Christie Brinkley

Brinkley was born Christie Lee Hudson in Monroe, Michigan, on February 2, 1954,{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/8503/Christie-Brinkley/biography |title=Christie Brinkley biography |access-date=July 2, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709084657/https://movies.nytimes.com/person/8503/Christie-Brinkley/biography |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Tracie Cooper |date=2008 |archive-date=July 9, 2008}} the daughter of Marjorie (née Bowling) and Herbert Hudson.

Her family moved to Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, where her mother Marjorie later met and married television writer Donald Brinkley in Bel Air, Los Angeles. Donald adopted Christie and her brother Greg Brinkley. During this time, the family lived in Malibu and then the Brentwood neighborhoods of Los Angeles. Brinkley was educated at Paul Revere Junior High School and attended Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles from 9th to 12th grade.{{cite web |url=http://danspapers.com/2013/05/whos-here-christie-brinkley-modelactivist/2/ |title=Who's Here: Christie Brinkley, Model/Activist |date=May 23, 2013 |first=Dan |last=Rattiner |access-date=October 17, 2013 |publisher=DansHamptons.com}}

After graduation in 1972, she moved to Paris to study art.{{cite magazine |url=http://nymag.com/fashion/08/fall/49253/ |title=This Year's Model: The events of last year hardly dimmed Christie Brinkley's high-megawatt all-American smile |first=Amy |last=Larocca |date=August 17, 2008 |access-date=September 9, 2018 |magazine=New York}}

Brinkley was discovered in 1973 by American photographer Errol Sawyer in a post office in Paris. He took her first modeling pictures and introduced her to John Casablancas of Elite Model Management agency in Paris.{{Cite book |last=Gross |first=Michael |date=1995 |title=Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women |publisher=William Morrow & Company, Inc. |location=New York City|pages=[https://archive.org/details/modeluglybusines00gros_0/page/317 317–319] |isbn=0-688-12659-6 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/modeluglybusines00gros_0/page/317 }} Brinkley stated later: "I was basically a surfer girl from California. I never looked like a model." After being introduced to Elite, where Brinkley met the fashion photographers Patrick Demarchelier and Mike Reinhardt{{cite web |url=http://intothegloss.com/2014/04/christie-brinkley-sailor-brinkley-cook/ |title=Christie Brinkley & Sailor Brinkley Cook |date=November 21, 2013 |publisher=Into The Gloss |access-date=April 22, 2014}} who called Eileen Ford and told her about Brinkley, she returned to California, and by the end of a lunch meeting with Nina Blanchard (Eileen Ford affiliate in Los Angeles) she had been booked for three national ad campaigns.

Multiple appearances on the cover of Glamour soon followed, along with a record 25-year contract with cosmetics brand CoverGirl, one of the longest modeling contracts in history.{{cite web |title=Christie Brinkley biography |url=http://athletes-celebrities.tseworld.com/entertainment/models/christie-brinkley.php |publisher=Premiere Athlete & Celebrity |year=2009 |access-date=July 4, 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714193043/http://athletes-celebrities.tseworld.com/entertainment/models/christie-brinkley.php |archive-date=July 14, 2018}} In 2005, CoverGirl again signed Brinkley, using her in ads in magazines and TV commercials for mature skin products.{{cite magazine |magazine=New York |title=Christie Brinkley — Model Profile |url=http://nymag.com/fashion/models/cbrinkley/christiebrinkley/ |access-date=July 2, 2008 |quote=A guide to the career of Christie Brinkley including cover shots, party photos, runway images, backstage photos, quotes, and more.}} In 1989, Brinkley was, along with Cheryl Tiegs and Beverly Johnson, one of the three models featured as dolls produced by Matchbox Toys called The Real Model Collection.

