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Cindy Crawford: Daughter’s entry into modeling ‘inevitable’

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER the modeling world. Ger-
Associated Press ber bears a striking resem-
WARREN, Mich. (AP) — blance to her 51-year-old
Cindy Crawford says she’s mother.
more concerned about “In some ways, I wish I
her 16-year-old daughter could have pushed it off
sitting behind the wheel of a year or two. But she’s 16.
a car than walking a run- That’s how old I was when I
way. started, which is young, but
The supermodel’s daugh- in fashion that’s kind of the
ter, Kaia Gerber, made her normal age when people
New York Fashion Week de- start,” Crawford said Thurs-
but last month. Her 18-year- day.
old son, Presley Gerber, Gerber already has made
also is a model. a splash walking the run-
“My daughter just got her way for a number of top
driver’s license. I’m a lot designers, including Ver-
more concerned about sace.
her driving by herself than At Milan Fashion Week
her entering the world of in September, Donatella
modeling,” Crawford told Versace hosted a runway
The Associated Press dur- tribute to her brother, Gi-
ing an interview at a char- anni Versace, 20 years af- n this Sept. 29, 2017 file photo, model Cindy Crawford, right, poses with her daughter Kaia Gerber
ity event near Detroit. “The ter his slaying in Miami. The for photographers upon arrival at a party for Omega in Paris.
great thing for my kids is show brought together the Associated Press
that I know a lot about that supermodels that Gianni rity models, including the really get booked until the down together?’ I said,
world. I feel like: Who bet- Versace helped create — Hadids — Gigi and Bella; day before or two days be- ‘No. I don’t even want to
ter to help guide them than Claudia Schiffer, Naomi plus Kendall Jenner and fore. And finally Kaia got walk down with you. I’m
me?” Campbell, Helena Chris- Gerber.“I didn’t know my booked for it, and I said, going to walk down with
Crawford says she under- tensen and yes, Crawford. daughter was doing that ‘You know I’m doing that the ladies that are my age.
stands it’s inevitable that But it also featured the show,” Crawford said. “The show, right?’“She’s like, You can go with the girls
Kaia Gerber would enter new generation of celeb- models themselves don’t ‘Wait, do we have to walk that are your age.’”q