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{{short description|American model}}
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{{Infobox model
| name          = Christy Turlington
| image         = Christy Turlington and Edward Burns at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (cropped).jpg
| caption       = Turlington in 2024
| alma_mater    = {{plainlist|
* [[New York University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
* [[Columbia University]]
}}
| birth_name    = Christy Nicole Turlington
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1969|1|2}}
| birth_place   = [[Walnut Creek, California]], U.S.
| years_active  = 1983–present
| height        = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}<ref name="FMD Profile"/>
| haircolor     = Brown<ref name="FMD Profile"/>
| eyecolor      = Green<ref name="FMD Profile"/>
| spouse        = {{marriage|[[Edward Burns]]|2003}}
| children      = 2
| other_names   = Christy Burns
}}

'''Christy Nicole Turlington Burns'''<ref name="EMC Turlington Bio"/> ({{née}} '''Turlington'''; born January 2, 1969)<ref name="FMD Profile"/> is an <!--Please see MOS:ETHNICITY.-->American<!--Do NOT add "Salvadoran"--> fashion model. She initially attracted fame in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a [[supermodel]]. She represented [[Calvin Klein (fashion house)|Calvin Klein]]'s Eternity campaign in 1989 and again in 2014,<ref name="Calvin Klein Eternity">{{cite web |last=Chan |first=Stephanie |date=May 9, 2014 |title=Christy Turlington Burns, Ed Burns in Calvin Klein Eternity Campaign |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/christy-turlington-burns-ed-burns-702665 |access-date=June 24, 2025}}</ref> and also represents [[Maybelline]]. [[Grace Coddington]], the long-time creative director of American ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' magazine, has described Turlington as "the most beautiful woman in the world."<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Cutler, R.J. (director); Coddington, Grace (creative director); etc. |date=September 20, 2016 |title=Some Style is Legendary |location=New York, NY |publisher=Tiffany & Co. |time=time unspecified |format=shortform streaming video; documentary |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvS0f6jTbp4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/AvS0f6jTbp4 |archive-date=December 22, 2021 |url-status=live |language=en |access-date=October 1, 2019}}{{full|date=June 2025}}</ref>{{full|date=June 2025}}
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==Early life==
Turlington was born in [[Walnut Creek, California]],<ref name="FMD Profile" /> the middle of three daughters born to Dwain Turlington, a pilot for [[Pan Am]], and María Elizabeth ({{née}} Parker Infante), a [[flight attendant]] from El Salvador.<ref name="Telegraph UK March 2003"/><ref name="Para Ti April 2007"/> She was raised in the [[Roman Catholic]] faith of her mother along with her sisters and continued to practice the religion into adulthood.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 2, 2019 |title=The Model Yogini: Beliefnet Catches Up with Christy Turlington |format=interview |url=https://www.beliefnet.com/wellness/yoga/how-to-yoga/the-model-yogini.aspx |access-date=September 2, 2019 |archive-date=September 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190902224257/https://www.beliefnet.com/wellness/yoga/how-to-yoga/the-model-yogini.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Avital Norman |last=Nathan |work=Groknation |title=Christy Turlington Burns Wants Quality Maternal Care for All This Mother's Day |url=https://groknation.com/culture/5-deep-questions-christy-turlington-burns/ |date=May 8, 2018 |access-date=August 14, 2018}}</ref>

She was discovered by local photographer Dennie Cody while she was riding a horse in [[Miami, Florida]], where her father was working as a training captain for Pan Am.<ref name="Telegraph UK September 2007"/> Turlington began modeling after school from age 14 to 16 and during summers while she attended [[Monte Vista High School (Danville, California)|Monte Vista High School]] in [[Danville, California]].<ref name="FMD Profile" /><ref name="Psychology Today" /> After turning 18, she moved to [[New York City]] to model full-time, and later graduated from high school. She went back to school in 1994 and graduated ''[[cum laude]]'' in 1999 from the [[Gallatin School of Individualized Study]] of New York University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in [[Comparative Religion]] and [[Eastern Philosophy]].<ref name="Psychology Today" /> She continued her studies at the [[Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health]].<ref name=MailmanFilm/>

== Modeling ==
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[[File:Christy Turlington 2000.jpg|thumb|left|upright|alt=Christy Turlington in 2000, wearing a gray shirt|Turlington in 2000]]

