The '70s and the '80s were the supermodel glory days, when women like Cindy Crawford, Christie Brinkley, and Beverly Johnson dominated the fashion scene.
Now, a new crop of models are appearing on runways, in magazines, and campaigns — and many of them are the children of former supermodels.
Yolanda Hadid supported her daughters Gigi and Bella Hadid in their rise to stardom, while Crawford has only recently watched look-alike daughter Kaia Gerber make an entrance into the world that she knows so well.
Take a look at celebrity moms who passed on their modeling legacy — and genes — to their children.
Cindy Crawford and her model daughter Kaia Gerber share an uncanny resemblance. Crawford's son, Presley Gerber, has also inherited her supermodel genes.
Cindy Crawford is a living legend in the fashion industry. She made a name for herself doing commercial jobs like her iconic Diet Pepsi commerial, while also landing high fashion gigs like walking for Versace. Her work landed her in the elite mix of '80s and '90s supermodels, known as "The Big Five," along with Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Claudia Schiffer, Christy Turlington, and later, Stephanie Seymour.
Crawford and her daughter Kaia Gerber could almost pass as twins. The rising model has inherited her mom's genes, and has already worked with brands like Calvin Klein, Marc Jacobs, Saint Laurent, and Versace.
Kaia's brother, Presley Gerber, is also making a name for himself in print and on the runway. In January 2018, Presley joined Kaia as the face of Calvin Klein Jeans' global advertising campaign, and then walked for Balmain at Men's Paris Fashion Week 2018.
Mother-daughter models Christie Brinkley and Sailor Brinkley Cook look so much alike.
Christie Brinkley was an aspiring artist living in Paris when she was discovered by a photographer. She landed her first Sports Illustrated cover in 1979, and appeared on the cover again in 1980 and 1981.
Brinkley made a splash in the fashion world when she returned to Sports Illustrated in 2017, posing alongside her daughters Sailor Brinkley Cook and Alexa Ray Joel. Brinkley Cook is an IMG model who also attends Parsons School of Design in New York City.
As for her mom, Brinkley remains a successful swimsuit model, and officially joined the Sports Illustrated 2018 rookie class, making her the "first-ever second generation swimsuit model," according to Sports Illustrated.
Yolanda Hadid has clearly passed on her modeling skills to daughters Gigi and Bella Hadid.
Yolanda Hadid started her career as young model signed to Ford Models, according to the New York Post. She left the Netherlands for New York City and launched a successful career before marrying Mohamed Hadid, and later David Foster.
Hadid's daughters, Gigi and Bella Hadid, who are signed to IMG Models, have quickly become fashion royalty. Both have starred in countless campaigns and walked for nearly every major brand, including the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. The two most recently appeared on the cover of British Vogue for March 2018, but not without controversy.
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