Cindy Crawford’s Daughter Reveals Painful Health Battle

Kaia Gerber may have inherited Cindy Crawford’s famous looks, but the 24-year-old says growing up in the shadow of one of the world’s most iconic supermodels came with a painful downside.

Gerber opened up about years of body scrutiny, disordered eating and the comparisons to her mother that left her struggling with her own appearance.

“As someone who’s been thin most of my life, I’ve always been compared against my mom—like, ‘What’s wrong with Kaia?’” Gerber told Vogue in a revealing new interview.

And despite Crawford’s daughter becoming a hugely successful model in her own right, Gerber admitted there is one thing about her mother she has long envied.

“I’m so jealous of my mom’s body,” she said. “I would have loved to be born with boobs and a butt.”

Gerber, whose father is businessman and former model Rande Gerber, then made an even more personal confession.

“I’ve had disordered eating in my life,” she said.

The model explained that cruel remarks about her appearance did little to help when she was already struggling.

“People are like, ‘You look terrible,’ and it doesn’t exactly make you go, ‘Oh, good. Let me get over this mental illness then!’” she said. “Negativity has never saved someone’s life.”

Gerber has been exposed to the fashion industry — and public commentary about her appearance — from an incredibly young age.

She walked her first runway at just 10 years old and moved to New York City at 17 to pursue modeling full-time.

“People have always commented on my body,” she said. “Which is hard because I’m not always ready to comment on my own body, you know?”

Gerber appeared on Vogue’s September cover alongside her The Shards co-star Homer Gere, 26, the son of actor Richard Gere.

That connection adds another layer of Hollywood history to the shoot. Crawford was famously married to Richard Gere from 1991 until 1995.

While Crawford and her daughter both became major names in modeling, their careers developed in noticeably different ways.

Crawford became one of the defining supermodels of the 1980s and 1990s, appearing in runway shows for powerhouse designers including Gucci, Thierry Mugler and Calvin Klein.

She was also one of the era’s biggest sex symbols, appearing in provocative fashion editorials and famously posing for Playboy.

Gerber’s career, meanwhile, has leaned heavily into luxury high fashion. She has modeled for major labels including Prada, Chanel and Saint Laurent while also building an acting career.

But Gerber believes the fashion world may once again be moving toward an extreme standard when it comes to women’s bodies.

“We’re clearly in one of those cycles right now where people are very, very, very thin,” she said.

The shift has drawn comparisons to the controversial “heroin chic” aesthetic that became famous during the 1990s.

The booming popularity of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs has also helped fuel a broader conversation about rapidly changing body standards in Hollywood and the fashion industry.

In 2026, stars including Demi Moore, Charlize Theron and Kelly Osbourne have faced public speculation and concern from fans over their increasingly thin appearances.

Gerber’s candid Vogue interview did not stop with her own struggles.

She also opened up about the deeply personal difficulties faced by her older brother, Presley Gerber.

According to Vogue, Presley, 27, endured what the magazine described as a decade-long struggle with drug addiction. He has also spoken publicly on social media about his mental health.

Gerber said her brother’s willingness to be open has dramatically changed a family that once guarded its private life closely.

“My parents for most of our lives were very, very private and didn’t share anything—and now we have this absolute teacher, my brother, who says, ‘I’m gonna be very human for everyone,’” she said.

“There’s only so much you can hide from the world,” Gerber added. “And trying to put a lid on something just makes the person feel like you’re ashamed of them.”

She also revealed that Presley’s struggles affected the role she believed she needed to play inside the family.

“When something like that happens in a family, it kind of levels everyone,” Gerber said.

“I think that’s also why I started to self-identify as the easy one and never wanted to ask for help. Because it felt like too much to have two children who were needing.”

For Gerber, the glamorous Crawford-Gerber family image apparently concealed years of far more complicated struggles behind closed doors.

And after growing up with millions of eyes comparing her to one of the most famous women in fashion history, Gerber is now speaking openly about just how difficult that pressure could become.