09/04/07 08:10 PM by Michael

The German beauty Claudia Schiffer says that aspiring models will no longer be able to achieve the kind of fame that she, Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista enjoyed in the 90s.

 

She believes that actresses and pop stars are now much more likely to be on the covers of magazines which will prevent models from reaching global celebrity status.

 

She told the German magazine 'Fivetonine', "In order to become a supermodel one must be on all the covers all over the world at the same time so that people can recognize the girls. That is, for now, not least because the advertising industry is very much taken nowadays by pop stars and actresses. Super models, like we once were, don't exist any more".

 

Claudia does believe however that the Brazilian catwalk beauty Gisele Bundchen comes very close to earning the supermodel title.

 

She added, "Her face is well known, her name is recognized but no other girl comes to mind that people in the street would recognize".

 

At the height of her fame, Claudia, who has two children, Caspar, four and two year old Clementine by her husband Matthew Vaughn had to be constantly protected by bodyguards.

 

She said, "I can remember when I needed four bodyguards to get backstage from a Chanel show just to get to my car. And that wasn't only me. It just isn't like that any more".

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