00:29:20,428 --> 00:29:24,599
{\an8}I decided to do my own skincare line,
529
00:29:24,599 --> 00:29:26,476
{\an8}and Meaningful Beauty was born.
530
00:29:27,561 --> 00:29:29,437
{\an8}Instead of taking money up front,
531
00:29:29,437 --> 00:29:30,939
which is kind of what models do,
532
00:29:30,939 --> 00:29:33,191
it was like, I'm a partner,
a full partner,
533
00:29:33,191 --> 00:29:37,779
I have equity, I'm building a business.
I sit on the board.
534
00:29:37,779 --> 00:29:43,201
And then I also was asked
to do a furniture line
535
00:29:43,201 --> 00:29:47,247
because, you know, style is style,
including how you live.
536
00:29:48,123 --> 00:29:50,792
So, I started Cindy Crawford Home
15 years ago,
537
00:29:50,792 --> 00:29:55,297
and I really like it because
it's not so dependent on me
538
00:29:55,297 --> 00:29:57,799
not having a wrinkle or not getting old.
539
00:29:57,799 --> 00:30:02,888
It's just about me creating a sanctuary
in my home for myself and my family.
540
00:30:02,888 --> 00:30:04,556
And that's kind of timeless.
541
00:30:06,641 --> 00:30:09,603
I always knew I wanted a family,
542
00:30:09,603 --> 00:30:11,771
so I feel very blessed that...
543
00:30:12,689 --> 00:30:15,817
{\an8}...Rande and I
have been married 23 years.
544
00:30:16,735 --> 00:30:21,823
{\an8}And have very similar ideas
about parenting and how to live our life.
545
00:30:24,784 --> 00:30:28,038
Our kids, when they were little,
546
00:30:28,038 --> 00:30:30,123
it was really hard to explain
to them, like,
547
00:30:30,123 --> 00:30:32,709
what Mommy's work is, like,
"What is a model?"
548
00:30:32,709 --> 00:30:35,378
And "Why are those people
taking your picture?"
549
00:30:35,378 --> 00:30:36,922
"What is fame?"
550
00:30:38,089 --> 00:30:41,092
I just remember coming home
when they were little,
551
00:30:41,092 --> 00:30:44,721
and especially my son would be like...
[sharp inhale] "Wash your face."
552
00:30:45,430 --> 00:30:48,808
They wanted, you know, Cindy.
553
00:30:48,808 --> 00:30:51,853
And no make-up... [chuckles]
...hair pulled back and, um,
554
00:30:51,853 --> 00:30:54,481
you know, sitting on the floor
playing Play-Doh or cooking dinner,
555
00:30:54,481 --> 00:30:58,068
whatever their version of Mom
they needed in that moment was.
556
00:30:58,902 --> 00:31:02,197
Obviously, kids become
your main focus of life,
557
00:31:02,197 --> 00:31:07,702
and then you work in the other things
you are passionate about or want to do.
558
00:31:09,204 --> 00:31:13,875
Ever since I started my career and was
able to actually help raise awareness,
559
00:31:13,875 --> 00:31:16,753
help raise money, meeting with families,
560
00:31:16,753 --> 00:31:21,132
meeting with patients,
doing whatever I can.
561
00:31:21,132 --> 00:31:26,846
The type of leukemia that my brother was
diagnosed with was a death sentence.
562
00:31:26,846 --> 00:31:31,101
And it's not anymore and these kids
are going on to have their own children.
563
00:31:32,185 --> 00:31:36,106
My children,
now that they're getting older...
564
00:31:36,106 --> 00:31:37,649
It's been interesting
565
00:31:37,649 --> 00:31:42,696
having Kaia and Presley both, kind of,
dip their toes into the fashion world.
566
00:31:42,696 --> 00:31:45,156
I can help guide them right now
567
00:31:45,156 --> 00:31:47,534
and give them a little exposure
to see if they really like it
568
00:31:47,534 --> 00:31:49,703
or they just think they like it.
