Claudia Schiffer
Claudia Schiffer
Claudia Schifferis a German model and creative director of her own clothing label. Schiffer rose to popularity and became a household name during the early 1990s as one of the world's most successful models. In her early career, she was said to resemble Brigitte Bardot. She has appeared on more than 1000 magazine covers and holds the record for the supermodel with the most magazine covers listed in the Guinness Book of World Records. In 2002, Forbes estimated her net...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionModel
Date of Birth25 August 1970
CityRheinberg, Germany
CountryGermany
I know one day I'll be considered too old. I think 40-year-old women actually look more healthy and fit than some girls in their 20s. I've met women who have way better bodies in their 40s because they've been working on them for all these years.
I always wanted to be less tall. When I was at school I was the same height as all of my girlfriends and then suddenly I was turning 12 and almost overnight I got really tall.
It's wonderful to be involved with such a fantastic campaign.
I wanted to start with a very small role, to get my feet wet. I'm sure I'm not as good or as experienced as other actresses, but everybody has to start somewhere.
It's very difficult today for girls to become supermodels. There is a lot more competition, a lot of countries in the East have opened up so there are many more models than there were in the Nineties. Now they have to compete with famous actresses but also with, say, reality stars to be on the magazine covers.
I only want to do small parts for now.
This is not a change of career for me. Just an expansion of it. I have contracts and obligations and business partners who are counting on me. And I would only want to do another movie if it's as good as this one.
I have always worked out, and I've gone through different phases of yoga, but the combination of Pilates three days a week with yoga is incredible.
I try to extract something positive from every situation, even if it's just learning not to make the same mistake twice.
I am very conservative. I don't invest in anything that is risky. If someone comes to me with a project idea, I let them risk their money, not mine.
I've looked in the mirror every day for 20 years. It's the same face....
It's not that I'm against nudity. I'm German, I'm very open, in Germany they lay in the park naked. It's just the principle.
I love movies, I've always been interested in them, but I wanted to wait for the right time to start acting.
All of my friends are my age and we are all ageing at the same time. We talk about it and moan, but it doesn't bother me.