===20th century===
During the 1990s, she appeared in ''[[Unzipped (film)|Unzipped]]'', a documentary about fashion designer [[Isaac Mizrahi]], and the fashion [[mockumentary]] film ''[[Prêt-à-Porter (film)|Prêt-à-Porter]]'' by director [[Robert Altman]]. Additionally, she was featured in ''[[Catwalk (1995 film)|Catwalk]]'', a [[documentary]] about her life on the fashion runways by director Robert Leacock. Turlington has appeared on international fashion magazines that include ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', ''[[Harper's Bazaar]]'', ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'', ''[[Marie Claire]]'', ''[[L'Officiel]]'', ''[[Tatler]]'', ''[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]'', ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'' and ''[[Allure (magazine)|Allure]]''.

Turlington has been featured in advertising campaigns for [[Calvin Klein]], [[Chanel]], [[Yves Saint Laurent (brand)|Yves Saint Laurent]], [[Marc Jacobs]], [[Donna Karan]], [[Prada]], [[Valentino SpA|Valentino]], [[Versace]], [[Louis Vuitton]], [[Bally Shoe|Bally]], [[Jason Wu]], [[Max Mara]], [[Escada]], [[Michael Kors]], and [[Maybelline]]. She also appeared in two music videos. Fellow model [[Yasmin Le Bon]] got her husband [[Simon Le Bon]] of [[Duran Duran]] to feature Turlington in their "[[Notorious (Duran Duran song)|Notorious]]" video and album cover in 1986, at the age of 17. In 1990, singer [[George Michael]] drew inspiration from [[Peter Lindbergh|Peter Lindbergh's]] January 1990 British ''Vogue'' cover (which features Turlington, Campbell, [[Linda Evangelista]], [[Cindy Crawford]], and [[Tatjana Patitz]])<ref name="Grdn2023">{{cite news |last1=Cochrane |first1=Lauren |title=Supermodels Recreate Iconic Vogue Cover 30 Years On |url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2023/aug/11/supermodels-recreate-iconic-vogue-cover-30-years-on |access-date=August 13, 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=August 11, 2023}}</ref> for his "[[Freedom! '90|Freedom!]]" video. The video featured all top&nbsp;5 female models along with their top&nbsp;5 male counterparts, [[lip-sync]]ing the song. The video was shown during [[George Michael]]'s 2008 concert tour while he sang. She was added on as the fourth model investor, after [[Elle Macpherson]], [[Naomi Campbell]] and [[Claudia Schiffer]] of the now defunct [[Fashion Cafe]]s. Turlington has also been credited along with [[Alicia Silverstone]] with introducing the [[navel piercing]] to mainstream culture after she and Naomi Campbell got their navels piercing together before baring their piercings at a London fashion show in 1993.<ref>{{cite news |title=Runways; Fetish or Fashion? |work=The New York Times |date=November 21, 1993 |access-date=September 23, 2023 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/21/style/runways-fetish-or-fashion.html |last1=Menkes |first1=Suzy}}</ref>

===More recently===
[[File:Christy Turlington at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Christy Turlington at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival|Turlington at the [[2024 Toronto International Film Festival]]]]
In honor of Turlington's 40th birthday, ''[[W (magazine)|W]]'' magazine put together a collection of notable images from her career, from runway shots from the late eighties to today.<ref name="WMagazine January 2009" /> In 2008, casting agent James Scully said regarding Turlington:{{blockquote|The greatest model of all time! You could combine every model to this day into one person, and they wouldn't come close (sorry, girls). Probably the biggest crush I've ever had on a girl. It would be a dream to have the opportunity of working with her on a show again before I retire, but that seems about as likely as winning the lottery.<ref name="NYMag May 2008" />}}

Turlington was one of the faces to land in one of the fourteen covers of ''[[V (American magazine)|V&nbsp;magazine]]'' September 2008 issue. Each cover boasts a head shot of a famous model, either from the new crop of leading models or the [[supermodel]] era, it was lensed by duo [[Inez van Lamsweerde]] and [[Vinoodh Matadin]].<ref name="NYMag September 2008" />

She featured in the [[Bally Shoe|Bally]] spring/summer 2009 campaign alongside [[Oriol Elcacho]].<ref name="Vogue UK January 2009" />

