Follow the supermodel off the catwalk to find the path to success
Christy Turlington was only 14, and still wearing braces on her teeth, when she was spotted by a California photographer. The rest is legend: surrendering her dream of becoming an architect, she signed up with an agency at 17, and was immediately launched into the modelling stratosphere alongside Naomi Campbell with whom she shared an apartment.
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