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Brinkley appeared on three consecutive Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue covers (1979,{{cite magazine |url=http://dynamic.si.cnn.com/si_online/covers/issues/1979/0205.html |access-date=November 13, 2007 |title=SI Cover Search: Christie Brinkley |magazine=Sports Illustrated |year=2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612131600/http://dynamic.si.cnn.com/si_online/covers/issues/1979/0205.html |archive-date=June 12, 2007}} 1980,{{cite magazine |url=http://dynamic.si.cnn.com/si_online/covers/issues/1980/0204.html |access-date=November 13, 2007 |title=SI Cover Search: Christie Brinkley |magazine=Sports Illustrated |year=2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612123549/http://dynamic.si.cnn.com/si_online/covers/issues/1980/0204.html |archive-date=June 12, 2007}} and 1981{{cite magazine |url=http://dynamic.si.cnn.com/si_online/covers/issues/1981/0209.html |access-date=November 13, 2007 |title=SI Cover Search: Christie Brinkley |magazine=Sports Illustrated |year=2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612123757/http://dynamic.si.cnn.com/si_online/covers/issues/1981/0209.html |archive-date=June 12, 2007}}) – the first time that had happened – and appeared in the publication's annual swimsuit issues and television specials for years to follow.{{cite magazine |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1068191/1/index.htm |title=Rich And Famous: That's Christie Brinkley after three SI covers and marriage to singer Billy Joel |last=Newman |first=Bruce |date=February 7, 1989 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025052756/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1068191/1/index.htm |archive-date=October 25, 2012}} Brinkley was featured exclusively in the first Sports Illustrated Calendar and also released two of her own calendars.{{cite web |title=Christie Brinkley biography |publisher=William Morris Agency|url=http://www.wma.com/christie_brinkley/bio/CHRISTIE_BRINKLEY.pdf |access-date=December 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230221609/http://www.wma.com/christie_brinkley/bio/CHRISTIE_BRINKLEY.pdf |archive-date=December 30, 2010 |url-status=dead}} In 2005, Brinkley was featured in the special Sports Illustrated 40th Anniversary Issue's Hall of Fame, celebrating the most revered figures in the magazine's history and again in 2014, in the 50th Anniversary The Legends.{{cite web |url=http://www.wma.com/christie_brinkley/summary/ |access-date=April 15, 2009 |title=Talent profile: Christie Brinkley |publisher=William Morris Agency |year=2009}}

As an editorial model, Brinkley has appeared on over 500 magazine covers,{{cite news |title=Christie Brinkley's Model Home |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/magazine/christie-brinkleys-model-home.html |newspaper=The New York Times |first=Edward |last=Lewine |date=August 3, 2012 |access-date=August 3, 2012}} including US, Vogue, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Esquire, Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Glamour and the best-selling issue of Life. She has held major contracts with Chanel No. 19, Prell, MasterCard, Breck, Diet Coke, Anheuser-Busch, Got Milk?, Healthy Choice, Max Factor, Nissan, Noxzema, Revlon, Clairol, Borghese Cosmetics, Danskin, Nu Skin, Yardley of London, Halston, Vogue Patterns, Gottex and Black Velvet, among others. Brinkley has been photographed in six continents in more than 30 countries.

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Brinkley played her first acting role in the 1983 film National Lampoon's Vacation as "The girl in the red Ferrari" opposite Chevy Chase. She reprised that role in the 1997 sequel Vegas Vacation; later spoofed it in a 2008 DirecTV commercial, using footage from Vacation;{{cite web |title=Christie Brinkley Takes It Off For DirecTV |url=http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/05/61799/ |work=Entertainment Tonight |date=May 19, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081214175102/http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/05/61799/ |archive-date=December 14, 2008}} again in a 2015 Infiniti commercial as the wife in the Infiniti (the blonde in the convertible for this spoof is model Scarlett Burke); and again in the ABC series The Goldbergs in 2019.{{cite web |title=Next / Los Angeles |url=http://www.nextmanagement.com/los-angeles/profile/scarlett-burke |publisher=Next Management |access-date=September 3, 2015}} In 2011, she appeared as herself in the documentary King of the Hamptons, which was produced by filmmaker Dennis Michael Lynch. The film premiered at the 2010 Hamptons International Film Festival.

Brinkley's appearance on NBC's Mad About You was the broadcaster's highest-rated half-hour episode since the finale of The Cosby Show. She hosted Celebrity Weddings InStyle, the highest-rated special in Lifetime's history. Brinkley appeared on the Today Show in 1983 in a four-part segment featuring beauty tips and, in 1992, began her own television series Living in the 90s — With Christie Brinkley, a daily half-hour show on CNN.{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |title=EGOS & IDS; It's the Christie Brinkley Show |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/13/style/egos-ids-it-s-the-christie-brinkley-show.html |access-date=July 2, 2008 |last=Pener |first=Degen |date=September 13, 1992}}