569
00:31:49,703 --> 00:31:54,666
[Jacobs] I met Kaia... Cindy brought her
to the-- to the studio we were shooting at
570
00:31:54,666 --> 00:31:57,210
and Cindy said, like,
"Okay, I'm gonna leave Kaia,
571
00:31:57,210 --> 00:31:59,421
I'm not gonna be a stage mother
and try to--"
572
00:31:59,421 --> 00:32:02,799
But, you know, you could see
she was proud and excited for Kaia.
573
00:32:03,466 --> 00:32:06,011
{\an8}And Kaia was the ultimate professional.
574
00:32:06,887 --> 00:32:08,179
[Kaia] There wasn't much
going through my mind.
575
00:32:08,179 --> 00:32:09,973
I think once the music starts
and they're like, "Go!"
576
00:32:09,973 --> 00:32:12,475
you kind of just lose everything
and it's like an instinct.
577
00:32:12,475 --> 00:32:14,227
[woman] And I heard you were proud,
watching on.
578
00:32:14,227 --> 00:32:15,478
Oh, yeah, it was incredible.
579
00:32:15,478 --> 00:32:17,272
She came to my first show,
so I had to come to hers.
580
00:32:17,272 --> 00:32:18,690
It was so fun.
581
00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:23,153
{\an8}[Cindy] When Kaia started modeling,
people would say,
582
00:32:23,153 --> 00:32:25,447
"You're gonna let her model?" I'm like,
583
00:32:25,447 --> 00:32:29,326
"If you have a daughter
over the age of eight, she is modeling,"
584
00:32:29,326 --> 00:32:33,163
because modeling
is now accessible to anyone.
585
00:32:37,208 --> 00:32:40,337
{\an8}Social media was the great equalizer.
586
00:32:40,337 --> 00:32:43,048
Everybody can do it.
Everybody can show whatever they want.
587
00:32:43,048 --> 00:32:46,593
And it's changed the balance
of the hierarchy.
588
00:32:47,719 --> 00:32:49,721
Back then, you needed,
sort of, the photographers,
589
00:32:49,721 --> 00:32:52,641
the editors, the designers.
590
00:32:52,641 --> 00:32:55,810
To be a model now,
they are their own brands.
591
00:32:56,519 --> 00:32:59,272
They get booked directly
through Instagram.
592
00:32:59,272 --> 00:33:00,482
That didn't exist before.
593
00:33:01,316 --> 00:33:05,862
So the supermodel now has to have
a big social media presence
594
00:33:05,862 --> 00:33:09,491
to be able to reach the heights
of what the girls did back in the day.
595
00:33:10,283 --> 00:33:13,245
I realized things were changing
when clients are asking your agent,
596
00:33:13,245 --> 00:33:15,956
{\an8}"Well, how many Instagram followers
does she have?"
597
00:33:15,956 --> 00:33:20,001
Before, like, the magazines
could kind of dictate,
598
00:33:20,001 --> 00:33:23,296
"This is what is fashion."
599
00:33:23,755 --> 00:33:25,757
But when social media happened,
600
00:33:25,757 --> 00:33:30,762
there's such an explosion
of images that we see.
601
00:33:30,762 --> 00:33:34,224
A lot of them are very different than
we were used to seeing in magazines.
602
00:33:35,016 --> 00:33:37,352
[Robin Givhan] Right now,
there's greater diversity
603
00:33:37,352 --> 00:33:39,604
in a lot of different categories.
604
00:33:40,230 --> 00:33:42,649
They can speak up and be heard
605
00:33:42,649 --> 00:33:45,151
and their voices
can really be amplified in a way
606
00:33:45,151 --> 00:33:48,113
{\an8}that wasn't available
to previous generations.
607
00:33:48,113 --> 00:33:51,283
The question is, will it endure?
608
00:33:52,617 --> 00:33:54,911
[Cindy] Maybe the idea
of what a model is
609
00:33:54,911 --> 00:33:58,206
{\an8}and represents now has picked up steam,
610
00:33:58,206 --> 00:34:01,084
{\an8}and maybe that's a great thing.
611
00:34:01,084 --> 00:34:03,545
You can find...
