Tyra Banks transforms herself into Cindy Crawford, Kate Moss and Cara Delevingne for new photo project

Four supers in one! Tyra Banks transforms herself into Cindy Crawford, Kate Moss and Cara Delevingne for new photo project

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

PUBLISHED: 02:29, 8 September 2013 | UPDATED: 16:02, 8 September 2013

As the host of America's Next Top Model, she is an enthusiastic supporter of her industry.

And now Tyra Banks has taken the meaning of 'paying homage' to a whole new level with a series of original and amazingly well done photoshoots that transform her into other supermodels.

The 39-year-old legend of her profession took to social media on Saturday to share creative snaps of herself as Cindy Crawford, Cara Delevingne and Kate Moss.

'Physically transformed into my idol!' Tyra Banks embarked on a photo project in which she turned herself into 15 different models, paying homage to the likes of Cindy Crawford, as pictured here

A solid effort: Tyra did an amazing job of looking like her idol Cindy Crawford, pictured here in the 1990's when the pair would have come face to face as competitors

She went ahead and explained the project - via Instagram - in which she declared an intention to portray her 'friends, competitors and colleagues'

'I've put my own spin on #NYFW w/ a photo tribute in which I LITERALLY transform into some of the fiercest #SuperModels ever,' Tyra said.

In a sure twist for the photoshop-happy industry, she added: 'NO PHOTOSHOP! Unretouched. Real. Raw.' and sent big thanks to 'hours of hair & makeup!'

'Ubermodel!' Tyra said it took four hours of hair and makeup to transform herself into Cara Delevingne where she seemed to replicate one of the model's latest Instagram snaps

The famed supermodel - who is a known social media aficionado - promised 15 imitation photos, so 12 more to come.

She told her followers that the number 15 is significant to her because it was the age she began her modeling career.

For the overwhelmingly accurate Cindy Crawford snap, Tyra posed on what seemed to be a bed with the supermodel's signature mole re-created on her face.

'Hid my booty & boobies!' Tyra put a lot of work into replicating the look and pose of fellow supermodel Kate Moss in another well-composed snap

A colleague and competitor: Kate Moss, pictured here in 1995 at Spring Fashion Week in New York, was given a thoughtful shout-out by Tyra Banks in her photography project

'It was amazing to be physically transformed into my idol, @CindyCrawford,' she said, in what was sure to be a flattering shout-out.

The TV presenter then re-created the look and pose of Kate Moss, in a snap where she leans against the wall.

'Hid my booty & boobies like a pro, for a pro - all to look & pose just like #SuperModel Kate Moss!' Tyra said alongside the shot.

In real life: Cindy Crawford stepped out in Malibu on Saturday where she grabbed lunch at a bakery and sipped a coffee as she chatted on her phone

Next was relative newcomer to the modeling scene, Cara Delevingne.

'4 hours of hair & makeup later, I've become übermodel @Caradelevingne!' said Tyra, alongside the shot in which she wears a cap similar to one in Cara's recent Instagram snap.

In the shot, Tyra pulls a face to look like she's growling and looks to have darkened her eyebrows to achieve Cara's signature look.

Statuesque: The 5'9 actress was stunning in a white tank and olive pants, barely looking her age at 47 years old

Content with her purchase! The supermodel wandered out of a bakery with goodies including a tasty looking bread stick

Tyra proved her true excellence as a model in the series of remarkable shots which truly do pay homage to her industry.

She dropped the fun photo project in the middle of New York Fashion Week and as she is also in full America's Next Top Model promotion mode.

The 20th season of her smash hit show is currently airing on the Oxygen channel.

Her own designated driver: Cindy waved about in the sun before hopping into her ride in the coastal town

Meanwhile, Tyra's friend, colleague and competitor Cindy Crawford was in Malibu on Saturday picking up some coffee and baked goods.

The statuesque 47-year-old was delightful in a white tank and basic olive pants.

Her brunette tresses looked just as they ever have in countless editorials and she chatted happily on her cellphone.

