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Saturday 20 December 2008

Claudia Schiffer



Date of birth: 1970-08-25
Birthplace: Rheinberg, Germany
Height: 5' 11"
Nationality: German
Profession: actress, model

Claudia Schiffer (born August 25, 1970) is a German supermodel and actress, who reached the height of her popularity during the 1990s.
Claudia Schiffer was born in Rheinberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and began modelling in 1987, after being spotted in a nightclub in Düsseldorf. Just weeks later she appeared in ELLE and within a short time she began modelling for Chanel. In the early 1990s she starred in Guess? jeans adverts in North America. She has appeared in a number of films and has also appeared in the music video of Westlife's cover of Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl," as the iconic uptown girl. In 1993, she appeared in the children's movie, Richie Rich.
Schiffer was engaged to the magician David Copperfield for about 6 years until 1999 when she met Tim Jefferies. The magazine, Paris Match, claimed their engagement was possibly contractual, but this assertion was later found to be dubious by a French Court.
On 25 May, 2002, she married film producer Matthew Vaughn, son of George Albert Harley Drummond (also known as George de Vere Drummond). Schiffer and Vaughn have two children together; son Caspar Matthew, born 30 January, 2003 and daughter Clementine, born 11 November, 2004. They all now live in London.

Trivia

  • Claudia holds the record for the supermodel with the most magazine covers. She has graced over 900

Thursday 17 April 2008

All healed and Getting back on Track

After a few weeks dealing with differing ailments like the pinched nerve in my hip and muscle spasms in my back, I'm ready to get back on track. It amazes me how quickly you can get out of the habit of working out. It's easy to get out of good habits, something totally different to get back into the good habits. So this morning, I allowed myself to sleep in. I have determined that I won't do that again. I need to get back on track and lose the weight faster than I can by watching my diet alone.

Speaking of staying on diet, I have been doing relatively well. I am working to fight the temptations to go overboard and completely blow it. The fact that I am the only one in my house who is concerned with watching my diet; it makes it a little tough. I have to keep a picture of the scale's dial in my mind as motivation. I think that is the most important thing to do when deciding to diet. You must find a way to motivate yourself. Other people can't and won't motivate you. That is a personal thing and that's why you need to find something that will keep you going through all the temptations to slack off. Mine is the picture of the scale. Days when I've reached another milestone, it is a motivation to keep up with the success. Days when I haven't improved, it is a protection against giving in.

But since diet alone will not allow me to reach my goal, I need to motivate myself to exercise. That is a toughie, but I will persevere. And knowing that I have some people reading this blog is a strong motivation to push through. I have to report to you what I am doing and what my results are. So in the morning, I start my routine all over again. I'll let you know how it goes.

Tuesday 1 January 2008