You can find anything, you know,
612
00:34:03,545 --> 00:34:07,257
and there's all these different ideas
of beauty now.
613
00:34:07,257 --> 00:34:11,052
And all of a sudden,
that is creating its own stars,
614
00:34:11,052 --> 00:34:14,597
its own momentum,
its own energy and its own ideas.
615
00:34:15,807 --> 00:34:20,729
There's some feeling that maybe
we helped the train leave the station.
616
00:34:21,938 --> 00:34:24,316
And, I mean, now I'm just
Kaia's mom, by the way.
617
00:34:24,316 --> 00:34:27,027
You know, my Instagram
should probably just be "Kaia's mom,"
618
00:34:27,027 --> 00:34:28,278
and I'd probably have more followers.
619
00:34:28,278 --> 00:34:31,823
- [blow dryer whirring]
- [people chattering]
620
00:34:31,823 --> 00:34:34,701
I can't believe we're all, like,
from small towns all over the world
621
00:34:34,701 --> 00:34:36,411
and then we're like,
"Wait, we're all here,"
622
00:34:36,411 --> 00:34:39,079
- today shooting this thing, you know.
- Exactly.
623
00:34:39,079 --> 00:34:40,498
With Steven.
624
00:34:40,916 --> 00:34:42,459
I just... I know we're gonna get it.
625
00:34:42,459 --> 00:34:44,628
Like, there's no question
when you're with Steven,
626
00:34:44,628 --> 00:34:47,463
you're gonna get the shot. That's it.
627
00:34:47,463 --> 00:34:50,967
Steven Meisel today, he's very private.
628
00:34:50,967 --> 00:34:53,345
But I feel like for insurance purposes,
629
00:34:53,345 --> 00:34:56,306
for what we're looking for in this group,
630
00:34:56,306 --> 00:34:59,893
we'll all feel well looked-after,
631
00:34:59,893 --> 00:35:04,606
and, like, the image will be something
that will endure.
632
00:35:06,316 --> 00:35:12,530
He has, sort of, the most consistent,
holistic, beautiful...
633
00:35:12,530 --> 00:35:14,824
And it's, like,
it could be fast and simple.
634
00:35:14,824 --> 00:35:16,493
it doesn't have to be...
635
00:35:16,493 --> 00:35:18,495
We used to always call it giving birth.
636
00:35:18,495 --> 00:35:20,080
Um, it doesn't have to be giving birth.
637
00:35:21,456 --> 00:35:26,545
I think the story, the direction,
the angle and the trust, really.
638
00:35:26,545 --> 00:35:30,215
The image, if you look back
over the time of any of our careers,
639
00:35:30,215 --> 00:35:34,177
the ones that still hold up
are those ones.
640
00:35:34,177 --> 00:35:36,846
All the stars kind of aligned.
641
00:35:39,099 --> 00:35:41,017
[Linda] They were all a character.
642
00:35:42,727 --> 00:35:45,146
'Cause it certainly wasn't me.
643
00:35:47,190 --> 00:35:50,193
That's why I love the fashion world
so much.
644
00:35:52,904 --> 00:35:56,908
{\an8}It's, like, a way of getting to be
who you want to be.
645
00:35:59,077 --> 00:36:04,416
I wanted to be a model,
but becoming a mom,
646
00:36:04,416 --> 00:36:10,130
that's the most fulfilling thing
that has ever happened to me.
647
00:36:11,214 --> 00:36:12,424
My son...
648
00:36:13,717 --> 00:36:15,051
He's fun...
649
00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:17,095
he's easy...
650
00:36:17,971 --> 00:36:19,222
kind...
651
00:36:19,931 --> 00:36:22,642
We're a small family,
it's just me and him.
652
00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:27,188
He's been my rock.
He's been so supportive.
653
00:36:31,484 --> 00:36:33,361
[Kim Jones] I didn't really know Linda.
654
00:36:33,361 --> 00:36:36,907
But, you know, I'd loved her as a fan,
655
00:36:36,907 --> 00:36:40,035
and... and I wrote her a letter 'cause
I'd seen the People magazine article
656
00:36:40,035 --> 00:36:42,495
and I just saw her
and she looked beautiful.