Brinkley made further television appearances, including Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue television specials{{cite news |title=Christie Brinkley filmography |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/8503/Christie-Brinkley/filmography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520111326/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/8503/Christie-Brinkley/filmography |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 20, 2011 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2011 |access-date=July 2, 2008}} and music videos for beau Billy Joel ("Uptown Girl", "Keeping the Faith", "All About Soul", "River of Dreams", "A Matter of Trust" and "Leningrad") and Mick Jones's "Just Wanna Hold".{{cite web |url=http://www.christiebrinkley.com/ |title=Christie Brinkley official website}} She had a recurring role as Gayle Gergich, the wife of Jerry Gergich, on NBC's Parks and Recreation.{{cite magazine |last=Snierson |first=Dan |date=October 10, 2012 |title=Parks and Recreation: Christie Brinkley to play Jerry's wife |url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/10/10/parks-and-recreation-christie-brinkley/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |location=New York City}} In December 2012, Brinkley co-hosted Anderson Live and also danced with Dancing With the Stars alumnus Gilles Marini during the show.{{Cite web |title=Christie Brinkley's biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story - XYZ |url=https://wiki.tenace.net/ne/people/christie-brinkley-biography-fact-career-awards-net-worth-and-life-story-579852 |access-date=2022-01-24 |language=en-US}}

On April 8, 2011, in New York, Brinkley made her stage debut as Roxie Hart in the long-running musical Chicago. In August, she completed a one-month engagement in the London's production at Cambridge Theatre and reprised the role on Broadway and continued with 182 total performances with the National Touring Company of Chicago in cities including Los Angeles, San Diego, Boston and Hartford.{{cite news |url=http://www.lowellsun.com/whatdouwannado/ci_21851900/bostons-hottest-date |title=Boston's hottest date |first=Nancye |last=Tuttle |newspaper=The Sun |access-date=October 25, 2012 |date=October 25, 2012}} In April 2019, Brinkley reprised the Roxie Hart role in Chicago at the Venetian Theatre at The Venetian Las Vegas.

On August 5, 2019, it was reported by Deadline that Brinkley would have a guest role on the season 7 premiere of the ABC television series The Goldbergs playing a character named Aleah Welsh.{{cite web |last1=Petski |first1=Denise |title='The Goldbergs' To Pay Tribute To 'National Lampoon's Vacation' In Season 7 Premiere; Christie Brinkley & Anthony Michael Hall To Guest Star |url=https://deadline.com/2019/08/the-goldbergs-national-lampoons-vacation-season-7-premiere-christie-brinkley-anthony-michael-hall-guest-star-1202661280/ |website=Deadline |access-date=5 August 2019 |language=en |date=5 August 2019}}{{cite web |title=The Goldbergs: SEASON PREMIERE - Vacation (9/25) |url=https://www.wdtvpress.com/abc/pressrelease/the-goldbergs-season-premiere-vacation-9-25/ |access-date=9 September 2019 |ref=The Goldbergs Press Release}} In 2019, Brinkley was announced as one of the celebrities to compete on the 28th season of Dancing with the Stars. However, sometime before the premiere, she suffered injuries to her wrist and arm that required emergency surgery. As a result, her daughter Sailor, stepped in her place for the season.{{cite web |author=Dancing with the Stars |author-link=Dancing with the Stars (American TV series) |date=September 16, 2019 |title=While rehearsing for the premiere of 'Dancing with the Stars,' Christie Brinkley suffered injuries which required surgery to her wrist and arm. |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B2eOUlfhgjo/ |url-access=registration |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B2eOUlfhgjo |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |access-date=September 16, 2019 |publisher=Instagram}}{{cbignore}}{{cite magazine |last=Rice |first=Lynette |date=September 16, 2019 |title=Christie Brinkley leaves Dancing with the Stars because of injury, replaced by daughter |url=https://ew.com/tv/2019/09/16/christie-brinkley-leaves-dancing-with-the-stars-because-injury |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=September 16, 2019}} In 2022, Brinkley competed in season seven of The Masked Singer as "Lemur" of Team Cuddly.{{cite magazine |author=Lauren Huff |date=March 30, 2022 |title=The Masked Singer reveals the Lemur as famous supermodel and actress |url=https://ew.com/tv/the-masked-singer-lemur-revealed/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=March 31, 2022}}