As herself: Tyra Banks, pictured here on set of America's Next Top Model this month, looks stunning in her own shoes

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Super models Kate, Naomi, Stephanie and co reunite for Interview's seven September covers

They're not called Supers for nothing! Kate, Naomi, Stephanie and co reunite for Interview's seven September covers

• The seven beauties also reflect on their careers over the past two and three decades

By TAMARA ABRAHAM

PUBLISHED: 20:41, 26 August 2013 | UPDATED: 22:54, 26 August 2013

Kate Moss, Linda Evangelista and Naomi Campbell may have made their names in the Nineties, but a new set of magazine covers proves they can still blow the current crop of models out of the water.

The trio join fellow Supers Christy Turlington, Amber Valletta, Stephanie Seymour and Daria Werbowy for a series of seven covers for Interview Magazine's fall fashion issue.

The showstopping images were shot by fashion photographer stars Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, and show each woman both clothed and nude in raw black-and-white images.

She's still got it: Stephanie Seymour, now 45 and a mother-of-four, laments the way actors now land many of the major campaigns and covers that once used to be the sole domain of models

The issue - dedicated to the business of modeling - also sees the seven beauties reflect on their careers over the past two and three decades.

Kate Moss, now 39, says that the first time she went to Paris to walk in a John Galliano show, nobody backstage even realized she was a model.

'All the girls were lined up, and I remember [make-up artist] Stéphane Marais said to me, "Are you in the show?" I said, "Yeah." . . . He's like, "Oh my god, get her done quick." [laughs] I was just sitting there all day. I'd been there since, like, 10 in the morning. They just didn't take me for a model.'

The usually interview-shy model also spoke about how protective she is of her daughter, Lila, 11, joking that she is going to lock her up when she turns 14. She doesn't expect Lila to become a model anytime soon though.

'At the moment, she's definitely not into that,' she said. 'She's not into having her picture taken. She gets shy.'

That said, Lila does love Instagram - and while Ms Moss largely rejects social media such as Twitter, she does have an Instagram account too, albeit with only 25 followers because she refuses to make her username public.

Natural beauty: Amber Valletta, now 39 and a self-confessed 'hockey mama', admits she struggled to gain credibility as an actress because she started her career as a model

Mistaken for a nobody? Kate Moss, now 39, says that the first time she went to Paris to walk in a John Galliano show, nobody backstage even realized she was a model

Stephanie Seymour, now 45 and a mother-of-four, tells Interview about her first shoot - a 'Cosmo Tells All' feature, when she was 14.

'They would take a picture of a girl and then write something like "How do you have the best orgasm?" or "How do you get your hair as big as you want it?" I was the picture of a girl with big hair. . . I remember going to the grocery store before school to get it when it came out. I was so excited.'

She also laments the way actors now land many of the major campaigns and covers that once used to be the sole domain of models.

'I would like to see fewer actors modeling - or if they're going to model to the extent that they are modeling, then I think that models should be actors,' she said.

'Nowadays, if you want to be a model, then you should probably become an actor. That's the only way to get the great campaigns'

Stephanie Seymour

'Nowadays, if you want to be a model, then you should probably become an actor. That's the only way to get hired to do the great advertising campaigns that are really interesting or the magazine covers, and it's hard to build a name for yourself as a model without those things.'

Amber Valletta, too, reflects on the crossover between the two careers and admits she struggled to gain credibility as an actress because she started her career as a model.

'I definitely think that being a model makes it more difficult to be taken seriously,' she said. 'And I understand. I don't take it seriously sometimes. You can't.'

Now 39 and a self-confessed 'hockey mama', Ms Valletta admits that her time as a presenter of MTV's House of Style in 1996 'was not a good period for me, personally.'

She said: 'We'll put it this way, I wasn't always present for that, even though my body was there.'

She reveals she burst into tears on the set of her first job - an advertorial for Vogue Italia - because she didn't know what to do.

