(Long Island, NY) Hot Hamptons Happenings began this weekend as glamorous Manhattanites journey on their exodus to the hot Hamptons in search of fun in the sun, shopping in expensive upscale boutiques, fabulous parties and celebrities. Memorial Day Weekend marks the beginning of fabulous social events in the Hamptons until Labor Day. CEO and publisher Jason Binn of glossy Hamptons Magazine had its 7th annual kickoff Barbecue at his palatial home in South Hampton. The magazine boast their impressive demographics of upscale readers are young urban professionals age 33, have a home worth $2.6 million, spend a small fortune on apparel approximately $25,000 annually, drive Bentleys, Aston Martins, Ferraris, Hummers, Jaguars and Maseratis.
This years Hot Hamptons Barbecue was hosted by gorgeous supermodel Christie Brinkley who is also the latest cover girl of this month’s issue.
Christie states in the magazine that her three kids are the most important part of her life – Alexa Ray Joel, 21, Jack, 11 and Sailor 8. “One of the most wonderful things about being a parent is that you’re born with your interest and your visions, then you have people in your life that you love so much, and they bring you their own view of the world,” she revealed. Christie also states in the magazine that spirituality and practicing yoga have helped her coped through the journey of life. “I find that I hear my yoga instructor’s voice very often,” said Brinkley.who recent underwent back surgery as a result of a skiing accident,
Christie Brinkley and celebrity event photographer Shane Gritzinger
For therapy and to relieve stress Ms Brinkley is painting, creating art, and taking photos.
One of the most beautiful faces to be photographed on the cover of a magazine, Christie Brinkley was born Christie Lee Hudson on February 4, 1954 in the upscale beachy town of movie stars and celebrities, Malibu California. Beautiful Brinkley personified the Malibu blonde California girl.
Her father was a television writer, who worked on shows such as The Virginian and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. At the young age of 18, Christie moved to Paris and enrolled in an art School. She began working as an illustrator after graduating and then fame struck. Christie was discovered by an American photographer on the fashionable streets of Paris. She was hesitant about leaving her creative job as an illustrator to become a high fashion model for the prestigious Ford Modeling Agency. After much consideration she decided on the career change.
Every high fashion models dreams of signing a cosmetic deal, such is the case with Christie when she signed a sweet deal with the cosmetic line Cover Girl in 1976. She also appeared on the cover of the swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated. The editors were so happy with the result of sales due to her photo layout spread that they convinced her to do a repeat performance for two more consecutive years.
Ms. Brinkley beautiful image has appeared on over 500 magazine covers around the globe including Vogue, Newsweek, Cosmopolitan, Rolling Stone and Time establishing her as a bona fide star. Christie’s face on the cover of Life Magazine made it the top selling issue of all time. She has also been a spokesmodel for Chanel perfume and Prell Shampoo.
In 1985 she married Recording Artist Billy Joel which produced a daughter Alexa Ray. Christie appeared in a number of the singer’s music videos and was the inspiration for his major hit “Uptown Girl.” Unlike many high paying beautiful super models, Christie never aspired to become a movie star. Her focus has always been her family. She did however have a cameo appearance in blockbuster hit film “National Lampoon’s Vacation” in 1983 as Chevy Chase’s fantasy. As a result of appearing in the film she did some TV work as well. She divorced Billy Joel in 1994 and has been married three times and conceived two more children with last husband architect Peter Cook. She also supports many causes such as the Make-A-Wish Foundation and nuclear disarmament.
Ms. Brinkley is one of the most beautiful famous faces that habitats the hot Hamptons.
Other celebrity Hamptonites that attended this years annual Barbecue Bash were celebrity event photographer Shane Gritzinger, Carson Kressley, News 12 Gina Glickman, Jason, Haley Binn, Penny Binn, Lauren Abbruzo, Porschia & Russell Simmons, Rocco G, Sara Sherby Jaime Murray, Dan Abrams and James and Kedakai Lipton.
Another fabulous Hamptons Happening this weekend was The Grand Opening of The WhiteHouse Nightclub With A Special Performance By Fergie from the Blackeyed Peas in Hamptons Bays. The Duchess is currently on her Verizon VIP Tour which is running across the country until July.
The 32 year old songtress admits that “this tour is fulfilling my lifelong dream right now. And I’m finally proving to myself that I can handle the stage, with this, I’m taking the lead, so it’s finding out what I can do.” The Duchess became an international star when she began singing with Black Eyed Peas four years ago with successful grammy winning hits like “Where is the Love,” and “My Humps.” Fergie recently released her own album last fall selling a whopping 1 million copies. Her favorites are “Glamorous” and her latest hit “Big Girls Don’t Cry.”
Fergie Born Stacy Ferguson, reveals ” The tour is special because I’m doing a lot of personal songs, and it’s letting people in, letting people in to the softer side.”
Other celebrities that enjoyed her performance at the White House Launch were G Rod, Gigi Girls, Richard Kubick and Gina Glickman from News 12.