Turlington Burns closed the Autumn Winter 2019 walk for fashion designer [[Marc Jacobs]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Connaire |first=Shaunagh |date=May 10, 2019 |title=Christy Turlington on Fashion, Philanthropy and Turning 50 |newspaper=[[Financial Times]] |url=https://www.ft.com/content/e19a3484-70ec-11e9-bf5c-6eeb837566c5 |access-date=July 7, 2019}}{{full|date=June 2025}}</ref>{{full|date=June 2025}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Womenswear Autumn/Winter 2019 Shows |newspaper=[[Financial Times]] |url=https://www.ft.com/womenswearAW19 |access-date=July 7, 2019}}{{full|date=June 2025}}</ref>{{full|date=June 2025}}

Turlington is featured in a four-part [[Apple TV+]] [[Television documentary|docuseries]] titled ''[[The Super Models]]''. Having premiered on September 20, 2023, the series also features Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, and Linda Evangelista and is directed by [[Roger Ross Williams]] and Larissa Bills.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/trailers/the-super-models-trailer-new-cindy-christy-naomi-and-linda-1235666208/ |author=Tangcay, Jazz |date=July 11, 2023 |title='The Super Models' Sets September Premiere, Debuts Teaser With Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista |work=Variety}}</ref>

== Other ventures ==
In the 2000s, she has become a partner in a variety of business ventures: an [[ayurvedic]] skincare line, Sundari,<ref name="Sundari Media Coverage" /> and two clothing lines produced by [[Puma AG|Puma]], an active women's clothing line; and a women's [[yoga]]-wear line.<ref>{{cite web |title=Christy Turlington |url=https://thegentlewoman.co.uk/library/christy-turlington |access-date=August 20, 2023 |website=thegentlewoman.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>

She has contributed writings to ''[[Marie Claire]]'', ''[[Yoga Journal]]'', and ''[[Teen Vogue]]'' along with contributions to the ''[[Huffington Post]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Christy Turlington Burns, Author at Positively Positive |url=https://www.positivelypositive.com/author/christyturlington/ |access-date=August 20, 2023 |website=Positively Positive |language=en}}</ref> She has also contributed to [[NBC]]'s ''[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today Show]]'' as a guest correspondent, which included reporting on the status of girl's education in [[Afghanistan]] in early 2002 and an interview with H.H. [[Dalai Lama]] at his home in [[Dharamshala]], India.<ref>{{cite web |title=Christy Turlington Burns |url=https://www.positivelypositive.com/author/christyturlington/ |access-date=May 29, 2015}}</ref>

She was also an initial product tester for the [[Apple Watch]] launch in 2015, participating in the press conference and allowing them to film a segment featuring her use of the Apple Watch to train for a marathon.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/watch/11458389/Apple-Watch-event-live.html |newspaper=The Telegraph |title=Apple Watch Event Live: Apple Watch to Make and Receive Calls |date=March 9, 2015 |access-date=March 9, 2015}}</ref>

== Humanitarian activities ==
[[File:CDC - Celebrities Against Smoking - Christy Turlington - TV Spot - Smoking Tobacco Use.theora.ogv|thumb|alt=Anti-smoking public service announcement video featuring Christy Turlington|Anti-smoking public service announcement featuring Turlington from 2000]]
In 2005, Turlington began working with the international humanitarian organization [[CARE (relief agency)|CARE]] and has since become their Advocate for Maternal Health.<ref name="Interviewmagazine Beracasa" /><ref name="CARE 2010 Ethiopia Trip Report" /> She is also an Ambassador for [[Product Red]].<ref name="Product Red April 2008" />

After suffering complications in her own 2003 childbirth, and upon learning that over 500,000 women die each year during [[childbirth]] (of which 90% of the deaths are preventable), Turlington was inspired to pursue a Master's degree in Public Health at the [[Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health]].<ref name=MailmanFilm/><ref name="Vogue July 2010" />

Turlington visited [[Swaziland]] in May 2007 on behalf of [[Product Red]],<ref name="NBC News November 2011" /> and [[El Salvador]] and [[Peru]] in 2005 and 2008, respectively, on behalf of [[CARE (relief agency)|CARE]].<ref name="Interviewmagazine Beracasa" /><ref name="Diablo Magazine July 2008" /> Her involvement with CARE was influenced by her mother, Elizabeth, who has been a longtime CARE supporter through her former flight attendants' organization, [[World Wings]].<ref name="Diablo Magazine July 2008" /> The FEMME project, a coming together of CARE, [[Columbia University]], and local government, brings health-care practitioners together to find better methods of serving the large number of women needing assistance who are too intimidated to seek help in a clinic or traditional hospital.<ref name="Diablo Magazine July 2008" />