Ms Valletta says it was a haircut - a waifish pixie cut no less - that propelled her to new heights in the industry, as her previous bob made her look much older than her then 18 years.

Changing times: Naomi Campbell believes young models today are missing that connection with designers, now that they are separated by layers of casting directors and stylists

Eternally youthful: Christy Turlington, who started modeling in her hometown of Miami at 13, is still doing lingerie campaigns for Calvin Klein at the age of 44

'I was on castings for the shows, and I bumped into [hairdresser Yannick d'Is] and Ward Stegerhoek - another big-time hairdresser - and they looked at me and said, "Let's cut your hair off.". . . And then literally overnight everything changed. I worked with Steven Meisel within a month and a half and I booked every show.'

Linda Evangelista, 48, was almost put off entirely after getting caught up in a modeling course 'scam' at the age of 16.

'I was chosen by a Japanese agency to go over to Japan for the summer to work. . .,' she recalled. 'It was a catastrophe. They wanted me to take my clothes off and shoot me naked.

'It was a nightmare and I panicked and basically the Canadian Embassy helped me out. I was there about two days and went home, saying, "I don't want anything to do with this ever again.'

'I was chosen to go to Japan to work... It was a catastrophe. They wanted me to take my clothes off and shoot me naked'

Linda Evangelista

She admits that after getting signed by Elite, she and her fellow models all got bedbugs on a trip to Paris, and so her mother had to pay for her to change hotels.

Despite her efforts, she says she 'wasn't an overnight success' and was told that she would last three years if she was lucky.

'I didn't dream higher than what I was doing,' she said. 'I just felt fulfilled that I was working and doing things and being paid for it. I never imagined Vogue or doing Versace. I didn't think I qualified for that.'

Christy Turlington, whose first job was for the Miami department store, Burdines, at the age of 13, had a more gentle introduction to the industry, and recalls how her mother would take her for frozen yogurt before her bookings.

'I started modeling clothes for my age group but quickly moved into doing cosmetic and jewelry ads, which was funny to me at that age,' she said.

Now, at the age of 44, she is still modeling - posing in her underwear for Calvin Klein's latest campaign.

Scary start: Linda Evangelista, 48, was almost put off entirely after getting caught up in a modeling course 'scam' at the age of 16

Driven by adventure: Daria Werbowy, 29, says she was always quite a reluctant model - so it comes as some surprise to her that she has ended up doing it so long

'I needed to think seriously about the CK underwear campaign, because I knew it would be everywhere, and I wasn't sure I wanted to be photographed in my underwear now that I'm a mother,' she admitted. 'But I knew the images would be tasteful and I liked the idea of continuing a relationship with a brand that I grew up with.' 

But her relationship with the brand has not always been straightforward. When she first signed a contract prohibiting her from working with any other label, in 1988, she felt limited by it.

'I didn't feel that I was given the best advice at the time from my agency and I didn't have my own lawyer,' she said. 'I was young and wasn't ready to be locked up. I made the most of the time, but I missed the pace I was just starting to enjoy.'

Naomi Campbell, 43, who also continues to model today, says that she has been in the industry so long, the fashion world is like a family. For the young faces coming into the industry though, it is a different environment altogether.

'When I started out, there weren't casting directors and there weren't stylists, so you just dealt directly with the designer'

Naomi Campbell

'When I started out modeling, there weren't casting directors and there weren't stylists, so you just dealt directly with the designer,' she said. 'We were all much closer back then . . . we all hung out when we weren't working. . .

She believes young models today are missing that connection with designers, now that they are separated by casting directors and stylists.

She says she owes her success to the support of women including her mother and fellow model Iman and the 'amazing men in [her] life', Gianni Versace and her 'Papa' Azzedine Alaïa.

Of the late Versace, she says, 'Every 15th of July, no matter where I am in the world, I always go to church and light a candle.'

Daria Werbowy, who at 29 is the youngest of Interview's 'iconic' group, says she was always quite a reluctant model - so it comes as some surprise to her that she has ended up doing it so long.

