Kaia Gerber says that even on her best days, she’s “not even close” to looking like her mom. She calls being compared to Cindy Crawford the largest compliment she can get.
At AchtBerlin on August 3, 2026, Kaia Gerber takes part in the photocall ahead of the Berlin premiere of “The Shards.” Photo by Gerald Matzka / Getty Images.
“I wish I did. I think even on my best days, I’m not even close,” Kaia Gerber told Yahoo Entertainment when asked about the constant comparisons to her mother.
Kaia Jordan Gerber steps out for the Palm Royale Emmy FYC event at Hollywood Athletic Club in May 2024. Photo by Amy Sussman / Getty Images.
The 24-year-old daughter of Cindy Crawford and Casamigos co-founder Rande Gerber said being told she resembles Crawford, 60, is an honor. “I think she’s just the most beautiful woman inside and out. And so if there’s any way that I remind anyone of her, it’s just, like, the largest compliment.”
At Cipriani Wall Street in New York City, the 74th National Book Awards on November 15, 2023 brought out Kaia Gerber and Cindy Crawford. Photo by Cindy Ord / Getty Images.
The denial is funnier in context. Gerber has said she pulls up old photos of her mom to test hair and makeup, on the logic that if a look worked on Cindy, it’ll probably work on her.
At the December 18, 2001 grand opening of Green Valley Ranch Station Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, Cindy Crawford smiles during an interview — the event also marked the debut of Whiskey Sky, the nightclub owned by her husband Rande Gerber. Photo by Scott Harrison / Getty Images.
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She walked “The Shards” premiere in New York on July 27 in a floor-length Valentino column gown covered in beads and crystals, her glam built on Crawford’s ’90s formula: bronzed skin, a brown smoky eye, a glossy nude lip and a soft blowout.
At El Quijote in Chelsea, New York City, on July 27, 2026, Kaia Gerber attends ‘The Shards’ after party wearing a sheer beaded gown with a diamond pattern. Photo by Aeon / GC Images via Getty Images.
There’s a full-circle wrinkle to the press run, too. Gerber stars in the Ryan Murphy FX series, adapted from Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, opposite Homer Gere, the 26-year-old son of Richard Gere, who was married to Crawford from 1991 to 1995. The two had never met before a cast hangout two weeks before filming.
At the Beverly Hilton on March 4, 1999, the 19th Annual St. Jude Children’s Hospital Benefit Gala drew Cindy Crawford, dressed in a floor-length silver sequined slip dress. Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd. / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images.
Commenters weren’t buying the modesty. “She’s Cindy’s twin,” one wrote. Another offered, “She looks more like her mom than her mom looks like her mom.”
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