In September 2010, Turlington participated in a CARE Learning Tour to [[Ethiopia]] to investigate the work being done to reduce [[maternal death]]s.<ref name="CARE 2010 Ethiopia Trip Report" />

Turlington serves on the [[Harvard Medical School]] Global Health Council,{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} and as an advisor to the [[Harvard School of Public Health]] Board of Dean's Advisors.<ref name="HSPH Harvard India Trip" /> She is a member of [[White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood]]<ref name="WRA Dreams for My Daughter" /> and Mother's Day Every Day.<ref name="MDED Partners" />

=== ''No Woman, No Cry'' ===
Turlington made her directorial debut on the 2010 [[documentary film]] ''[[No Woman, No Cry (film)|No Woman, No Cry]]''.<ref name="Starbucks EMC" /> The 60 minute documentary profiles the status of maternal health and focuses on four cases: from [[Tanzania]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Guatemala]], and the United States.<ref name="Starbucks EMC" /> The film made its world premiere at the 2010 [[Tribeca Film Festival]] in the United States,<ref name="Tribeca NWNC 2010" /> and the U.S. television broadcast premiere aired on the new Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) on May 7, 2011.<ref name="EW PopWatch May 2011"/> The documentary earned Turlington a nomination for the Do Something With Style Award from the [[Do Something|VH1 Do Something Awards]].<ref name="Do Something Awards 2010"/>

=== Every Mother Counts ===
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Concurrent with the debut of her documentary ''No Woman, No Cry'', Turlington launched Every Mother Counts (EMC), a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to making pregnancy and childbirth safe for every mother. Every Mother Counts informs, engages, and mobilizes new audiences to take actions and raise funds that support maternal health programs around the world. EMC supports programs in Haiti, Uganda, Malawi, Indonesia, and the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Every Mother Counts |url=https://www.everymothercounts.org/ |access-date=June 29, 2015}}</ref>

Turlington completed her first [[New York City Marathon]] in 2011, running with Team Every Mother Counts to raise awareness for maternal and child health.<ref name="NYDailyNews November 2011"/><ref name="NYMag November 2011" /> She also ran the 2013 ING NYC Marathon with Team EMC and 2013 Hood to Coast Relay, which is featured in her documentary film, [[Every Mile, Every Mother]].<ref name="Every Mile, Every Mother">{{cite web |url=https://www.vogue.com/vogue-daily/article/christy-turlington-new-movie-every-mile-every-mother/ |title=Christy Turlington on Her New Movie Every Mile, Every Mother |work=Vogue |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707232308/http://www.vogue.com/vogue-daily/article/christy-turlington-new-movie-every-mile-every-mother/#1 |archive-date=July 7, 2014}}</ref>

The charity released a short film series entitled ''Giving Birth in America'' sometime a little before May 2015.<ref>{{cite press release |title=SheKnows Media Announces Christy Turlington Burns, Founder |publisher=Business Wire |date=May 27, 2015 |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150527005489/en/SheKnows-Media-Announces-Christy-Turlington-Burns-Founder |access-date=August 5, 2015}}</ref>

==== Albums ====<!-- [[Every Mother Counts (album)]] redirects to here]] -->
''[[Every Mother Counts (album)|Every Mother Counts]]'' is a compilation album that was released in 2011 exclusively to Starbucks, with a proportion of the proceeds to be donated to CARE and the Every Mother Counts organisation to support its maternal health care programs in coffee growing countries worldwide.<ref name="Starbucks EMC"/><ref name="EMC Partners Starbucks"/>

''[[Every Mother Counts 2012]]'' is a compilation album that was released in 2012 in partnership with Starbucks.<ref name="EMC Blog Starbucks"/> U.S. $8 from the sale of each CD in participating Starbucks stores during 2012 is "to be given in support of Every Mother Counts".<ref name="Starbucks EMC 2012"/>

===Other===
In 2015, Turlington signed an open letter which the [[ONE Campaign]] had been collecting signatures for; the letter was addressed to [[Angela Merkel]] and [[Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma]], urging them to focus on women as they serve as the head of the G7 in Germany and the AU in South Africa respectively, which will start to set the priorities in development funding before a main UN summit in September 2015 that will establish new development goals for the generation.<ref>{{cite news |first=Tracy|last=McVeigh |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/mar/07/povert-sexist-letter-women-equality-gaga-sandberg-beyonce |title=Poverty is Sexist: Leading Women Sign Up for Global Equality |work=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=May 8, 2015}}</ref>