657
00:36:42,495 --> 00:36:46,166
And I thought, you know,
why don't I ask and see if she wants to do
658
00:36:46,166 --> 00:36:48,919
a show for Fendi in New York.
659
00:36:48,919 --> 00:36:53,006
{\an8}So, it's a straight walk and then--
And we'll do it now.
660
00:36:53,006 --> 00:36:56,259
Yeah, so what we'll do is,
we'll look towards you,
661
00:36:56,259 --> 00:36:59,221
start clapping
and then you come towards us.
662
00:36:59,221 --> 00:37:01,097
- [Linda] What-- Why are you clap--?
- Because it's you.
663
00:37:01,097 --> 00:37:02,891
- Not for me, no!
- Don't be silly.
664
00:37:02,891 --> 00:37:05,101
- I'm here for you!
- We're celebrating you as well.
665
00:37:05,101 --> 00:37:08,647
- [technician] Then pull it a bit longer.
- We're here for you as well.
666
00:37:08,647 --> 00:37:11,191
- [Linda] I'm here to support you.
- And you.
667
00:37:13,401 --> 00:37:15,570
[Jones] We really wanted to celebrate her.
668
00:37:15,570 --> 00:37:19,241
And it was, like, a real, sort of
safe space for her to be in,
669
00:37:19,241 --> 00:37:21,243
and like, you know, her family, almost.
670
00:37:21,243 --> 00:37:23,870
- [indistinct chatter]
- I want a hug too!
671
00:37:23,870 --> 00:37:26,373
[faint up-tempo music playing]
672
00:37:26,373 --> 00:37:29,042
I haven't been in this situation in years.
673
00:37:29,042 --> 00:37:31,086
Uh, I... I feel like that.
674
00:37:31,086 --> 00:37:35,549
You know, and this is a celebration.
So, let's do it.
675
00:37:38,301 --> 00:37:39,844
[Linda] After all these years...
676
00:37:41,346 --> 00:37:44,266
I just didn't want to hide anymore.
677
00:37:44,266 --> 00:37:45,433
I didn't...
678
00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:48,937
[voice shaking]
I wanted to start living again.
679
00:37:48,937 --> 00:37:52,524
So when I get in the middle of you,
can you step forward?
680
00:37:52,524 --> 00:37:54,067
[man speaking, indistinct]
681
00:37:54,067 --> 00:37:55,527
Okay.
682
00:37:55,527 --> 00:38:00,031
No one ever held my age
against me, ever.
683
00:38:00,031 --> 00:38:03,868
And I think our generation of models...
684
00:38:04,828 --> 00:38:09,499
...made people's perceptions
of what beauty is...
685
00:38:11,543 --> 00:38:13,003
...change.
686
00:38:14,212 --> 00:38:19,426
Beauty doesn't have to have an ending
or a... expiry date.
687
00:38:20,427 --> 00:38:24,306
They used to say beauty
is not sustainable.
688
00:38:24,306 --> 00:38:28,018
It's, like, youth is not sustainable.
689
00:38:28,018 --> 00:38:31,146
Beauty is. There's a difference.
690
00:38:33,857 --> 00:38:36,109
[applause, cheering]
691
00:38:36,109 --> 00:38:41,114
[Jones] Watching her on a runway
and just how she owns it and controls it
692
00:38:41,114 --> 00:38:45,160
and knows how to play with an audience,
it's almost like an actor.
693
00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:49,372
And I think that's the kind of thing
that's really fascinating to watch.
694
00:38:49,372 --> 00:38:51,541
- [animated chatter]
- [woman hums fanfare]
695
00:38:51,541 --> 00:38:54,920
[people cheering, whistling]
696
00:38:58,089 --> 00:39:01,343
[Jones] Backstage after the show,
when Linda came out...
697
00:39:01,343 --> 00:39:04,179
- Feel the bag. Feel it.
- Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
698
00:39:04,179 --> 00:39:05,972
...all the girls just freaked out,
all the new--
699
00:39:05,972 --> 00:39:08,850
You know, new generation of models
was like, "Oh, my God. That's Linda."
700
00:39:09,309 --> 00:39:10,894
You looked gorgeous.
701
00:39:13,313 --> 00:39:15,106
[Jones] They were, like, just, like,
all in shock.
702
00:39:15,106 --> 00:39:18,735
And that was just really sweet because,
you know, that's their idol.
703
00:39:18,735 --> 00:39:22,364
And the one thing with supermodels
is they still appeal to young people
704
00:39:22,364 --> 00:39:27,494
because they, you know, that's what
those girls want to-- wanted to be.
705
00:39:27,494 --> 00:39:30,330
- [people calling out]
- [cameras clicking]
706
00:39:41,341 --> 00:39:42,175
[Linda] Oh...
707
00:39:42,175 --> 00:39:43,510
[excited chatter]
708
00:39:43,510 --> 00:39:44,469
- [man] Hey!
- [Linda] Hey!
709
00:39:44,469 --> 00:39:47,055
[all chattering]
710
00:39:49,683 --> 00:39:51,977
- [Cindy] How are you?
- [Linda] I'm here. [laughs]
711
00:39:51,977 --> 00:39:53,728
- I know, I'm proud of you.
- [Linda] It's gonna be fun.
712
00:39:53,728 --> 00:39:55,897
- [Cindy] I know!
- [Linda] This sounds like a reunion.
713
00:39:55,897 --> 00:39:57,607
[Cindy] I know.
I don't like that we're all split up.
714
00:39:57,607 --> 00:40:01,486
[Christy] You wanted to separate?
I was like, "Who asked for this?"
715
00:40:01,486 --> 00:40:03,071
[laughs]
716
00:40:03,071 --> 00:40:04,406
- Hi.
- Hi.
717
00:40:06,074 --> 00:40:07,033
- [Guido] Hi.
- [Christy] Which one are you?
718
00:40:07,033 --> 00:40:08,743
- [Linda] I don't know.
- [woman] You're next door. Next door.
719
00:40:08,743 --> 00:40:10,829
Oh, okay. You're right.
We can open our curtain.
720
00:40:10,829 --> 00:40:13,707
- [Linda] Oh, nice. Oh, okay.
- [Christy] Okay.
721
00:40:13,707 --> 00:40:15,333
[Linda] Okay, I'll see you in a minute.
722
00:40:20,839 --> 00:40:21,673
- [Naomi] Good to see you.
- [Linda] How are you?
723
00:40:21,673 --> 00:40:23,133
- [Naomi] Good, thank you.
- [Linda] Nice to see you.
724
00:40:23,133 --> 00:40:25,176
- You too.
- See you in a bit.
725
00:40:25,176 --> 00:40:27,596
So... hair's done.
726
00:40:27,596 --> 00:40:29,306
[man laughing]
727
00:40:29,306 --> 00:40:31,766
The hair's done. Okay.
728
00:40:33,685 --> 00:40:36,938
I would love to take my hat off but
I'm not gonna take my hat off until...
729
00:40:36,938 --> 00:40:39,107
[woman] Do you want me
to grab Sandy and Guido?
730
00:40:39,983 --> 00:40:42,652
No. Well, yeah, actually,
they should go first.
731
00:40:42,652 --> 00:40:43,987
- Sure. Yeah.
- [Guido] Hi.
732
00:40:45,488 --> 00:40:47,616
So, I always massage Linda first,
she demands it.
733
00:40:47,616 --> 00:40:50,076
Yeah. [laughs]
734
00:40:50,076 --> 00:40:52,454
Who's your easiest client?
735
00:40:52,454 --> 00:40:54,372
- You.
- Of course.
736
00:40:54,372 --> 00:40:57,667
- Of course.
- Don't believe a word you've heard, right?
737
00:40:57,667 --> 00:40:59,252
- Don't believe anything.
- [laughing]
738
00:40:59,252 --> 00:41:02,756
[stylist] Me or her? Okay.