Since 1997, Brinkley has appeared with Chuck Norris in a long-running series of cable TV infomercials promoting Total Gym home fitness equipment.{{cite web |date=June 18, 2013 |title=History |url=http://www.totalgym.com/t-About_History.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103070022/http://www.totalgym.com/t-About_History.aspx |archive-date=January 3, 2018 |access-date=July 14, 2018 |publisher=Total Gym |df=mdy-all}} In 2008, Brinkley and Carlon Colker promoted National Family Fitness Day with Xbox 360 at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.{{cite web |url=http://www.childrensaidsociety.org/news/Family_Fitness_Day_with_Christie_Brinkley |title=Christie Brinkley, Xbox 360 and Boys & Girls Club Team Up for Inaugural National Family Fitness Day |date=May 9, 2008 |publisher=The Children's Aid Society |access-date=April 6, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724231244/http://www.childrensaidsociety.org/news/Family_Fitness_Day_with_Christie_Brinkley |archive-date=July 24, 2008}} Brinkley promotes Christie Brinkley Authentic Skin Care, a line of beauty products,{{cite web |first=Faye |last=Brookman |url=http://wwd.com/beauty-industry-news/color-cosmetics/brinkley-beauty-secrets-to-cosmetics-11063562/ |title=Christie Brinkley Expanding Skin-care Line Into Makeup |work=WWD |date=December 6, 2017 |access-date=July 14, 2018}} Hair2Wear,{{cite web |url=http://www.hairuwear.com/hair2wear/ |title=Hair2Wear |publisher=HairUWear.com |date=June 20, 2014 |access-date=July 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714193152/http://www.hairuwear.com/hair2wear/ |archive-date=July 14, 2018 |url-status=dead }} a line of hair extensions, Bellissima Prosecco, an organic sparkling wine label{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/christie-brinkley-bellissima/ |title=The sparkling Christie Brinkley |publisher=CBS News |date=July 9, 2017 |access-date=July 14, 2018}} and Christie Brinkley Eyewear, an eyeglasses eyewear.{{cite web |url=https://www.simplyeyeglasses.com/eyeglasses-sunglasses/frames.php?product=Eyeglasses&manf=Christie%20Brinkley&title=Christie%20Brinkley%20Eyeglasses |title=Christie Brinkley Eyeglasses and other Christie Brinkley Eyewear by Simply Eyeglasses |publisher=SimplyEyeGlasses.com |access-date=July 14, 2018}} Her financial holdings in 2019 were worth an estimated US$80 million, primarily as the owner of real estate mainly in the Hamptons.{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2018/04/18/christie-brinkley-tries-to-sell-hamptons-mansions-again/ |author=Jennifer Gould Keil |title=Christie Brinkley tries to sell Hamptons mansions again |work=New York Post|date=April 18, 2018 |access-date=December 13, 2018}}

In 1983, Brinkley wrote and illustrated a book on health and beauty, Christie Brinkley's Outdoor Beauty and Fitness Book, which topped The New York Times Best Seller list. Brinkley illustrated the cover art for Billy Joel's 1993 triple platinum album River of Dreams. For this, Rolling Stone awarded her the honor of "Best album cover of the year". Brinkley has designed clothing patterns for Simplicity Pattern and in March 1994 helped design, for brand Nouveau Eyewear, her line of prescription glasses and sunglasses called Christie Brinkley Perspectives with worldwide sales. In Spring 1998 she released her own signature fragrance, Believe. Her jewelry collection is manufactured by Swank.

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In 1991, Brinkley was considered to have an ideal, all-American look with her blonde hair, blue eyes, slim figure, and soft features, when Allure first conducted a survey taking the pulse of the average American (men and women) searching for their beauty perceptions and preferences.{{cite press release |title=Allure Marks Twentieth Anniversary with March 2011 Issue |agency=PR Newswire |date=February 15, 2011 |access-date=February 21, 2011 |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/allure-marks-twentieth-anniversary-with-march-2011-issue-116223624.html}}

In 1998, Playboy readers voted Brinkley one of the 100 Sexiest Women of the 20th century.{{cite news |last=Vallely |first=Paul |date=November 25, 1998 |title=Century seen by a one-track mind |newspaper=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/century-seen-by-a-onetrack-mind-1187187.html}} Brinkley is ranked third in the AskMen.com Top 10 Supermodels Of All Time.{{cite web |last=Stein |first=Jordan |title=Top 10 Supermodels Of All Time |url=http://www.askmen.com/daily/austin_60/87c_fashion_style.html |publisher=AskMen.com}} In 2011, Men's Health named her one of the "100 Hottest Women of All-Time", ranking her at No. 16.{{cite magazine |year=2011 |title=The 100 Hottest Women of All-Time |url=http://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/hottest-women-all-time |magazine=Men's Health |access-date=January 3, 2012}} Pop-topia.com named her No. 1 on their list of "10 Hottest Hollywood Women In Their 50s" in 2013.{{cite web |last=Lombardi |first=J. D. |date=February 21, 2013 |title=The Top 10 Hottest Hollywood Women In Their 50s |url=http://www.pop-topia.com/the-top-10-hottest-hollywood-women-in-their-50%E2%80%B2s/10/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060154/http://www.pop-topia.com/the-top-10-hottest-hollywood-women-in-their-50%E2%80%B2s/10/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=February 21, 2013 |publisher=Pop-topia.com}}

