Christie Brinkley shares 'full circle' moment with daughter Sailor
Christie Brinkley feels emotional after returning to Ford models along with her daughter Sailor.
Christie Brinkley feels emotional following a "full circle" moment with her daughter.
The 72-year-old supermodel - who has Alexa, 40, Jack, 30, and Sailor, 27, from her previous marriages - couldn't be prouder of the factshe is returning to Ford Models, the agency with whom she launched her career, and is on their books alongside her youngest child.
She told Extra: “I am very excited to announce… I don't want to get choked up. Over 50 years ago, I became a Ford model, and now I'm coming back to Ford with my baby and we're going to be together at Ford Models. And if that's not a full-circle moment, I don't know what is.
"If somebody said to me, ‘50years from now, you're going to be back with your daughter.' I'd be like, ‘What?’"
Sailor added: “Let's go… Ford Models 2026, baby!”
Despite her years of success, Christie is proud that she was able to keep her career hidden from her kids when they were younger because she focused as much of her attention on them as possible.
She said: "I mean, my kids were my priority and I fit my career in around it and I did it so well. I remember one day I was bringing you and a bunch of kids home from school and one of the little girls in the back seat said, 'Sailor, your mommy's a model, right?' And you said, ‘No.' You had no idea.”
Sailor replied: “I remember that. But you never seemed like anything but my mom."
Christie hailed being a mom "the best feeling in the world" - but now she's ready to be a grandma too.
She reflected on motherhood: "You know what? It is the best feeling in the world. I am not kidding.
"I remember the very first day I was about to become a mom for the first time. I had my video cameras, I was walking in the hospital doors, and I turn the camera down to my feet and I say, 'Right now, these are the feet of a normal person. When they come out of here, they will be the feet of a mother.’ "
Sailor said: “See, those are the kind of things that I used to think were so crazy about you. But now, getting older, I would so do that. And I probably will now do that same foot shot.”
Christie urged: “Yes, you have to. Family tradition. And get on it, would you? Time is a ticking here and I'm still not a grandma.”
Her daughter quipped: “I know. Taking applications right now for baby daddy. That's going to go over well.”
