Cindy Crawford is giving us one of those “duh” moments. She’s out there promoting something, and during an interview she claimed that by today’s standards for models, she is simply too healthy to make it. Dur. Cindy goes on - talking about how she has “big breasts” (not really), normal thighs (still look skinny to me, but whatever) and toned upper arms (she does have great arms). I get that Cindy is trying to maybe make us feel better when describing a simple truth about the current crop super-skinny models, but I feel like this is a “thank you, Captain Obvious” moment. Is there anyone out there who doesn’t look with horror at the nearly pre-pubescent, shapeless girls that pass for “supermodels” these days? I miss Cindy. I miss Linda Evangelista, too. I loved Linda.

US former supermodel Cindy Crawford says she would have little chance of making it big in the fashion business today with her curvy figure, a German celebrity magazine reported Tuesday.

“I would not have become a supermodel in 2009. I look too healthy,” Crawford told Bunte.

“A body like mine with big breasts, normal thighs and toned upper arms” is no longer what the industry is looking for, she said.

Crawford, 43, said she was happy with her physique but worried about the effects of ageing like wrinkles and bulges.

“That’s why I like being in my 40s so much — being at peace with yourself, knowing about your strengths beyond being pretty,” she said.

Crawford, known for her trademark beauty spot above her upper lip, briefly studied chemical engineering before becoming one of the world’s most popular cover girls in the 1980s and 1990s.

[From Yahoo News]

It seems like Cindy has been getting more press lately for whatever reason. Part of it is that she’s launched a home accessories line at J.C. Penney, and she’s been giving more interviews. A few months ago she even talked about her “cellulite” in Redbook. Cindy has also been in the news because she’s been hanging out George Clooney and his girlfriend, who looks like a budget version of Cindy. I wonder if Cindy ever really thinks about that - that her husband’s best friend is a little bit obsessed with her, to the point where he seems to date women that look a lot like her.

Cindy Crawford is shown at an Omega event on 10/15/09, credit: Fame Pictures, and in London at the after party for The Fantastic Mr. Fox. Credit: WENN.com