In 1973, Brinkley married French artist Jean-François Allaux.{{cite web |title=The Relationships and Marriages of Christie Brinkley |url=http://marriage.about.com/od/entertainmen1/a/cbrinkley.htm |publisher=About.com |access-date=December 31, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116164946/http://marriage.about.com/od/entertainmen1/a/cbrinkley.htm |archive-date=January 16, 2013 |url-status=dead}} They divorced in 1981. In 1982, Brinkley had a romantic relationship with Olivier Chandon de Brailles, heir to the Moët-Chandon Champagne fortune. The two met at Studio 54 in New York City at a party promoting a calendar in which Brinkley appeared. Chandon died a year later in a crash at a private pre-season practice session car race.{{cite magazine |title=Supermodel Christie Brinkley Gets her Kick from Champagne Heir Olivier Chandon |first1=Cherie |last1=Burns |first2=Louise |last2=Lague |magazine=People |date=March 8, 1982 |access-date=April 17, 2009 |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20081619,00.html}}{{cite magazine |last=Blake |first=Patricia |date=March 14, 1983 |title=Rootless Cosmopolitan of the Age |magazine=Time |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,951992-3,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024071042/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,951992-3,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 24, 2012}}

Her second marriage was in 1985 to musician Billy Joel. The two had met in 1983 on the Island of St Barts, in the Caribbean, and were married on March 23, 1985, on a yacht on the Hudson River; it was also Joel's second marriage. Guests included singer Paul Simon and members of the band Stray Cats.{{cite news |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |title=Joel, Brinkley make splash with wedding |date=March 24, 1985 |page=A2 |quote=Joel, 35, and Brinkley, 31, took their vows in a private ceremony attended by 175 family members and friends, including Paul Simon and the Stray Cats.}} The marriage ended in August 1994;{{cite magazine|url= https://ew.com/article/2001/04/20/matter-trust-2/|title=A Matter Of Trust|magazine=Entertainment Weekly| first= Eileen|last=Clarke|date= April 20, 2001 |access-date=February 20, 2019|archive-date=February 20, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190220170009/https://ew.com/article/2001/04/20/matter-trust-2/| url-status=live}} they had one child, Alexa Ray Joel, born December 29, 1985.{{cite news|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-12-30-mn-29823-story.html|title= Brinkley, Joel Parents of 'Uptown Girl'| date=December 30, 1985|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|agency=Associated Press|archive-date= September 18, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918080019/http://articles.latimes.com/1985-12-30/news/mn-29823_1_uptown-girl|url-status=live}} Brinkley and Billy Joel remain close friends.

In 1994, Brinkley was introduced to real estate developer Richard Taubman by a mutual friend. He proposed in May 1994 while she and Billy Joel were still married. She married Taubman on December 22, 1994, in Telluride, Colorado, near the area where they were both in a helicopter crash on April 1, 1994.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-04-02-mn-41365-story.html |title=Christie Brinkley Hurt in Colorado Helicopter Crash |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |agency=Associated Press |date=April 2, 1994 |access-date=December 17, 2017}}{{cite news |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/345351/MODEL-UNHURT-IN-HELICOPTER-CRASH.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714193129/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/345351/MODEL-UNHURT-IN-HELICOPTER-CRASH.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 14, 2018 |title=Model Unhurt in Helicopter Crash |newspaper=Deseret News|location=Salt Lake City, Utah |agency=Associated Press |date=April 2, 1994 |access-date=December 17, 2017}} Brinkley was 40 and Taubman was 46. She announced at their wedding that they were expecting a baby boy. The marriage ended in 1995 with one son, Jack Paris Brinkley, born June 2, 1995.{{cite news|url=https://www.deseret.com/1995/6/24/19178676/3-weeks-after-his-birth-brinkley-s-boy-gets-name/|title=3 Weeks After His Birth, Brinkley's Boy Gets Name|work=Deseret News|location=Salt Lake City, Utah|date=June 24, 1995|archive-date=February 20, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190220163108/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/424335/3-WEEKS-AFTER-HIS-BIRTH-BRINKLEYS-BOY-GETS-NAME.html?pg=all/|url-status=live|access-date=February 20, 2019}} In 1994, Brinkley survived a helicopter crash that occurred during a ski trip in Telluride, Colorado.{{Cite web|title=Christie Brinkley Marks 25 Years Since She Almost Died in a Helicopter Crash: 'Each Day Is a Gift'|url=https://people.com/style/christie-brinkley-marks-25-years-since-helicopter-crash/|access-date=2021-01-07|website=People|language=EN}} As a result, she suffered years of hip pain, culminating in a full hip replacement in 2021.{{Cite web|title=Christie Brinkley has hip replacement after injury from helicopter crash 26 years ago|url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/christie-brinkley-reveals-needed-hip-replacement-helicopter-crash-75079194|access-date=2021-01-07|website=Good Morning America|language=en}}