==Honors==

She was one of fifteen women selected to appear on the cover of the September 2019 issue of ''[[British Vogue]]'', by guest editor [[Meghan, Duchess of Sussex]].<ref name="IT-2019-07-31">{{cite news |title=Meghan Markle Puts Sinéad Burke on the Cover of Vogue's September Issue |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/fashion/meghan-markle-puts-sinéad-burke-on-the-cover-of-vogue-s-september-issue-1.3970604 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=July 31, 2019}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Ed Burns, Christy Turlington at 27 Dresses Premiere 1.jpg|thumb|250px|alt=Christy Turlington and Edward Burns at a movie premiere|Turlington and husband [[Edward Burns]]]]
In 2000, Turlington met actor, director, and writer [[Edward Burns]] at a [[The Hamptons|Hamptons]] party, and by the end of the year they were engaged.<ref name="Hello Magazine Biography"/>{{verification needed|date=June 2025}} In 2002 and just months after buying a New York property together, they decided to split up.<ref name="Hello Magazine Biography"/>{{verification needed|date=June 2025}} The couple reunited and were married in June 2003,<ref name="Hello Magazine Biography"/>{{verification needed|date=June 2025}}<!--NOTE, no mention of "San Francisco" in the earlier cited Cookie mag citation.--> in a ceremony in [[San Francisco]].{{citation needed|date=June 2025}} <!--NOTE, if making a broad claim without thorough citation support ("numerous erroneous") , best to quote the source (here, not a stellar one), and let the veracity lie with it.-->Rory Evans writes in ''[[Cookie]]'' magazine,<blockquote>Contrary to many reports, the [[U2]] frontman and activist <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Bono]]] did not give her away at her wedding. 'He was there, of course, but I gave myself away. I mean, I was 25 weeks pregnant at the time'...acknowledging that her gown, designed by John Galliano, offered the relative disguise of an Empire waist.<ref name=EvansCookie200711>{{cite web |author=Evans, Rory |date=December 2007 |orig-date=November 2007 |title=On Her Toes |work=[[Cookie (American magazine)|Cookie]] |pages=165f |url=https://www.cookiemag.com/style/2007/11/turlington |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116171847/http://www.cookiemag.com/style/2007/11/turlington |archive-date=November 16, 2007}}</ref></blockquote> She went on to note that Burns, the groom, "met me halfway down the aisle".<ref name=EvansCookie200711/>

Burns and Turlington have two children, Grace, born in 2003, and Finn, born in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |last=Vischer |first=Annie |date=November 13, 2020 |title=Christy Turlington Burns Talks '90s Supermodel Fame, Philanthropy And The Craziness Of 2020 |url=https://graziadaily.co.uk/beauty-hair/skin/christy-turlington-interview-beauty-makeup-skin/ |access-date=July 9, 2023 |website=Grazia}}</ref> Turlington's sister Kelly is married to Edward's brother [[Brian Burns (screenwriter)|Brian Burns]].{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

An ex-smoker whose father died of [[lung cancer]], Turlington is an anti-smoking activist.{{sfn|Turlington|2003|pp=85–90}}<ref name="SmokingIsUgly Main" /> Turlington began [[smoking]] at 13 and was smoking a pack a day by age 16. At age 26, she quit smoking. In 2000 at age 31, when undergoing a lung scan to raise awareness about medical technology, she was diagnosed with early-stage [[emphysema]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Turlington Diagnosed With Emphysema |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=112613&page=1 |publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=December 3, 2000 |access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref>

===Yoga===
Turlington is a practitioner of [[yoga]], specifically a type of [[yoga]] known as [[Jivamukti Yoga|Jivamukti]].<ref name="ygoy" /> Turlington has practiced yoga since 1987.<ref>{{cite book |last=McCrary |first=Meagan |title=Pick Your Yoga Practice: Exploring and Understanding Different Styles of Yoga |publisher=[[New World Library]] |date=November 1, 2013 |page=37 |isbn=1-60868-180-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l60vAgAAQBAJ&dq=Christy+Turlington+yoga+publications&pg=PA37 |access-date=December 11, 2015}}</ref> Within an article published April 15, 2001, she stated she practiced three times a week, during the morning time.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Funderburg |first=L. |title=A Model Life |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=April 15, 2001 |url=https://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,106207,00.html |access-date=December 11, 2015}}</ref> She credits yoga with bringing her closer to her Catholic faith.<ref>{{cite web |first=Kali |last=Om |publisher=Yoga Chicago |title=Christy T: Yoga's De Facto Supermodel |url=https://yogachicago.com/2014/03/christy-t-yogas-de-facto-spokesmodel/ |date=March 2013 |access-date=August 14, 2018}}</ref>

