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What I've Learned: Carolyn Murphy
30, Surfer Girl
by Cal Fussman (interviewer) | Jan 01 '04
What I've Learned: Carolyn Murphy
30, Surfer Girl
by Cal Fussman (interviewer) | Jan 01 '04
You see airbrushed images of me, but I know the person who's walking
barefoot, dodging dog poo in the yard.
It was so inexplicable to people when, at the height of my career, I
said, "You know what, I'm gonna go to Costa Rica, hang out for a while,
and pretend to be Jane Goodall." Nobody caught up in the machine could
understand it. But it made me feel good.
Love and sex are both about reciprocation.
People that I'm most attracted to, they're not living by any sort of
rules. They're the kind of people with stories to tell.
Giving birth was the most amazing thing I've ever done. I'd been living
in a Third World country, and I said, "I'm going to just squat behind a
tree." I basically did that but in a chair in my living room. I didn't
want a sterile hospital room. I didn't want doctors. I had a midwife. I
was in a little house in upstate New York that was built in 1745. I'd
bought the house in my sixth or seventh month of pregnancy, and I was
feeling the energy of all the kids who had been born there and lived
there. So I was really like Earth Mama. I gained more than sixty
pounds. I've always been 115 to 120, and I hit 182. We had the dolphin
music going, the incense burning. For seventeen hours I went through
this primal experience. It was like being a bear. I loved it.
It was easy to run around barefoot in oblivion in Costa Rica. But once
I gave birth to my child, I didn't want to be oblivious to the obvious.
I can't remember the last time I was bored.
When I was a kid, I thought I was Wonder Woman.
I've never stood before a mirror and practiced my facial expressions.
I would be out surfing in Costa Rica and I would have these panic
attacks to get out of the water. I could sense the presence of sharks.
Once I just had this feeling and started paddling in. Minutes later, a
six- or seven-foot black-tipped shark came around. After that, the
locals would start coming to shore when Carolyn paddled in.
No, I've never been up close to an octopus. Why do you ask?
Aren't you going to ask me about my favorite eye shadow?
Men are just jealous because they can't wear makeup.
When I'm seventy, I hope to be living in a tree house in the woods. I
hope to have hair down to my butt. I hope to be typing away on a
typewriter up there in the tree house, and I hope that my partner,
Brandon, will be by my side. I want to have a catamaran nearby. And I
want to walk around naked all day.
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Carolyn Murphy is not just our covergirl. She’s also the face of
the Estée Lauder-Campagne. Of course we want to know more about her.
Why is she so beautiful, what are her tricks?
When a cosmetic company, in this case Estée Lauder, pays a model, in
this case Carolyn Murphy, more than $ 5 million, just that she shows
their products, then this must be a special girl. To the quesiton what
she likes on herself, she answer with: my blue eyes. The colour blue is
a big deal in her life. Carolyn owned a restaurant – with her
ex-husband, the surfer Jake Schroeder – named “Blue Dogs” in Costa
Rica. Her daughter’s name is Dylan Blue. And she lives with her
boyfriend Brandon Boyd – singer of the band Incubus – in Malibu, where
the sky is blue all year. We met her there and talked about all the
beautiful things in life.
How long do you spend on getting beautiful all day?
Less than 5 minutes! I wash my face in the morning with a warm towel
and then I put on a moisturizer. In the evening I wash my face with a
cleaner and put on “Advanced Night Repair” from Estée Lauder. I love
this cream!
You couldn’t live without which beauty product?
Moisturizer! I use “Day Wear” from Estée Lauder.
What is your favourite lipstick colour?“Plastique Red”. When I put on
lipstick, then it must be red.
What was your first beauty product you ever used?
The “Strawberry Lipgloss” from Bonnie Bell.
What do you do if you’re very tired but still have to look good?
Drink a lot of water and put on an eye mask. I keep it in the fridge,
it helps.
Tell us your beauty secrets.I drink at least 1liter of water a day and
I eat a lot of fish and vegetables. And I believe in calcium, magnesium
and pure fish oil. It’s really good.
Is there anything you hate about yourself?