Brinkley's fourth marriage was in 1996, to architect Peter Halsey Cook. Cook and Brinkley met in 1979 when he was modeling.{{Cite web|last=Humphrey|first=Zara|date=2020-06-29|title=Christie Brinkley: Her Complicated Love Life Revealed|url=https://www.ninjajournalist.com/entertainment/christie-brinkley-tb/|access-date=2022-01-24|website=NinjaJournalist|language=en}} They were later reintroduced by a mutual friend and announced their engagement in August 1996. They married on September 21, 1996.{{cite web|url= https://www.etonline.com/slideshow/gallery/115166_Bizarre_Love_Triangle_Hollywood_s_Most_Outrageous_Love_Triangles/34580|title=Bizarre Love Triangle: Christie Brinkley, Peter Cook & Diana Bianchi|work=Entertainment Tonight|date=n.d.|access-date=October 29, 2019|archive-date=October 29, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191029185456/https://www.etonline.com/slideshow/gallery/115166_Bizarre_Love_Triangle_Hollywood_s_Most_Outrageous_Love_Triangles/34580|url-status=live}} They had one child, daughter Sailor Lee Brinkley Cook, born July 2, 1998{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1998/07/03/christie-brinkley-gives-birth-to-a-little-sailor/|title=Christie Brinkley Gives Birth To A Little Sailor| date=July 3, 1998|work=Chicago Tribune|agency=Tribune News Services|archive-date=December 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225231455/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-07-03/news/9807030200_1_richard-taubman-alexa-ray-billy-joel |url-status=live}} (who has also become a model).{{cite magazine |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/fashion-trends/g22575948/modern-swans-2018-sailor-brinkley-cook/ |title=Sailor Brinkley-Cook Takes a Turn in Fall's Best Looks |last=Claiborne |first=Swanson Frank |date=August 1, 2018 |magazine=Town & Country |access-date=December 3, 2018}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.maxim.com/women/sailor-brinkley-drops-topless-selfie-in-new-apartment-2018-9 |title=Sailor Brinkley Cook Shares Topless Selfie To Celebrate New Pad |date=September 22, 2018 |magazine=Maxim |access-date=October 9, 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://www.leimageinc.com/fashion/tests/sailor-brinkley-cook-at-img-models/ |title=Sailor Brinkley-Cook at IMG Models |publisher=Le Image |access-date=October 9, 2018}} Brinkley's representative announced in July 2006 that Brinkley and Peter Cook planned to separate.{{cite news|url=https://people.com/celebrity/christie-brinkley-husband-no-4-separate/|title=Christie Brinkley, Husband No. 4 Separate|work=People|first=Stephen M.|last=Silverman|date=July 12, 2006|access-date=October 29, 2019|archive-date=October 29, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191029190753/https://people.com/celebrity/christie-brinkley-husband-no-4-separate/|url-status=live}} The couple reached a settlement in July 2008; accounts differ as to whether divorce was final on September 12, 2008,{{cite news|url= https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/christie-brinkley-peter-cook-divorce-ends-settlement-article-1.347592|title=Christie Brinkley, Peter cook divorce ends with settlement|first1=Christina|last1=Boyle|first2=Tracy |last2=Connor|work=Daily News|location=New York City|date=July 10, 2008|access-date=October 29, 2019|archive-date=October 29, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191029191206/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/christie-brinkley-peter-cook-divorce-ends-settlement-article-1.347592|url-status=live}} or October 3, 2008. In September 2015, it was widely reported that John Mellencamp was in a new relationship with Brinkley.{{cite web |url=http://www.etonline.com/news/172088_christie_brinkley_and_john_mellencamp_are_dating_and_couldn_t_look_happier/ |title=Christie Brinkley and John Mellencamp Are Dating, and Couldn't Look Happier |first=Antoinette |last=Bueno |date=September 17, 2015 |work=Entertainment Tonight}} In August 2016, the couple announced their separation after almost a year of dating.{{cite web |url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/christie-brinkley-and-john-mellencamp-announce-breakup-1.3023004 |title=Christie Brinkley and John Mellencamp announce breakup |work=CTV News |date=August 10, 2016 |access-date=August 11, 2016}}