She is the author of the book ''Living Yoga: Creating a Life Practice'',{{sfn|Turlington|2003}} first published in 2002, is now within a third edition (2002, 2003, 2005). The 2002 text has a foreword by [[Robert Thurman]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Turlington |first=Christy |title=Living Yoga: Creating a Life Practice |year=2002 |publisher=[[Hachette Books#Hyperion Books|Hyperion]] |pages=288 |url=https://archive.org/details/livingyogacreati00turl |access-date=December 11, 2015}}</ref> Turlington was involved in the [[editing]] of the January–February 2001 edition of ''[[Yoga Journal]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Arnold |first=Kathryn |title=Going Deeper |magazine=Yoga Journal |date=January–February 2001 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PuoDAAAAMBAJ&dq=Christy+Turlington+yoga+publications&pg=RA1-PA6 |access-date=December 11, 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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<ref name="FMD Profile">
{{cite web |date=July 10, 2018 |title=Christy Turlington |work=[[FashionModelDirectory.com]] |format=database of modeling activities and statistics |url=https://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Christy_Turlington/ |access-date=August 18, 2012 |archive-date=July 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710011909/https://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Christy_Turlington/ |url-status=live}} Note, there is no text biography provided at this source.
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<ref name="EMC Turlington Bio">
{{cite web |date=July 22, 2012 |title=Our Team: Christy Turlington Burns |work=EveryMotherCounts.org |url=https://www.everymothercounts.org/author/christy-turlington-burns |access-date=August 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722073651/http://everymothercounts.org/author/christy-turlington-burns |archive-date=July 22, 2012 |quote=Founder, Every Mother Counts; Director/Producer, "No Woman, No Cry"}}
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<ref name="Telegraph UK March 2003">{{cite web |last=Benson |first=Richard |date=March 12, 2003 |title=Yogi Bared |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/donotmigrate/3591092/Yogi-bared.html |access-date=February 15, 2008 |archive-date=July 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120703160515/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/donotmigrate/3591092/Yogi-bared.html |url-status=live |quote=Her family was Californian middle-class; father Dwain a Pan Am pilot, mother Elizabeth a child of El Salvadorean immigrants, who met Dwain while working as a Pan-Am air-hostess. Christy was the middle of three sisters—the youngest, Erin, used to own a jazz club...}}</ref>

<ref name="Para Ti April 2007">{{cite web |last=Ikeda |first=Paula |date=April 3, 2007 |title=Belleza No Significa No Tener Arrugas |trans-title=Beauty Doesn't Mean You Don't Have Wrinkles |work=Parati.com.ar |location=Buenos Aires, Argentina |publisher=Revista Para Ti |url=http://www.parati.com.ar/nota.php?ID=8912 |access-date=February 15, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531163025/http://www.parati.com.ar/nota.php?ID=8912 |archive-date=May 31, 2011 |url-status=dead |quote=Llegó acompañada de su mamá – la salvadoreña María Elizabeth Parker Infante [She arrived accompanied by her mother – Salvadoran María Elizabeth Parker Infante]}}</ref>

<ref name="Telegraph UK September 2007">{{cite web |last=Whitworth |first=Melissa |date=September 23, 2007 |title=Christy Turlington: The Outsider |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG3361325/Christy-Turlington-the-outsider.html |access-date=February 15, 2008 |archive-date=August 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803224237/http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG3361325/Christy-Turlington-the-outsider.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="Psychology Today">
{{cite web |last=Seeber |first=Michael |date=June 14, 2012 |title=Christy Turlington: Beauty and Balance |work=PsychologyToday.com |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200107/christy-turlington-beauty-and-balance |access-date=February 15, 2008}}
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<ref name="WMagazine January 2009">{{cite web |date=January 2009 |title=Eternally Gorgeous: Christy Turlington |work=wmagazine.com |url=http://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/2009/01/christy_archive |access-date=August 1, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911173417/http://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/2009/01/christy_archive |archive-date=September 11, 2012}} Note this is a photoarray without substantive text content.</ref>

