Smart Women, Foolish Choices

Who hasn't admired Christie Brinkley for her all-American good looks and gorgeous physique? She has the classic, good looks that many women pay plastic surgeons thousands of dollars for. At 52, she gives young women hope that life only gets better as you age. Not only is Christie beautiful, but she is smart and talented. She has studied art in Paris, and her work can be seen on one of her former husband's (Billy Joel) album covers. She is a social activist who has lent her image and given her money to such causes as ovarian cancer and the environment. She has three picture-perfect children and, at 52, a stellar modeling career, which is still going strong today. She recently posed for the cover of a brand new magazine called 'Dash'. She had it all, or so it seemed. One has to wonder though, how someone so amazingly beautiful, talented and smart could make such foolish choices when it came to men. She's been married four times and with each marriage, eventually came the disillusion that her man was no Prince Charming. So how does one so beautiful, successful and smart make such foolish choices? Perhaps she just bought into her own fairytale life a little too much and never took into consideration the possibility that her choice was less than perfect. Maybe her men just couldn't live up to her perfect expectations? I have great sympathy for her, mind you, but still one has to wonder if she will now take the time to do a little soul searchin in the wake of her latest personal disaster. She had been quoted as saying in an interview at the onset of her last marriage that this would be her fourth and final one. Perhaps that's a good idea.