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Brinkley lives on Long Island in Sag Harbor, New York; she previously lived in Bridgehampton and Amagansett, Long Island. She and her children are fans of the New York Islanders ice hockey team. Brinkley began doing promotions for the team after being noticed at games.{{cite magazine |url=http://nymag.com/fashion/models/cbrinkley/christiebrinkley/cbrinkley_07oct6_hockey.html |title=Christie Brinkley |magazine=New York |date=6 October 2007}}{{dead link|date=December 2018}} In 2007, she showed her support by writing a blog for NHL.com and filming a commercial.{{cite web |url=http://islanders.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=336517&page=NewsPage&service=page |publisher=New York Islanders |title=Christie Brinkley NYI Spot now Available |date=August 31, 2007}} Brinkley helped found a club for cutting, an equestrian sport in which a rider has two and a half minutes to cut as many cattle from a herd as he or she can.

Since 1998, Brinkley has given nearly $1,000,000 to organizations and candidates of the Democratic Party of the United States, including Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, America Coming Together and Moveon.org.{{cite web |url=http://opensecrets.org/indivs/search.php?name=Brinkley%2C+Christie&state=NY&zip=&employ=&cand=&all=Y&sort=D&capcode=rghwf&submit=Submit |title=Donor Lookup: Find Individual and Soft Money Contributors |access-date=July 4, 2008 |publisher=OpenSecrets |quote=Total for this search: $98,280}} In the New York delegation, Brinkley served as a delegate on the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles.{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html |title=Public Interests; Laborers Anonymous |first=Gail |last=Collins |date=September 1, 2000 |newspaper=The New York Times}} She has also been involved in anti-nuclear activities and campaigned against the restarting of the High Flux Beam Reactor (HFBR) located at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.{{cite journal |title=Anxious History: The High Flux Beam Reactor and Brookhaven National Laboratory |last=Crease |first=Robert P. |journal=Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=41–56 |date=September 1, 2001 |issn=0890-9997 |doi=10.1525/hsps.2001.32.1.41}}{{cite web |url=http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/30918 |title=Governing science |last=Crease |first=Robert P. |date=September 3, 2007 |publisher=PhysicsWorld.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308134140/http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/30918 |archive-date=March 8, 2008}}

Brinkley supports animal rights, most notably through the organization PETA, having previously spoken out against the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.{{cite web |url=http://www.circuses.com/cbrinkley.asp |title=Christie Brinkley: Ringling's Abuse of Animals 'Absolutely Appalling' |access-date=July 4, 2008 |publisher=People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals |quote=The supermodel/actor calls Ringling Bros.' death toll 'absolutely appalling'... |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051124112035/http://www.circuses.com/cbrinkley.asp |archive-date=November 24, 2005}} She became a vegetarian when she was 13 years old and then got her entire family to become vegetarians.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20253512,00.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120525203218/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20253512,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 25, 2012 |title=Christie Brinkley Is 'Energized' About 2009 |first=Jennifer |last=Garcia |date=January 18, 2009 |magazine=People}}{{cite web |last1=Chung |first1=Samantha |title=Christie Brinkley, 61, Dishes Anti-Aging Vegan Diet, Beauty, Makeup and Yoga Workout Tips |url=http://www.celebrityhealthfitness.com/26393/christie-brinkley-61-shares-anti-aging-beauty-vegan-diet-yoga-workout-tips/ |work=Celebrity Health and Fitness |date=February 27, 2015 |publisher=Girard Media |access-date=March 3, 2015 |archive-date=September 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927175658/https://www.celebrityhealthfitness.com/26393/christie-brinkley-61-shares-anti-aging-beauty-vegan-diet-yoga-workout-tips/ |url-status=dead }}

