《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词3500》Unit 37 超级名模的靓丽诀窍

　　Unit 37

Beauty Tips from Supermodel Cindy Crawford

When I met supermodel Cindy Crawford, I was amazed that her  skin was so perfectly 1 smooth that she appeared not to have pores. She  sits in one of the Hilton's best rooms and there are no light tricks  used to make a photographic subject more beautiful than humanly  possible. This is Crawford without any makeup 2. Her full brows are  arched with what seems to be military precision, the teeth are  toothpaste-ad white, the eyes are melted-chocolate brown and the newly  washed hair is ever so shining.

It is really only the beauty tips that matter when you are in  a room with a woman who is constantly honored as one of the world's  most beautiful. Certainly she is one of the world's best-paid women  whose job it is to look good.

So how does she look so good?

"I take care of myself. I drink a lot of water, I make sure I  get enough sleep, I don't smoke, I'm not really a party girl, I  exercise..." she says. "I work out three times a week. I think that is  effective for me for maintenance."

Water, exercise and sleep aside, her secret is far more basic.  "I've got good genes 3. I'm lucky, my mum looks great, my three sisters  look good." The genes would account for her lack of crow's feet or any  other visible fine line. It is hard to believe her to be a mother of  two kids. "After my second child, my belly 4 is flat. But if I bend over  to pick something up, I've got extra skin here." She bends over to  demonstrate, but there is nothing to see.

"I'm lucky to be successful. You work with good photographers,  and make good money. The way you do that is by appearing on magazine  covers, so I guess being what you call a supermodel helped to get my  Revlon contract, which I had for 11 years, so that was job security."

While the Revlon job finished two years ago, Crawford is still  busy. Aside from being an Omega ambassador, she is working on her own  skincare product with the help of plastic surgeon. As she is turning  40, the workout and good genes appear to be doing amazing things.

"Now you see so many people who have had plastic surgery and  it scares me. My mum has never had any work done and I'd like to think  that's the way I'd go." The plastic surgeon she is working with on her  skincare products assures her that new skin technology means you don't  have to go under the surgeon's knife in any case.

When her skincare gets to the market, I'll be queuing, having  forgotten she was born with perfect skin, and hoping Crawford's  complexion 5 does come in a jar.