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The age-defying supermodel looks phenomenal. As a spokesperson for Ultherapy (which lifts skin on the brow, neck, under-chin, and improves décolletage wrinkles), Christie has been vocal about the non-invasive procedure being a part of her beauty routine. "I wondered if people would think I'm phony and fake. But it's better to be honest and say, "Yeah, this is what I do," she has said about Ultherapy, which revives collagen and elastin naturally with no downtime. The three-time Sports Illustrated cover girl is in Miami to help the magazine's editor, MJ Day, with their open casting call. "I completely understand why she wanted other people there because I would never in a million years want the responsibility of trying to figure out which girls are going to be in and which you have to let go, because honestly, we met so many amazing girls today." Thousands of models showed up from all over the globe, and Christie met with about 18 determined models, who had her crying and laughing during their chat. What sort of advice would you like to have received when you started out with SI? "It's funny, I look back at some of the pictures and I can remember posing for the picture and being sure that I didn't deserve to be there. I literally, in my first photo, was squirming thinking my hips are too big, my thighs are too big. I don't know what to do with my hands. [Former editor] Jule Campbell, as I was squirming, goes, 'Oh my God, look how she moves. It's fabulous," she says with a big smile. "She just thought I was working it in front of the camera." Last year Christie's daughters Alexa Ray Joel and Sailor Brinkley Cook joined her on an SI photo shoot, and she was surprised to find that the two also stressed about the same things she did forty years earlier, despite being raised to be confident, smart girls. "But still, there's something where I guess you're like, kind of vulnerable, in a sense. But if you can find power in that moment, then I think there's something to be said for them." Her advice for young women? Don't compare yourself to others. "You have something special to offer. Sometimes it's the thing that you think makes you different that actually makes you unique and special. If I had a little moreconfidence in the beginning, I would've enjoyed myself a little bit more than worrying so much."