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• Top Picks, in 1993 by Rolling Stone for the artistic work Brinkley did on the cover of Billy Joel's album River of Dreams.
• 2001 Merit Award, given by USO-The United Service Organizations Inc. Brinkley traveled with the USO on goodwill missions to Sarajevo, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia and Italy entertaining the peacekeeping forces and visiting aircraft carriers and refugee camps. After participating in Secretary of Defense William Cohen's Christmas tour to Kosovo, she was given the award in Washington DC for her efforts on behalf of American troops.
• Spirit of Achievement Award, at 2003 by "The Women's Division" of Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University presented Brinkley for her charity work.
• Christie Brinkley Scholarship, at February 2007 by The Ross School in East Hampton, Long Island, New York. This scholarship allows students interested in art or environment sciences get four free years at Ross High School.
• Heart Award, special honor from the American Heart Association in the "12th Annual Heart of the Hamptons Gala" for her commitment to helping children live healthier lives. Brinkley said she was very honored to receive the award from the AHA being convinced that the research from the organization made it possible for her mother to be alive after suffering five strokes.{{cite web |title=American Heart Association |url=http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/06/62837/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729215158/https://www.etonline.com/news/2008/06/62837 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 29, 2023 |work=Entertainment Tonight}}
• Humanitarian Award, given by March of Dimes. This organization is dedicated to improving the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality through research, community services, education and advocacy.{{cite web |url=https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/christie-brinkley |title=Christie Brinkley |publisher=Look to the Stars}}
• Merit Award, by the non-profit USA national organization Mothers Voices which mission is strengthens family communication about sex, sexual health and HIV/AIDS/STD prevention through education and awareness, mobilize parents and caregivers to become their child's frontline sexual health educator.{{cite web |title=Mother's Voices |url=http://www.mothersvoices.org/ |access-date=January 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204160357/http://www.mothersvoices.org/ |archive-date=February 4, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
• Mother of the Year, given by The National Mothers Day committee at a ceremony held in New York City.
• Merit Award, given by Make-A-Wish Foundation in New York. They work granting the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy.
• America's Mothers and Shakers, named by Redbook Magazine for her involvement in "STAR — Standing for Truth About Radiation".
• HBA's Positively Beautiful Award, named by HBA Global Expo on behalf of her work with the international charity Smile Train.{{cite web |title=Christie Brinkley Presented with Posivitively Beautiful Award in New York |url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_Christie_Brinkley_Presented_with_Posivitively_Beautiful_Award_in_New_York_20000101 |date=September 28, 2010 |website=Broadway World}}
• Mothers Who Make A Difference Award, given by Love Our Children USA on the 2011 Sixth Annual edition, recognizing and supporting four celebrity moms for balancing motherhood, work and causes.{{cite web |title=Love Our Children USA Mothers Who Make A Difference Awards 2011 |url=http://www.pr.com/press-release/313720 |via=PR.com |date=April 15, 2011}}
• Broadway Beacon Award for her portrayal of Roxie Hart in the hit musical Chicago (June 4, 2012).{{cite web |title=Nick Jonas And Christie Brinkley Honoured At Broadway Beacon Awards |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news/nick-jonas-and-christie-brinkley-honoured-at-broadway-beacon-awards_1338785 |publisher=ContactMusic.com |date=June 5, 2012 |access-date=June 5, 2012}}
• Honor by the South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center for her many years of work to raise awareness about nuclear radiation and the safety of the oceans (June 16, 2012).{{cite web |title=SOFO meets SOHO Gala honor's Christie Brinkley |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/photo/christie-brinkley-the-south-fork-natural-history-museum146s-sofo_3948225 |publisher=ContactMusic.com |date=June 17, 2012 |access-date=July 31, 2012}}
• 2013 Pet Hero Award, Humanitarian of the Year, by the Pet Philanthropy Circle for her strong advocacy for animals, environment and wildlife.{{cite web |url=http://www.petphilanthropycircle.com/christiebrinkley.html |title=2013 Pet Hero Award Winner - Christie Brinkley Actress & Supermodel Humanitarian of the Year |date=June 2013 |publisher=Pet Philanthropy Circle |access-date=June 6, 2013 |archive-date=July 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130714012015/http://www.petphilanthropycircle.com/christiebrinkley.html |url-status=dead }}
• 2018 FN Style Influencer of the Year along with daughters Alexa and Sailor.{{cite web |first=Jennie |last=Bell |title=Christie Brinkley, Sailor Brinkley-Cook & Alexa Ray Joel Are FN's First Multi-Generational Style Influencers |url=https://footwearnews.com/2018/influencers/power-players/christie-brinkley-family-style-influencer-award-fnaa-2018-1202708875/ |work=Footwear News |date=November 20, 2018 |access-date=November 30, 2018}}

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