<ref name="NYMag May 2008">{{cite web |last=Herbst |first=Kendall |date=May 9, 2008 |title=Casting Agent James Scully's All-Time Favorite Models |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] magazine |url=https://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2008/05/casting_agent_james_scullys_al.html |access-date=February 20, 2011}}</ref>

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<ref name="Diablo Magazine July 2008">
{{cite web |title=Model Mom – Christy Turlington Burns |url=https://www.diablomag.com/Diablo-Magazine/July-2008/Best-of-the-East-Bay-People |publisher=Diablo Magazine |work=Best of the East Bay – People |last=Crooks |first=Peter |date=July 2008 |access-date=August 18, 2012}}
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<ref name="Vogue UK January 2009">
{{cite web |title=Exclusive: Christy For Bally |url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/090116-christy-turlington-for-bally.aspx |publisher=[[Vogue (British magazine)|Vogue UK]] |last=Barnett |first=Leisa |date=January 16, 2009 |access-date=February 18, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505091512/http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/090116-christy-turlington-for-bally.aspx |archive-date=May 5, 2013}}
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{{cite web |title=Beauty, Health & Fitness |url=https://www.sundari.com/media_coverage/coverage.asp?idmedia=44 |publisher=Sundari web site |work=Media Coverage |access-date=August 18, 2012}}
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<ref name="ygoy">{{cite web |title=Christy Turlington and Yoga |url=http://yoga.ygoy.com/2011/06/06/christy-turlington-and-yoga/ |work=Yoga for Everyone |publisher=ygoy.com |date=June 6, 2011 |access-date=October 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616020724/http://yoga.ygoy.com/2011/06/06/christy-turlington-and-yoga/ |archive-date=June 16, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

