Cindy Crawford

Score one for the selfie stick: Cindy Crawford believes those photos of you by you can help boost self-image.

“It’s empowering for kids to take their own image in their own hands in a way,” she said in a recent interview. “It’s a form of self-expression.”

But she cautions that they can be both good and bad.

“I certainly think a little guidance is good because when we’re young we kind of forget that things might come back to haunt us, she said. “I tell my kids, ‘If you have any doubts at all just check with me first.’

Crawford credits selfies with teaching the masses the secrets to looking good in photographs.

“Every 14-year-old girl these days is a model in their own life because so much of their social media and just their interaction are through selfies. Kids are so much more sophisticated of like their angle and how they want to portray themselves than I ever was.”

Crawford’s latest endeavor is “Becoming by Cindy Crawford,” it’s a coffee table book with 150 photographs and anecdotes from her career as she prepares to turn 50 next year.

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