739
00:41:07,177 --> 00:41:09,638
[Christy] It feels, like, consistent
with some of the things I sent.
740
00:41:09,638 --> 00:41:11,014
- [stylist] Right.
- But also...
741
00:41:11,014 --> 00:41:13,975
- ...today, modern, but--
- Elevated. Yeah. Yeah.
742
00:41:13,975 --> 00:41:15,644
- [Christy] Yeah. I like it.
- It almost feels real.
743
00:41:15,644 --> 00:41:19,773
- And not retro, it's...
- I know from him, he wanted it to feel...
744
00:41:19,773 --> 00:41:20,899
- Ourselves.
- Yeah.
745
00:41:20,899 --> 00:41:22,192
And he's like, "It's not a fashion shoot."
746
00:41:22,192 --> 00:41:23,818
Meanwhile, we have
a bunch of fashion stuff.
747
00:41:23,818 --> 00:41:26,571
- Yeah.
- But, this is...
748
00:41:26,571 --> 00:41:28,323
- Yeah.
- ...elevated. You know, it's not jeans
749
00:41:28,323 --> 00:41:31,201
- but it feels...
- No, especially if it's next to others...
750
00:41:31,201 --> 00:41:33,203
- Exactly, yeah. Yeah.
- ...who might have more going on.
751
00:41:33,203 --> 00:41:34,579
- Levels.
- Yeah.
752
00:41:34,579 --> 00:41:36,581
Okay, I think we're done here.
753
00:41:38,792 --> 00:41:40,919
[Cindy] I like the double look, don't you?
754
00:41:40,919 --> 00:41:42,546
- More moda.
- Yeah.
755
00:41:43,964 --> 00:41:46,716
You guys always make it sound so chic.
[laughs]
756
00:41:46,716 --> 00:41:48,176
I'm like, "I like the bigger one."
757
00:41:48,176 --> 00:41:49,803
[stylist laughs]
758
00:41:51,054 --> 00:41:52,264
- [woman] I love it.
- Yeah.
759
00:41:52,264 --> 00:41:53,473
That's cool.
760
00:41:53,473 --> 00:41:56,560
[Linda] Those Manolo are the ones
he made for me a long time ago.
761
00:41:56,560 --> 00:41:57,936
[stylist] Perfect shape, too.
762
00:41:57,936 --> 00:41:59,729
[Linda] They used to
be called Evangelista
763
00:41:59,729 --> 00:42:01,356
and now they're just called...
764
00:42:01,356 --> 00:42:03,275
Now they're called Gelista.
765
00:42:03,275 --> 00:42:06,695
- Or now, yeah, they have the bow and...
- Little bow on the front, yes.
766
00:42:06,695 --> 00:42:08,572
[Linda] That's from the early '90s.
767
00:42:09,281 --> 00:42:11,616
It's still good. It's timeless.
768
00:42:13,410 --> 00:42:15,495
[Christy] Yeah. 'Cause, I mean,
we're never really together like that.
769
00:42:15,495 --> 00:42:18,582
[stylist] I know. When was the last time,
do you guys know?
770
00:42:19,332 --> 00:42:23,795
That-- With Steven, and a group,
not in years, honestly.
771
00:42:25,338 --> 00:42:27,841
[man] Last looks, last checks.
772
00:42:28,633 --> 00:42:31,094
[Christy, whispers] Let's go. [chuckles]
773
00:42:31,094 --> 00:42:33,221
[Cindy] Let's do one check in the mirror.
774
00:42:34,222 --> 00:42:35,348
[Christy] How are we doing?
775
00:42:37,100 --> 00:42:39,519
I think I need less hairspray. [laughs]
776
00:42:39,519 --> 00:42:41,771
Oh, too late!
777
00:42:43,189 --> 00:42:46,151
[Linda] I don't believe we got
the four of us together.
778
00:42:46,151 --> 00:42:47,402
- That's been a while.
- [Naomi] I can't believe...
779
00:42:47,402 --> 00:42:49,863
- [Christy] I still can't remember.
- [Cindy] Vanity Fair, I was thinking.
