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00:05 >> It's the first time we're all together in our 50s.
00:10 >> You see our photo, so you feel that you know us.
00:14 >> When you come together with your chosen family, I think that's emotional.
00:20 >> There's something about that shared history that we have.
00:24 I feel blessed that we're here today.
00:29 >> We've all gone through so many things in our own lives.
00:32 [MUSIC]
00:35 >> Cindy, Linda, Christie, Naomi are still redefining what it means to be a model.
00:41 [MUSIC]
00:43 >> There was a feeling about them that they wanted more.
00:47 >> I was not seen as a person who had a voice in her own destiny.
00:53 >> He said you should lose five pounds.
00:55 I got scared I didn't belong.
00:57 >> But Linda's a chameleon.
00:59 She could really become whatever the photographer wanted her to become.
01:03 >> I would do all these great shows, wear all these beautiful dresses, but
01:07 then it would come time to the advertising and I would not be included.
01:10 >> I wasn't gonna be bullied for the color of my skin.
01:13 >> What I loved about the girls, they were a group and that was so fabulous.
01:19 >> We were always together and we made great photos together.
01:21 >> I just felt like to be together as a group, it just was so fun.
01:26 >> They were my sisters.
01:28 >> We get this phone call that George Michael wants to shoot us in his video.
01:31 >> We made a decision, I will do it.
01:33 >> I'm gonna do it.
01:34 >> Yes, okay, I'll do it.
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01:36 >> Everything changed.
01:38 >> You can start to call the shots and be an active participant in your career.
01:41 >> All of a sudden, we were the physical representations of power.
01:46 >> I wanted to go further.
01:47 I wanted to push the envelope.
01:48 [MUSIC]
01:50 >> They brought their artistry to the image.
01:52 >> They would see things we didn't necessarily see.
01:55 >> They're like the Mona Lisa, the face of her era.
01:58 >> They're larger than life.
01:59 [MUSIC]
02:00 >> We helped break down barriers.
02:02 >> I have to think of something greater than myself.
02:05 >> When I first was referred to as a supermodel, I was like, why are they calling us this?
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02:10 >> It wasn't about the hair and the makeup.
02:13 It wasn't about the fashion.
02:15 It was about the women.
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02:18 That's what a supermodel is.
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