My hair! They are always f*cked up and too curly. I have to straighten
them for sessions. It’s always boring.
Which designer do you like to wear?
I like Armani, Marc Jacobs and Calvin Klein. But I don’t fancy just one
label.
If you’re invited to a premier or a great party, how do you do your
make up?
I cover up the irregularities with a concealer. Colour my eyelashes and
put on a red lipstick. That’s it.
And what outfit?
Something in vintage look and jeans.
How does a closet of a model look
like?
Like in a little boutique. There are lots of clothes, bags, belts,
scarfs and shirts in all styles. I find it hard to sort something out.
How do you keep your shape? Are you doing a diet?
No, I always eat healthy and I don’t have to worry about my shape. And
I do lots of sports, like surfing, riding, yoga.
How old must your daughter be to let her put on make up?
I wore the first make up at 16. I’ll do the same with Dylan
Blue.
barefoot, dodging dog poo in the yard.
It was so inexplicable to people when, at the height of my career, I
said, "You know what, I'm gonna go to Costa Rica, hang out for a while,
and pretend to be Jane Goodall." Nobody caught up in the machine could
understand it. But it made me feel good.
Love and sex are both about reciprocation.
People that I'm most attracted to, they're not living by any sort of
rules. They're the kind of people with stories to tell.
Giving birth was the most amazing thing I've ever done. I'd been living
in a Third World country, and I said, "I'm going to just squat behind a
tree." I basically did that but in a chair in my living room. I didn't
want a sterile hospital room. I didn't want doctors. I had a midwife. I
was in a little house in upstate New York that was built in 1745. I'd
bought the house in my sixth or seventh month of pregnancy, and I was
feeling the energy of all the kids who had been born there and lived
there. So I was really like Earth Mama. I gained more than sixty
pounds. I've always been 115 to 120, and I hit 182. We had the dolphin
music going, the incense burning. For seventeen hours I went through
this primal experience. It was like being a bear. I loved it.
It was easy to run around barefoot in oblivion in Costa Rica. But once
I gave birth to my child, I didn't want to be oblivious to the obvious.
I can't remember the last time I was bored.
When I was a kid, I thought I was Wonder Woman.
I've never stood before a mirror and practiced my facial expressions.
I would be out surfing in Costa Rica and I would have these panic
attacks to get out of the water. I could sense the presence of sharks.
Once I just had this feeling and started paddling in. Minutes later, a
six- or seven-foot black-tipped shark came around. After that, the
locals would start coming to shore when Carolyn paddled in.
No, I've never been up close to an octopus. Why do you ask?
Aren't you going to ask me about my favorite eye shadow?
Men are just jealous because they can't wear makeup.
When I'm seventy, I hope to be living in a tree house in the woods. I
hope to have hair down to my butt. I hope to be typing away on a
typewriter up there in the tree house, and I hope that my partner,
Brandon, will be by my side. I want to have a catamaran nearby. And I
want to walk around naked all day.
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Carolyn Murphy is not just our covergirl. She’s also the face of
the Estée Lauder-Campagne. Of course we want to know more about her.
Why is she so beautiful, what are her tricks?
When a cosmetic company, in this case Estée Lauder, pays a model, in
this case Carolyn Murphy, more than $ 5 million, just that she shows
their products, then this must be a special girl. To the quesiton what
she likes on herself, she answer with: my blue eyes. The colour blue is
a big deal in her life. Carolyn owned a restaurant – with her
ex-husband, the surfer Jake Schroeder – named “Blue Dogs” in Costa
Rica. Her daughter’s name is Dylan Blue. And she lives with her
boyfriend Brandon Boyd – singer of the band Incubus – in Malibu, where
the sky is blue all year. We met her there and talked about all the
beautiful things in life.
How long do you spend on getting beautiful all day?
Less than 5 minutes! I wash my face in the morning with a warm towel
and then I put on a moisturizer. In the evening I wash my face with a
cleaner and put on “Advanced Night Repair” from Estée Lauder. I love
this cream!
You couldn’t live without which beauty product?
Moisturizer! I use “Day Wear” from Estée Lauder.
What is your favourite lipstick colour?“Plastique Red”. When I put on
lipstick, then it must be red.