These days, she admits, she is still bemused by her success.

'Sometimes I am still surprised that I'm a model and that people think I'm good-looking,' she says. I've gone through a lot of different phases on what I do and why I do it—morally and ethically. . . I just had to learn to look at it as a job, as opposed to identifying myself as a model and thinking of myself as a part of this industry.'

Today, adventure and travel drive her. Ms Werbowy even sailed across the Atlantic with her family in 2008 - something she says she would 'do again in a heartbeat'.

'My dad. . . found a junkyard boat and restored it, and it was his dream to sail across the Atlantic,' she said. 'So we did. It all came true. We had some funny issues along the way - like, not enough fuel at one point. It was one of the best experiences of my life.'

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Kate Moss covers POP magazine in a striking metallic bodysuit created by celebrated artist Allen Jones

A bronzed goddess: Kate Moss covers POP magazine in a striking metallic bodysuit created by celebrated artist Allen Jones 

By LOUISE SAUNDERS

PUBLISHED: 21:54, 16 August 2013 | UPDATED: 22:39, 16 August 2013

As one of the world's leading supermodels, Kate Moss has appeared on more than her fair share of magazine covers over the years. 

But the 39-year-old beauty looked utterly incredible as she returned to the cover of POP for a third time in celebration of her landmark collaboration with celebrated artist, Allen Jones. 

Positively smouldering for the autumn/winter edition of the bi-annual fashion magazine, the Croydon-born clotheshorse dazzled in a striking metallic glitter bodysuit, originally created by Jones back in 1978. 

Bronze goddess: Kate Moss looked utterly incredible as she returned to the cover of POP magazine for a third time in celebration of her landmark collaboration with celebrated artist, Allen Jones

The pair joined forces earlier this year when the artist photographed the fashionista in the bronze creation.

Featuring exaggerated breasts and a structured high neck, the dazzling creation made Kate appear totally mannequin-like as she pouted into the camera.

With her honey blonde locks tousled into loose waves, the supermodel's stunning cheekbones were emphasised with deep bronzer, while she completed her look with dramatic eyeliner and simple pose lips as she posed up a storm. 

The cover - available in both gold and silver special editions - marks the third time Kate has taken centre stage for the fashion bible. 

Special edition: Postively smouldering for the autumn/winter edition of the fashion magazine, the Croydon-born clotheshorse dazzled in a striking metallic glitter bodysuit, originally created by Jones back in 1978

The striking image is just one of a number of works featuring Kate Moss that are the subject of a forthcoming Christie's auction on September 25. 

2013's Kate Moss In Bronze Glitter is estimated to fetch between £20,000 and £30,000 when it goes under the hammer next month alongside a series of sculptures, photographs, paintings and even a tapestry of the iconic model. 

Curated by renowned collector Gert Elfering, the works are otherwise unavailable on the market and represent the most celebrated global icon of fashion and style either uniquely or in very limited editions.

Iconic: The striking image is just one of a number of works featuring Kate Moss that are the subject of a forthcoming Christie's auction on September 25

Stunning works by Annie Liebovitz, Mary McCartney, Craig McDean, Irving Penn, Mario Sorrenti, Sam Taylor-Wood, Juergen Teller, Mario Testino, Ellen von Unwerth, and Albert Watson also feature.

Gert Elfering said: 'Kate is the ultimate modern muse and we will be seeing her images in major museums and private collections for years to come. She has altered perceptions for women across the globe, encouraging them towards greater individuality and expressive freedom.

'There is so much you can learn from Kate - how you should always remain true to yourself, develop your own style, and emphasise your individuality.'

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Supermodels' childhood pictures revealed

Gap-toothed smiles, dodgy haircuts and some VERY questionable outfits: Supermodels' childhood pictures revealed

By SARAH BULL

PUBLISHED: 16:12, 13 August 2013 | UPDATED: 18:21, 13 August 2013

They are now some of the most beautiful and successful models in the world. 

But before they hit the big time, even the most well-respected supermodels grew up as normal - if already cuter than their friends - children. 

