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Accused Cindy Crawford Blackmailer Surrenders

Originally posted 11/17/2009 12:15PM

The former male model whom police allege tried to blackmail Cindy Crawford of $100,000 has turned himself in to police in his native Germany.

According to authorities, Edis "Eddie" Kayalar, 26, obtained a photograph of Crawford and husband Rande Gerber's then-7-year-old daughter tied to a chair in revealing clothing, taken by her nanny during a game of cops and robbers. Kayalar then allegedly tried to parlay the photo into a payout from the celebrity couple – lest he give the photo to the media. He was charged last week with one count of extortion despite having already been deported to Germany, where he allegedly continued to try blackmailing the couple.

On Monday, Kalayar went to a Stuttgart police station and surrendered himself, the Los Angeles Times reports.

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Cindy Crawford Refuses to Hide Being 43

Originally posted 08/24/2009 02:20PM

It's hard to age gracefully as a supermodel. But at 43, Cindy Crawford has her coping strategies firmly in place – a mixture of acceptance and defiance.

"I have cellulite. I admit it," the legendary cover model says with a laugh in the September issue of Redbook, on sale Tuesday.

But if you think she's going to hide herself away as a result, forget it. "Sometimes I just say, 'Screw it, I am going to wear a bikini,' " she says.

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Even Cindy Crawford Is Rooting for Michael Phelps

Originally posted 08/15/2008 02:30PM

He may be wracking up the gold medals – but swimmer Michael Phelps is also earning plenty of phrase from his superstar fans.

"I'm rooting for Michael Phelps along with the rest of the world," supermodel Cindy Crawford told reporters Thursday during a press conference in Beijing.

There to check out the games, she also said she and Phelps, who's won six gold medals so far in Beijing, actually go way back.

"I'm friendly with Michael Phelps," she said. "We met four years ago when he was just trying out for his first Olympics. And to see how far he's come ... He was a kid and now he's just so much more poised and handling the pressure so well."

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Cindy Crawford's Heartfelt July 4th Weekend

Originally posted 07/07/2008 09:55AM

Cindy Crawford did her patriotic – and familial – duty this weekend: helping raise awareness of pediatric cancer at a medical facility that had treated her younger brother.

In the '70s, the supermodel's sibling, Jeff, was a patient at University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital (now the American Family Children's Hospital in Madison. Tragically, however, he died of leukemia in 1975, shortly before his fourth birthday.

Despite the loss, Crawford believes her brother received the best care possible, which has launched her long commitment to the institution and its programs.

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Crawford Helps Design King Celebrate

Originally posted 11/04/2002 12:00PM

Flanked by supermodel Cindy Crawford, pop diva Paulina Rubio, Lancome model Devon Aoki and his own beautiful wife, Eva, fashion designer Roberto Cavalli -- who has dressed, among others, J.Lo, Shakira and the women on "Sex and the City" -- was saluted at a friend's Miami Beach estate this weekend, PEOPLE reports.

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