Christy Turlington for Vogue Paris

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">When my career was starting<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>a lifetime ago in London,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">there was a new breed of model changing the <span style="font-size: large;">face of the industry.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">At the top of the exquisite pile reigned the triumverate,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">three spectacular girls who absolutely owned the modelling world,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell</b> and <b>Christy Turlington</b>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">They were the highest earners, had the most covers,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">ruled the catwalks - they were <i>everything</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Later joined by <b>Kate Moss</b>, the triumverate were the most sensational models around.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">They could sell you anything,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">make you believe anything,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">they were the best.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And to this day they are</span> <span style="font-size: large;">simply amazing.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy3-s2Qqpli0LzTUGemQjoun4JplB6v_nVVm6Afv-Lum3FkmPH1YMeWRtLqTU_nPNGAYDrnufbgMAryyE8K64DPmAKGHU6z7hX8OIOUrnMq627i4ZVhYh5dsDnRqzrEBMeO-m87S4vZPQ4/s1600/ChirstyIV9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy3-s2Qqpli0LzTUGemQjoun4JplB6v_nVVm6Afv-Lum3FkmPH1YMeWRtLqTU_nPNGAYDrnufbgMAryyE8K64DPmAKGHU6z7hX8OIOUrnMq627i4ZVhYh5dsDnRqzrEBMeO-m87S4vZPQ4/s1600/ChirstyIV9.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Christy Turlington, Vogue Paris January 2013</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The new <a href="http://www.vogue.fr/">Vogue Paris</a> features a gorgeous editorial</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">with <b>Christy Turlington.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the fickle, youth-centric world of modelling,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">age has not diminished her at all.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">She is still magnificent.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Photographed by <a href="http://inezvinoodh.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; 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Christy Turlington for Vogue Paris

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