Cindy Crawford overcame a high-profile divorce and found her true love in a friend

The paths of love are rarely completely straight. From its curves, ascents and also descents, long-lasting relationships often emerge, however, at other times, they end sooner than expected. One example is model Cindy Crawford, who knows what it’s like to be on both sides.

We, from awesome.club, we love stories that inspire us not to lose faith in love. That’s why we show you the one of this model who, still very young, thought she had found the one who would share the rest of her days with her, but when the relationship didn’t work out, she didn’t close the doors of her heart and took what she learned to find your ultimate life partner.

She was in her early 20s and was already a top model with an established career. She was reaching the heights of success, posing for the covers of fashion magazines and walking the runways of the best designers of the time. In the midst of her professional triumph, there was a love affair with a movie star who shone brightly, and that seemed to be the icing on the cake in her life.

It was Richard Gere, almost 40 years old at the time and with his own path in Hollywood already trodden, with iconic films like American Gigolo. He and Cindy met at a mutual friend’s party and started dating. The connection was very private and, after a few years, they were married in an almost improvised ceremony in the city of Las Vegas.

From then on, they lived a marriage under the light of the cameras, which the press wanted to know everything about, since it was one of the most mediatic couples of the time. They seemed like the perfect combination of fame, charm and beauty; however, four years later, their story as a couple came to an end.

Between filming, modeling and advertising campaigns, their time together was limited. Something the model acknowledged, shortly after the divorce: “We didn’t spend a lot of time together and we are equally responsible for that.” However, in recent years, his hindsight has changed: “I think part of the problem is that I don’t know if we were ever friends.”

After the media divorce, Cindy found the love of her life in a friend, who until today has been her strongest friendship: her husband and father of her two children.

Rande Gerber is a businessman Cindy met while she was still married to Richard, but they started dating after their divorce and ended up getting married in 1998.

With some lessons learned from her first marriage, Cindy knew that the most important thing for her in a relationship was that the two could, above all, be friends: “We started out as friends and I know that Rande and I will always be friends, no matter what. happen”. For her, this is the basis of a long-lasting relationship, as it guarantees that there will always be respect between the two: “We really listen to each other and I want this friendship in my life, no matter what happens”.

They are celebrating 24 years together, alongside their children, Presley and Kaia, and they still show that the bond that unites them is still strong. Cindy’s words about her husband are reassuring: “He’s still the man after all these years. I am proud of us, for the life and family we have created.”

In your opinion, what is the key for a couple to maintain their relationship for a long time? Let us know in the comments!