780
00:42:49,863 --> 00:42:52,198
- [Christy] Vanity Fair. You're right.
- [Cindy] Okay, yes.
781
00:42:52,198 --> 00:42:53,366
And it wasn't just the four of us.
782
00:42:53,366 --> 00:42:55,535
- [Christy] With Stephanie and Claudia.
- [Cindy] And Claudia.
783
00:42:55,535 --> 00:42:57,037
[Linda] Claudia was there,
yeah, Stephanie.
784
00:42:57,037 --> 00:42:59,748
- They were our generation.
- [Cindy] They were our generation.
785
00:43:01,875 --> 00:43:05,503
[Christy] I mean, I think everything
about us here today
786
00:43:05,503 --> 00:43:07,839
is, sort of, the opposite
of what I imagined
787
00:43:07,839 --> 00:43:10,008
when I first came into the industry.
788
00:43:11,551 --> 00:43:14,387
Like, I thought it was, like,
gonna be a minute...
789
00:43:15,472 --> 00:43:18,433
...and life would go on.
790
00:43:19,392 --> 00:43:21,853
And life has gone on.
791
00:43:23,271 --> 00:43:24,606
But it's been...
792
00:43:24,606 --> 00:43:26,524
[echoing laughter]
793
00:43:27,150 --> 00:43:28,401
...decades.
794
00:43:33,031 --> 00:43:37,077
[Todd Oldham]
Magic happens when the stars align.
795
00:43:37,077 --> 00:43:40,497
When an exquisite model shows up
with the right designer
796
00:43:40,497 --> 00:43:42,415
and the right photographer
in the right light and the right make-up.
797
00:43:42,415 --> 00:43:44,584
You can do these
transcendent things that...
798
00:43:44,584 --> 00:43:45,961
{\an8}[camera shutter clicks]
799
00:43:45,961 --> 00:43:47,254
{\an8}...last forever.
800
00:43:47,879 --> 00:43:54,261
They were refining, you know,
images to become very iconic.
801
00:43:54,928 --> 00:43:56,304
[shutter click]
802
00:43:56,304 --> 00:44:01,810
{\an8}I-I'm just flattered.
I'm glad I reached that level.
803
00:44:02,602 --> 00:44:05,355
[Goodman] They brought their artistry...
804
00:44:05,355 --> 00:44:06,898
[shutter clicks]
805
00:44:06,898 --> 00:44:08,858
...to the image.
806
00:44:08,858 --> 00:44:10,151
It's really phenomenal.
807
00:44:10,610 --> 00:44:13,113
[Jeanne Beker] You can't say every model
in the fashion business...
808
00:44:13,113 --> 00:44:14,531
[shutter clicks]
809
00:44:14,531 --> 00:44:16,074
...is an artist.
810
00:44:16,074 --> 00:44:18,952
{\an8}But some really are.
811
00:44:20,745 --> 00:44:22,122
[shutter clicks]
812
00:44:22,706 --> 00:44:25,500
Models still are glamorous
because that's what we do.
813
00:44:25,500 --> 00:44:28,378
Um, and that's what people...
814
00:44:28,962 --> 00:44:31,131
They want to look at it
and they want to see it.
815
00:44:33,758 --> 00:44:36,845
[Emily Bierman] The photographs
had such a huge impact
816
00:44:36,845 --> 00:44:39,598
{\an8}in the larger landscape of art
817
00:44:40,348 --> 00:44:45,353
because they're
endlessly intriguing to look at.
818
00:44:46,479 --> 00:44:49,733
{\an8}They're like when you
look at Renaissance paintings.
819
00:44:49,733 --> 00:44:52,944
{\an8}The Mona Lisa was the face of her era.
820
00:44:54,571 --> 00:44:59,409
[Bierman] Today, there's a strong market
for fashion photography.
821
00:44:59,409 --> 00:45:03,788
At auction, you might see prices
that are a couple thousand dollars...
822
00:45:04,706 --> 00:45:09,920
...to a million dollars or more because
they're icons of a generation.
