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Giving birth was probably the most empowering thing I've ever done physically. I was like, 'Now I can do anything. I can run a marathon... I can run three marathons!'
Christy Turlington
Three
Giving
Birth
Run
Physically
Like
Most
Empowering
Done
Anything
Marathon
Now
Ever
Thing
In some countries, as many as 91 percent of women have no one at their side to assist them during labor and delivery.
Christy Turlington
Women
Side
Some
Percent
No-One
Delivery
Countries
Labor
Them
Many
Assist
There are disparities in accessing quality maternity health care in most every country, and most all health systems could and must be improved upon if we want to create healthy families who will thrive.
Christy Turlington
Health
Quality
Care
Will
Thrive
Country
Healthy
Every
Systems
Must
Could
Most
Health Care
Maternity
Families
Improved
Want
Create
Who
I never thought I would model for more than a few years.
Christy Turlington
Thought
Few
Would
More
Never
Years
Than
Model
In my teen years, I was hanging out with adults - Steven Meisel, Francois Nars, Oribe, Paul Cavaco. We had so much fun! We'd go out in New York.
Christy Turlington
Teen
Teen Years
Out
Adult
Had
New
Steven
Go
Years
York
Hanging
New York
So Much Fun
Paul
Much
Fun
I feel like being a good model for my children is something that I do take seriously.
Christy Turlington
Good
Seriously
Something
Take
Feel
Like
Model
Being
Children
When I was seven months pregnant with my son, my mother and I took a trip to El Salvador, where she's from. Frequent visits with her to see my extended family have taught me how different life can be if you are born into poverty.
Christy Turlington
Life
Family
Me
You
Son
Mother
Poverty
Took
Seven
Months
Visits
See
Born
Trip
She
Frequent
How
Salvador
Taught
Where
Different
El Salvador
Pregnant
Different Life
Her
Extended
Extended Family
Mothers need mothers. Let's be there for one another.
Christy Turlington
Another
Mothers
Need
In many countries, women aren't jubilant when they learn they are pregnant. Quite the opposite - they're terrified.
Christy Turlington
Women
Countries
Learn
Terrified
Opposite
Quite
Pregnant
Many
I have good skin, but it's dry - drier than you would think, considering I have Latin skin. It's fairly transparent, too, so I'm constantly trying to give it nourishment and moisture, but nothing really holds.
Christy Turlington
Good
You
Nothing
Skin
Think
Too
Considering
Latin
Would
Constantly
Give
Fairly
Dry
Than
Trying
Holds
Really
Transparent
Nourishment
With every passing year, I feel more fulfilled.
Christy Turlington
Year
Every
More
Feel
Passing
Fulfilled
Getting older is baggage for so many people but I don't spend time on things I can't control. Wrinkles don't scare me; they're a part of life, and I will and do embrace them, but I look at surgery, and that scares me.
Christy Turlington
Life
Time
Me
People
Getting Older
Will
Wrinkles
Control
Older
Spend
Embrace
Scare
Scares
Part
Baggage
Look
Surgery
Getting
So Many People
Them
Many
Things
Fashion is all about references. All these names being thrown around.
Christy Turlington
Fashion
About
Thrown
Names
Around
References
Being
I was a regular kid with a normal family life.
Christy Turlington
Life
Family
Kid
Normal
Normal Family
Family Life
Regular
I almost had to exhaust myself at modeling before I could say, 'O.K., I'm ready for school.'
Christy Turlington
Myself
School
Before
Say
Could
Had
Almost
Ready
Exhaust
Modeling
It's very human to want to make an impact, to contribute to the world. But it's hard to know the how and why. Like, 'Will my small thing make a difference?'
Christy Turlington
World
Will
Impact
Small
Small Thing
Like
Know
Make
Make A Difference
How
Very
Contribute
Human
Difference
Want
Hard
Why
Thing
I haven't left modeling completely; I just took a step out, and I now have the rare luxury of picking and choosing how to spend my days.
Christy Turlington
Luxury
Rare
Took
Spend
Out
Step
Picking
Days
How
Left
Modeling
Just
Choosing
Now
America's health care system is the most complicated and expensive in the world.
Christy Turlington
Health
World
Complicated
Care
System
Most
Health Care
Health Care System
America
Expensive
Every Mother Counts is a nonprofit organization dedicated to making pregnancy and childbirth safe for every mother. We inform, engage, and mobilize audiences to take action and raise funds that support maternal health programs around the world.
Christy Turlington
Health
World
Mother
Organization
Action
Every
Programs
Take
Support
Counts
Safe
Around
Making
Audiences
Nonprofit
Maternal
Maternal Health
Mobilize
Childbirth
Inform
Pregnancy
Engage
Dedicated
Raise
Funds
May is the month when people focus on mothers more than any other time of year.
Christy Turlington
Time
People
Focus
Year
Other
Month
More
Mothers
Than
Any
May
In parts of the world where basic infrastructures like paved roads and transportation systems are underdeveloped, people walk for days to reach a health care provider.
Christy Turlington
Health
People
World
Walk
Care
Systems
Roads
Days
Like
Reach
Health Care
Parts
Provider
Where
Paved
Transportation
Basic
It turns out that cholera is new to Haiti. It was inadvertently introduced by a group of U.N. peacekeepers stationed in central Haiti who had come from South Asia where it is endemic.
Christy Turlington
Group
Out
Introduced
Had
New
Haiti
Come
South
South Asia
Endemic
Where
Central
Asia
Inadvertently
Turns
Cholera
Who
After delivering my daughter in 2003, I endured and survived a hemorrhage, the leading childbirth-related complication that takes the lives of thousands of other mothers all over the world.
Christy Turlington
World
Daughter
Other
Complication
Thousands
Delivering
Takes
Leading
Over
Mothers
Survived
Endured
After
Lives
I didn't know anything about running gear when I started out, but after trying a few shoe brands, I've discovered that Brooks are my preferred shoes.
Christy Turlington
Shoes
Few
Out
Running
Gear
Brooks
About
Know
Discovered
Brands
Shoe
Trying
After
Anything
Preferred
Started
Everybody is so anti-aging, but I don't want to look younger than I am. Our face is a map of our life; the more that's there, the better.
Christy Turlington
Life
Better
Face
Everybody
Our
More
Look
Am
Than
Want
Younger
Map
I have my family, which is my main thing; the organization; a modeling career. All these things are important, but family definitely comes first.
Christy Turlington
Family
Organization
First
Important
Definitely
Main
Main Thing
Modeling
Which
Thing
Things
Career
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