Christie Brinkley

thumb|Christie Brinkley, 2007 thumb|Brinkley in 2008 Christie Brinkley (born Christine Lee Hudson, February 2, 1954) is an American model and actress. Quotes Nutrition has always played a huge role in my life. I became a vegetarian when I was 13 and then got my entire family to become vegetarians. And I have always been active my whole life. I genuinely enjoy sports and I spend time on my total gym. “Christie Brinkley Is 'Energized' About 2009”, interview with People (18 January 2009). My mom was always my biggest teacher, my inspiration, my role model. My mom was just the most amazing person. She was like a bon vivant in that she just lived each day to the fullest. As soon as I became a vegetarian, she became a vegetarian. … I was actually inspired by a book she was reading that I picked up off the nightstand when I was about 13. It was a Norman Mailer book [Miami and the Siege of Chicago] and it had a very graphic scene of the slaughterhouses in Chicago. So I read that and I said, "I love animals. I don't want to be a part of that system." “Christie Brinkley on Skin Care and the Secret to Staying Young”, interview with Elle (5 March 2015). External links 1973 Christie Brinkley Category:Actresses from Michigan Category:Models from the United States Category:1954 births Category:Living people Category:Vegetarians Category:20th-century American businesswomen Category:Women born in the 1950s