823
00:45:11,129 --> 00:45:14,799
Those girls defined power for women.
824
00:45:15,217 --> 00:45:17,260
It was women supporting each other.
825
00:45:18,053 --> 00:45:19,763
And people listened to them.
826
00:45:20,388 --> 00:45:23,892
They were the first influencers
of fashion.
827
00:45:25,018 --> 00:45:27,979
{\an8}[Jacobs] Cindy, Linda, Christy, Naomi.
828
00:45:27,979 --> 00:45:30,774
{\an8}They're larger-than-life.
They're names that everybody knows.
829
00:45:30,774 --> 00:45:34,277
{\an8}People who've never bought a designer
dress know who those women are.
830
00:45:35,237 --> 00:45:40,575
{\an8}[Galliano] Those girls took it to a level
of professionalism and perfection.
831
00:45:40,575 --> 00:45:43,078
{\an8}They're super in more ways
than they're real.
832
00:45:44,329 --> 00:45:47,582
[Suzy Menkes] I think the fact
the super models are still around
833
00:45:47,582 --> 00:45:50,544
{\an8}proves that they really
never went out of fashion.
834
00:45:52,087 --> 00:45:55,382
[Enninful] Cindy, Linda, Christy and Naomi
835
00:45:55,382 --> 00:45:58,176
are still redefining what it means
to be a model.
836
00:45:59,094 --> 00:46:01,346
- [Christy] I'm so happy to see you.
- [man] Let's start it with Christy.
837
00:46:01,346 --> 00:46:03,265
- [Naomi] So, that's a good thing, I guess.
- [Linda] I know.
838
00:46:03,265 --> 00:46:04,391
[Cindy laughs]
839
00:46:04,808 --> 00:46:06,184
[Naomi] Can we go, like, straight?
840
00:46:06,184 --> 00:46:08,395
[Cindy] We want to go, like,
just more like...
841
00:46:09,145 --> 00:46:11,189
["Freedom! '90" by George Michael playing]
842
00:46:11,189 --> 00:46:13,942
[Linda] Oh, oh. Okay, get us in the mood!
Get us in the mood.
843
00:46:13,942 --> 00:46:14,985
[woman] Ready to go?
844
00:46:14,985 --> 00:46:16,987
- [Linda] Ready!
- Okay.
845
00:46:20,740 --> 00:46:22,742
[Christy] There's been lots of phases,
and we've all gone through
846
00:46:22,742 --> 00:46:26,454
so many things in our own lives,
personally, and professionally.
847
00:46:26,454 --> 00:46:27,664
[younger Christy]
I don't think I've changed that much.
848
00:46:27,664 --> 00:46:30,625
The same people that I started
to hang around with when I first started
849
00:46:30,625 --> 00:46:32,627
are the same people that I'm with now.
850
00:46:33,128 --> 00:46:35,338
[Naomi] I think when
you come together with people
851
00:46:35,338 --> 00:46:38,633
that have been part of your journey
and you consider them chosen family,
852
00:46:38,633 --> 00:46:40,886
- I think that's emotional.
- [phone camera clicks]
853
00:46:40,886 --> 00:46:43,513
Just take it day by day
and what comes, comes.
854
00:46:44,347 --> 00:46:46,725
And all the big girls are the nicest ones.
855
00:46:46,725 --> 00:46:50,145
[Linda] I feel blessed
that we're here today.
856
00:46:50,145 --> 00:46:53,607
There's something about
that shared history that we have.
857
00:46:55,984 --> 00:46:58,904
We can never have it with anybody else.
858
00:46:58,904 --> 00:47:02,073
[all singing]
♪...and make them true somehow ♪
859
00:47:02,824 --> 00:47:06,036
♪ All we have to see ♪ [laughing]
860
00:47:06,036 --> 00:47:08,914
♪ Is that I don't belong to you ♪
861
00:47:08,914 --> 00:47:11,082
♪ And you don't belong to me ♪
862
00:47:11,082 --> 00:47:12,000
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
863
00:47:12,959 --> 00:47:15,837
["Freedom! '90" continues]