Cynthia Ann "Cindy" Crawford ( born February 20, 1966 ) is a US model and actress. Cindy Crawford was among the most popular supermodels, first being known as "Baby Gia" and then becoming a ubiquitous presence on magazine covers, runways, and in fashion campaigns. In July, 1988, she became the first modern supermodel to pose nude for Playboy magazine. In October 1998, Crawford returned to the pages of Playboy for a second, more revealing, nude pictorial. She has been featured on the cover of many magazines - Vogue, W, People, Harper's Bazaar, ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Allure. She was ranked number 5 on Playboy's list of the 100 Sexiest Stars of the 20th century. A 1997 Shape magazine survey of 4,000 picked her as the second most beautiful woman in the world. In 2002, Crawford was named by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People .