It’s hard to stay indifferent to the stunning Brooke Shields, with her big blue eyes, incredible smile and her famous thick eyebrows, it wasn’t hard to tell that she would become one of Hollywood’s leading ladies. Brooke was born in Manhattan to a socialite mother who had a few movie stints and her businessman father. While still in her mother’s womb, Brooke was faced with the brutal reality that her life could have been a whole lot different if her mother would have made certain choices. When she was just five days old, her mom, with whom she would later have a very complicated relationship, saw the potential in her daughter’s beauty and she did everything in her power to make sure that the young Brooke will have a successful career in the show business.
When Brooke was barely a teenager she got her big break to star in the controversial film, Pretty Baby. Controversy didn’t stop there and she went on to star in one of the most successful films in the 80’s, The Blue Lagoon, which was racy in its own way. Her mother, who became her manager, was under a lot of criticism for letting her daughter appear in risque and semi-nude scenes. When Brooke turned 21, she did what many models at the time did and posed for Playboy. It seemed like the young model and actress was just chasing one storm after the other. In terms of her love life, she also didn’t have it easy and her notorious marriage to tennis star, Andre Agassi, was packed with drama.
Brooke Shields has known many ups and downs including the loss of both her parents and sinking into depression after her daughter was born, however, she always seemed to stay positive and look for the next project that will make her happy. It seems now, at the age of 52, she is happier than ever and feels the best she ever did with her family, however, Brooke Shields’’ life was far from perfect. Here are the things you didn’t know about the stunning actress.
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Brooke Shields was born in Manhattan straight into the high life of the upper east side with her socialite mother and Revlon businessman father. Teri Shields, Brooke’s mother, was also an actress, so it wasn’t only her beauty that she passed to her daughter. It was also her acting talent. However, Brooke’s life as we know it almost didn’t happen as her father’s family paid Brookes’s mother to terminate the pregnancy. Teri decided to give birth anyway, a decision which changed the family’s life forever. Brooke’s parents divorced when she was just five months old.