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<ref name="Interviewmagazine Beracasa">
{{cite web |title=Fabiola Beracasa Interviews Christy Turlington |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/fabiola-beracasa-christy-turlington-care |publisher=interviewmagazine.com |year=2009 |last=Beracasa |first=Fabiola |access-date=August 29, 2012}}
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<ref name="Product Red April 2008">
{{cite web |title=Get Inspi(RED) This Mother's Day |url=http://www.joinred.com/press_releases/get-inspired-this-mothers-day/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027154014/http://www.joinred.com/press_releases/get-inspired-this-mothers-day/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 27, 2012 |publisher=[[Product Red]] |work=Press Release |last=Rohleder |first=Monica |date=April 24, 2008 |access-date=August 29, 2012}}
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<ref name=MailmanFilm>{{cite web |date=April 27, 2014 |title=Population & Family Health—Current Students: Mailman School Student and Former Supermodel Christy Turlington Burns Makes Directorial Debut with Film on Maternal Mortality |work=Mailman.Columbia.edu |location=New York, NY |publisher=[[Columbia University]], [[Mailman School of Public Health]] |url=http://www.mailman.columbia.edu/academic-departments/population-family-health/current-students/mailman-school-student-and-former-sup |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427042748/http://www.mailman.columbia.edu/academic-departments/population-family-health/current-students/mailman-school-student-and-former-sup |archive-date=April 27, 2014 |access-date=September 7, 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="Vogue July 2010">
{{cite web |title=Film: Joan Juliet Buck on No Woman, No Cry |url=http://www.vogue.com/culture/article/vd-film-joan-juliet-buck-on-no-woman-no-cry/ |publisher=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] |work=Culture |last=Buck |first=Joan Juliet |date=July 7, 2010 |access-date=August 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927212930/http://www.vogue.com/culture/article/vd-film-joan-juliet-buck-on-no-woman-no-cry/#1 |archive-date=September 27, 2012}}
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<ref name="Tribeca NWNC 2010">
{{cite web |title=No Woman, No Cry |url=http://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/archive/no_woman_no_cry-film30501.html |publisher=tribecafilm.com |year=2010 |access-date=August 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403142621/http://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/archive/no_woman_no_cry-film30501.html |archive-date=April 3, 2012}}
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<ref name="EW PopWatch May 2011">
{{cite web |title=Christy Turlington's 'No Woman, No Cry': Every Mother Counts |url=https://popwatch.ew.com/2011/05/08/christy-turlington-no-woman-no-cry/ |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |work=PopWatch |last=Karen |first=Valby |date=May 8, 2011 |access-date=May 11, 2011}}
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<ref name="Do Something Awards 2010">
{{cite web |title=Do Something With Style |url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/events/do_something_awards/2010/with-style/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530064244/http://www.vh1.com/shows/events/do_something_awards/2010/with%2Dstyle/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 30, 2010 |publisher=VH1.com |year=2010 |access-date=August 29, 2012}}
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<ref name="HSPH Harvard India Trip">{{cite web |title=HSPH Delegation Visits India |url=http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/files/india_trip.pdf |publisher=[[Harvard School of Public Health]] |date=February 2012 |access-date=August 29, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="WRA Dreams for My Daughter">
{{cite web |title=Dreams for My Daughter: Christy Turlington Burns |url=http://www.whiteribbonalliance.org/index.cfm/news-blogs/wra-blogs/dreams-for-my-daughter-christy-turlington-burns/ |publisher=[[White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood]] |access-date=August 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902060223/http://whiteribbonalliance.org/index.cfm/news-blogs/wra-blogs/dreams-for-my-daughter-christy-turlington-burns/ |archive-date=September 2, 2012}}
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<ref name="MDED Partners">
{{cite web |title=Partners Advisory Committee |url=http://www.mothersdayeveryday.org/partners.cfm |publisher=mothersdayeveryday.org |access-date=August 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819120019/http://mothersdayeveryday.org/partners.cfm |archive-date=August 19, 2012}}
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<ref name="NYDailyNews November 2011">
{{cite news |title=Christy Turlington Burns to Run NYC Marathon |url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-11-04/news/30361717_1_christy-turlington-burns-nyc-marathon-new-mothers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025135227/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-11-04/news/30361717_1_christy-turlington-burns-nyc-marathon-new-mothers |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |publisher=Daily News, L.P. |newspaper=[[Daily News (New York)]] |agency=The Associated Press |date=November 4, 2011 |access-date=August 29, 2012}}
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<ref name="NYMag November 2011">
{{cite news |title=Christy Turlington Ran the New York Marathon |url=https://nymag.com/thecut/2011/11/christy-turlington-ran-the-new-york-marathon.html |publisher=New York Media, LLC |newspaper=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |last=Rees |first=Alex |date=November 7, 2011 |access-date=August 29, 2012}}
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<ref name="EMC Partners Starbucks">
{{cite web |title=Every Mother Counts by Starbucks Entertainment |url=http://everymothercounts.org/partners/starbucks |publisher=everymothercounts.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510040644/http://everymothercounts.org/partners/starbucks |archive-date=May 10, 2011 |access-date=January 30, 2012}}
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<ref name="Starbucks EMC">
{{cite web |title=Every Mother Counts |work=Starbucks Coffee Company |url=https://www.starbucks.com/blog/every-mother-counts/990 |publisher=starbucks.com |date=April 12, 2011 |access-date=January 30, 2012}}
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<ref name="EMC Blog Starbucks">
{{cite web |title=Every Partner Counts: Starbucks |url=http://everymothercounts.org/blog/201206/every-partner-counts-starbucks |publisher=everymothercounts.org |last=Turlington Burns |first=Christy |date=June 1, 2012 |access-date=July 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702193408/http://everymothercounts.org/blog/201206/every-partner-counts-starbucks |archive-date=July 2, 2012}}
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<ref name="Starbucks EMC 2012">{{cite web |title=Every Mother Counts 2012 |url=http://www.starbucksstore.com/every-mother-counts-2012/011021746,default,pd.html |publisher=starbucksstore.com |access-date=August 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904063223/http://www.starbucksstore.com/every-mother-counts-2012/011021746,default,pd.html |archive-date=September 4, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="Hello Magazine Biography">{{cite web |author=Morris, Nicky |date=June 29, 2023 |orig-date=October 8, 2009 |title=Profiles: Christy Turlington—Biography |work=[[Hello (magazine)|Hello Magazine]] |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/christy-turlington/ |access-date=June 23, 2025}}{{verification needed|date=June 2025}}</ref>
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=== Further reading ===
* {{cite book |last=Turlington |first=Christy |year=2003 |title=Living Yoga: Creating A Life Practice |location=New York |publisher=Hyperion |oclc=49925242 |isbn=0-7868-6806-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/livingyogacreati00turl |url-access=registration}}

==External links==
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* {{Official website|https://www.christyturlington.com}}
* {{IMDb name|877258|Christy Turlington}}
* {{Fashionmodel}}

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