A series of childhood pictures of our most well-known models were collected by Vogue, showing stars such as Elle Macpherson, Kate Moss and Miranda Kerr as blissfully unaware children - who even at a young age shone in front of the camera.

Before she was famous: A series of childhood pictures reveal how stars such as Elle Macpherson looked as children

And while the majority of the women showed huge potential even as children, the images also give hope to others that even the ugliest duckling can grow into a beautiful swan.

Here, MailOnline gives you the chance to look back through these models' photo albums, to see just how they looked as children.

She's still got that half smile! Kate Moss showed huge modelling potential even from a very young age

Well, the hair hasn't changed: Lily Aldridge still has the same voluminous bob as she did when she was young

Naturally gorgeous: Blonde-haired, blue-eyed Bar Refaeli went from adorable to gorgeous as she grew up

Brunettes have more fun! Karlie Kloss smiles for the camera as a child, and right, went back to her childhood hairdo after cutting her long hair into a flirty bob

That smile says it all: Miranda Kerr showed off her winning smile and her dimples, now a mother to son Flynn, she has retained her model figure

Brazilian beauty: Alessandra Ambrosio's taste in clothes may have changed, but her beauty hasn't

It's all in the eyes: Gisele was adorable as a youngster, and is now an incredibly successful model

Cheeky! Jourdan Dunn's childhood picture is the cutest of the lot, and her catwalk look isn't bad either

Posing up: Doutzen Kroes knew which poses to pull even from a very young age

What are you saying? Chanel Iman certainly has lots of poise in her childhood picture - and always liked lipstick

Gap-toothed smile: Candice Swanepoel has had the gaps in her teeth fixed, but is still a true beauty

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Cara Delevingne admits seeking advice from Kate Moss and Rihanna as she poses topless

'Everyone worries about me': Cara Delevingne admits seeking advice from Kate Moss and Rihanna as she poses topless

By EMILY SHERIDAN

PUBLISHED: 23:22, 12 August 2013 | UPDATED: 07:34, 13 August 2013

She's the model of the moment whose off-catwalk antics create just as much of a stir as her work.

And while Cara Delevingne concedes her friends and family do worry about her, she has found two famous friends to turn to for advice - Kate Moss and Rihanna.

The 21-year-old opened up on adapting to life as one of the most in demand models in the world as she posed for the front cover of the September issue of W magazine.

The Anti-Role Model: Cara Delevingne poses topless for the new issue of W magazine

While Cara has caught the eye of fashion brands such as Burberry and DKNY, she has also been garnering plenty of headlines for her wild partying.

Discussing her reputation, she admits: 'Everyone worries about me.

'It’s hard for my family, and I know I have to be careful.

'People have to realise that I can take care of myself. I’ve done a great job so far.'

As many know, Cara has a best friend in her 'wifey', pop star Rita Ora, who she spends a lot of time with.

Cover girl: Cara poses in a white bra for the cover of the September issue of W

However, she also admits turning to veteran supermodel Kate Moss and pop star Rihanna for advice.

On a recent holiday to Greece, Cara admitted feeling lonely being surounded by singles so phoned Rihanna for a chat.

She said: 'She said "It’s easy to drown yourself in work. That’s a form of escapism. So, if you’re alone and you want to cry, cry."

'And I did. But by then, it was time to leave and get back to my life.'

My girls: Cara in an Instagram photo with Rihanna and flatmate Georgia May Jagger

In the interview, Cara speaks openly about her skin condition psoriasis, which flares up when she's stressed.

She recalled: 'It only happened during Fashion Week! Which is, of course, the worst time of the year for me to be covered in scabs...

'Kate saw me before the Louis Vuitton show at 3 am, when I was being painted by people to cover the scabs.

'She said, "This is horrible! Why is this happening? I need to help you." She got me a doctor that afternoon; Kate gives really good advice.'

The full interview is in the new September issue of W magazine, on sale now.

For more information, visit the W magazine website.

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