What was your first beauty product you ever used?
The “Strawberry Lipgloss” from Bonnie Bell.
What do you do if you’re very tired but still have to look good?
Drink a lot of water and put on an eye mask. I keep it in the fridge,
it helps.
Tell us your beauty secrets.I drink at least 1liter of water a day and
I eat a lot of fish and vegetables. And I believe in calcium, magnesium
and pure fish oil. It’s really good.
Is there anything you hate about yourself?
My hair! They are always f*cked up and too curly. I have to straighten
them for sessions. It’s always boring.
Which designer do you like to wear?
I like Armani, Marc Jacobs and Calvin Klein. But I don’t fancy just one
label.
If you’re invited to a premier or a great party, how do you do your
make up?
I cover up the irregularities with a concealer. Colour my eyelashes and
put on a red lipstick. That’s it.
And what outfit?
Something in vintage look and jeans.
How does a closet of a model look
like?
Like in a little boutique. There are lots of clothes, bags, belts,
scarfs and shirts in all styles. I find it hard to sort something out.
How do you keep your shape? Are you doing a diet?
No, I always eat healthy and I don’t have to worry about my shape. And
I do lots of sports, like surfing, riding, yoga.
How old must your daughter be to let her put on make up?
I wore the first make up at 16. I’ll do the same with Dylan
Blue.
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And this is from Flare. Dec 2005.
The Sweet & Lowdown
Top model and mom Carolyn Murphy proves nice girls do finish first
By Amanda Luttrell Garrigus; Photography by Max Abadian
Carolyn Murphy is a contradiction. Not by what she says but simply because of who she is. The beautiful 5’9” self-professed bottled blonde (“I am not a natural blonde”) is at once glamorous and earthy, worldly and homegrown, exotic and familiar. She arrives for this month’s FLARE cover shoot on the beach in Malibu solo—no entourage, no attitude and full of apologies for showing up a little late. “I hate being late, but my four-year-old daughter didn’t want to go to camp this morning and I had a doctor’s appointment, so I got held up.” Then, the supermodel-turned-super-single-mom shakes her head of curly hair as if to shake off the morning chaos and, shifting gears with apparent ease, gathers herself and offers an inviting smile. “Where do you want me?”
Murphy was just 18 years old when she embarked on her whirlwind journey toward fame and fortune, something the Panama City, Fla.-born 32-year-old claims she never aspired to. “I wanted to be a hippie in a commune or an artist.” In spite of herself, Murphy discovered she had a talent for exuding glamour and in short order captured some of the most prestigious modeling contracts, including recent campaigns for Fendi and Harry Winston, plus scoring the coveted spot on the cover of the 2005 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.
Today, Murphy can be counted among the world’s true supermodels. And as the face of Estée Lauder, along with the highly anticipated Tom Ford Estée Lauder Collection, she has signed what are probably the most lucrative contracts of her career. Still, Murphy manages to keep not only her figure in check (“I gained 65 pounds during my pregnancy and, well, [my butt area], it’s never been the same”) but her ego as well. “I don’t know that I am beautiful by people telling me that I am beautiful. In fact, that’s when I trust it the least. Being on the cover of magazines and representing Estée Lauder doesn’t make me greater than another woman.”
There is something authentic about Murphy. And although you may want to place her on a pedestal, it’s just not somewhere she’s comfortable. “I never believed in my own success,” she says. “I’ve had a hard time owning it, for whatever psychological reasons. And I’m very thankful for that, because right now, at my age, I’m at a place where I’m really accepting of all of it.” No longer shy about her achievements, Murphy has claimed her rank at the forefront of the modeling business, competing with girls half her age. From a wide-eyed teen model to a strong, independent woman, she’s finally enjoying her successes.
Two hours after she arrives, the shoot is wrapped and Murphy, despite her tight schedule, takes the time to talk to everyone on set and thank them. Minutes after slipping out of an Oscar de la Renta evening gown and wiping the makeup from her face, she sits down and sheds light on the myths of supermodeldom.
The Myths of Supermodeldom
Myth #1: Supermodels don’t eat.
