Legendary model Christie Brinkley has revealed that she has had a hip replacement 12 years after a helicopter crash. The 66-year-old beauty took to her Instagram account to show off an image of herself in a diving costume while sat on a boat.
Her youthful-looking bare legs are on show in the image and a plaster is visible on her hip in the first image. Later images show Christie while diving in waters near her home.
Christie captioned the images: "New Year, New Hip! Yes that’s a band aid on my hip. "I injured my hip in a back country skiing helicopter crash on a mountaintop in Telluride many years ago.
The pain in my hip got a little bit worse each year. "12 years ago I was told it needed to be replaced but the surgery was daunting !
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