“The anorexia thing—I always hate to tell people this, but most of these girls are just young. They’re tall and thin and they’re genetically predisposed and that’s why they are models. I think in all my years modeling I’ve known one [anorexic model].”
Myth #2: They’re high maintenance.
“There are just not that many divas. Most of these girls are down-to-earth and professional.”
Myth #3: They’re egomaniacs.
“It’s a misconception that we don’t have self-esteem issues. In fact, it’s probably the opposite because we’re constantly under a microscope. I’m my own worst critic. I’m constantly striving to be a better mom, a better person, a better career woman, a better artist. I think it’s like this for all women—sometimes you feel beautiful and sometimes you just don’t. Then you have PMS and you’re a nutcase and you can’t stand yourself.”
Myth #4: They have the perfect head of hair.
“I have curly, bleached hair. It’s dry and frizzy. And I surf, so the saltwater makes it worse. I wear it pulled back most of the time because I can’t deal with it. I wish I had Rapunzel hair that went down to my butt in my natural hair colour. But that’s not the reality—it turns brassy orange and I have to dye it [regularly]. It’s so high maintenance.”
Murphy’s Laws
1) Keep your skin clean.
“I believe in using a really great cleanser and moisturizer. I use Perfectly Clean Splash Away Foaming Cleanser by Estée Lauder and swear by their Advanced Night Repair Protective Recovery Complex. And I love Idealist Micro-D Deep Thermal Refinisher, too, because it’s something you can use at home a few times a week and it’s not really harsh. I’ve never had microdermabrasion.”
2) Exercise and meditate.
“I’m Rollerblading and doing lunges all the time [to improve my butt area] and I practise yoga and meditation. Surfing for me is a sort of meditation—I can go out and sit by myself in the water and reflect. I feel really at home in the water and especially in the ocean. It revitalizes me and makes me feel alive.”
3) Don’t wear too much makeup.
“I don’t wear makeup on my days off, but for special occasions I love Re-Nutriv Intensive Concealing Duo by Estée Lauder. It’s really smooth, creamy and light and then I put on LashXL Maximum Length Mascara and a great gloss. If I’m feeling really daring I’ll do a smoky eye or a red lip.”
The Sweet & Lowdown
Top model and mom Carolyn Murphy proves nice girls do finish first
By Amanda Luttrell Garrigus; Photography by Max Abadian
Carolyn Murphy is a contradiction. Not by what she says but simply because of who she is. The beautiful 5’9” self-professed bottled blonde (“I am not a natural blonde”) is at once glamorous and earthy, worldly and homegrown, exotic and familiar. She arrives for this month’s FLARE cover shoot on the beach in Malibu solo—no entourage, no attitude and full of apologies for showing up a little late. “I hate being late, but my four-year-old daughter didn’t want to go to camp this morning and I had a doctor’s appointment, so I got held up.” Then, the supermodel-turned-super-single-mom shakes her head of curly hair as if to shake off the morning chaos and, shifting gears with apparent ease, gathers herself and offers an inviting smile. “Where do you want me?”
Murphy was just 18 years old when she embarked on her whirlwind journey toward fame and fortune, something the Panama City, Fla.-born 32-year-old claims she never aspired to. “I wanted to be a hippie in a commune or an artist.” In spite of herself, Murphy discovered she had a talent for exuding glamour and in short order captured some of the most prestigious modeling contracts, including recent campaigns for Fendi and Harry Winston, plus scoring the coveted spot on the cover of the 2005 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.
Today, Murphy can be counted among the world’s true supermodels. And as the face of Estée Lauder, along with the highly anticipated Tom Ford Estée Lauder Collection, she has signed what are probably the most lucrative contracts of her career. Still, Murphy manages to keep not only her figure in check (“I gained 65 pounds during my pregnancy and, well, [my butt area], it’s never been the same”) but her ego as well. “I don’t know that I am beautiful by people telling me that I am beautiful. In fact, that’s when I trust it the least. Being on the cover of magazines and representing Estée Lauder doesn’t make me greater than another woman.”
There is something authentic about Murphy. And although you may want to place her on a pedestal, it’s just not somewhere she’s comfortable. “I never believed in my own success,” she says. “I’ve had a hard time owning it, for whatever psychological reasons. And I’m very thankful for that, because right now, at my age, I’m at a place where I’m really accepting of all of it.” No longer shy about her achievements, Murphy has claimed her rank at the forefront of the modeling business, competing with girls half her age. From a wide-eyed teen model to a strong, independent woman, she’s finally enjoying her successes.
Two hours after she arrives, the shoot is wrapped and Murphy, despite her tight schedule, takes the time to talk to everyone on set and thank them. Minutes after slipping out of an Oscar de la Renta evening gown and wiping the makeup from her face, she sits down and sheds light on the myths of supermodeldom.
The Myths of Supermodeldom
Myth #1: Supermodels don’t eat.
“The anorexia thing—I always hate to tell people this, but most of these girls are just young. They’re tall and thin and they’re genetically predisposed and that’s why they are models. I think in all my years modeling I’ve known one [anorexic model].”
Myth #2: They’re high maintenance.
“There are just not that many divas. Most of these girls are down-to-earth and professional.”
Myth #3: They’re egomaniacs.
“It’s a misconception that we don’t have self-esteem issues. In fact, it’s probably the opposite because we’re constantly under a microscope. I’m my own worst critic. I’m constantly striving to be a better mom, a better person, a better career woman, a better artist. I think it’s like this for all women—sometimes you feel beautiful and sometimes you just don’t. Then you have PMS and you’re a nutcase and you can’t stand yourself.”
Myth #4: They have the perfect head of hair.
“I have curly, bleached hair. It’s dry and frizzy. And I surf, so the saltwater makes it worse. I wear it pulled back most of the time because I can’t deal with it. I wish I had Rapunzel hair that went down to my butt in my natural hair colour. But that’s not the reality—it turns brassy orange and I have to dye it [regularly]. It’s so high maintenance.”
Murphy’s Laws
1) Keep your skin clean.
“I believe in using a really great cleanser and moisturizer. I use Perfectly Clean Splash Away Foaming Cleanser by Estée Lauder and swear by their Advanced Night Repair Protective Recovery Complex. And I love Idealist Micro-D Deep Thermal Refinisher, too, because it’s something you can use at home a few times a week and it’s not really harsh. I’ve never had microdermabrasion.”
2) Exercise and meditate.
“I’m Rollerblading and doing lunges all the time [to improve my butt area] and I practise yoga and meditation. Surfing for me is a sort of meditation—I can go out and sit by myself in the water and reflect. I feel really at home in the water and especially in the ocean. It revitalizes me and makes me feel alive.”
3) Don’t wear too much makeup.
“I don’t wear makeup on my days off, but for special occasions I love Re-Nutriv Intensive Concealing Duo by Estée Lauder. It’s really smooth, creamy and light and then I put on LashXL Maximum Length Mascara and a great gloss. If I’m feeling really daring I’ll do a smoky eye or a red lip.”
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Oh cool! It's all fun to have people from the same area.kritooo said:ThanksI love the picture that you put in your site, here is the entire editorial.
Elle (US) 2004 "Masquerade"
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Oh well, I found the photo in herfamedgoodlooks, which was barely new at that time (May 2004) so I contacted the webmistress regarding the use of the photo (first from the masquerade) - she was very nice and I have been using scans from there ever since.
I'm posting more (assorted) scans, I'm sorry I can't remember more sources at the moment other than herfamedgoodlooks because I have them for almost 2 years now, but most likely they are all from them and avaible at other scan sites too.
This is the original photo of the one I have currently in my site:
These were after the Perfectionist's launch. It was a breakfast, one is the add I already scanned, the other is the cover of the Perfectionist's box.
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She is walking around Bryant Park this week -- catching some shows, I assume? 
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i really hope these aren't reposts
i just found them and all were totally new to me... so i hope you like those pics as much as i do
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[/URL]i really hope these aren't reposts
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Hi Wiichita!!!
Welcome to the forum. You just have to put the URL of your image inside of things...
ex:
[IMG]your URL, but first you have to do an account on some
picture page like imagevenue or supload. You upload images from your
computer and thats it
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