Question: The mother of Alexa Ray Joel spent how how long as the face of CoverGirl? 

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Baby Grand: "Baby Grand" is the fourth and final single released off Billy Joel's album "The Bridge".  A duet with Joel and Ray Charles, the song is a ballad dedicated to the baby grand piano, and the relationship it can share with its players.  The two originally got together when Charles contacted Joel about the naming of his daughter, Alexa Ray, after Charles.  Charles then suggested they create a song together.

Lucy Gordon (actress): Lucy Gordon (22 May 1980 – 20 May 2009) was an English actress and model.  She became a face of CoverGirl in 1997 before starting an acting career.  Her first film was "Perfume" in 2001 before going on to have small roles in "Spider-Man 3", "Serendipity" and "The Four Feathers".  Gordon had played the actress and singer Jane Birkin in the film "", a biopic of singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg.  Before the film was released, she was found hanged in her flat in Paris on 20 May 2009 after committing suicide.

Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel): "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)" is the seventh track and third single from Billy Joel's 1993 album "River of Dreams".  It was inspired by Alexa Ray Joel, his daughter by Christie Brinkley.  The song is in the key of G major.

Hanni Beronius: Hanni Beronius (born 21 January 1990) is a Swedish beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe Sweden in 2012.  Beronius represented Sweden in Miss Universe 2012 in Las Vegas.  Her father is Swedish and her mother was brought up in Iran by a Swedish mother and Persian father.  Beronius lives in Gothenburg, Sweden.  She is the first Swedish contestant at Miss Universe to be of Persian descent.  In 2010, Beronius filed a complaint to the police about people taking her photos and using them to create fake Facebook accounts, which led to Beronius being harassed by people via phonecalls and mobile texts messages.  On 28 November 2012, Beronius appeared as the covergirl and in an editorial on the Washington magazine "The Georgetowner".

Face to Face 1994: Beginning in 1994, Elton John toured extensively with Billy Joel on a series of Face to Face tours, making them the longest running and most successful concert tandem in pop music history.  During these shows, the two have played their own songs, each other's songs and performed duets.  They grossed over US $46 million in just 24 dates in their sold out 2003 tour.  John and Joel resumed the Face to Face tour in March 2009 and it ended again, at least for the time being, in March 2010.  Joel denied rumors in the trade press that he canceled a summer 2010 leg of the tour, claiming there were never any dates booked and that he intended to take the year off.  Joel stated in 2012 that he would no longer tour with John because it restrains his setlists.

Alexa Ray Joel: Alexa Ray Joel (born December 29, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist.  She is the older daughter of singer-songwriter Billy Joel and first child of model Christie Brinkley.  She released an EP "Sketches" (2006) and several singles on independent record labels.  She has performed at numerous charity events and New York City fashion events, and in 2010 was chosen to be the spokesmodel for Prell shampoo.

James Charles (model): James Charles Dickinson (born May 23, 1999), known professionally as James Charles, is an American Internet personality and model.  On October 11, 2016, at the age of seventeen, he became the first male spokesmodel for cosmetics brand CoverGirl, working alongside brand ambassador Katy Perry.  As the first male spokesmodel and brand ambassador for CoverGirl, Charles will be the face of the soon-to-be launched "So Lashy!"  by BlastPro Mascara.

The Downeaster Alexa: "The Downeaster 'Alexa'" is a song originally written, produced, and performed by Billy Joel for his eleventh studio album "Storm Front".  The album itself went to number one while the fourth single "The Downeaster 'Alexa'" placed at #57 in the "Billboard" Hot 100.  The song was included on Billy Joel's "Greatest Hits Vol.  3" album in 1997.

Christie Brinkley: Christie Brinkley (born Christine Lee Hudson, February 2, 1954) is an American model and actress.  Brinkley gained worldwide fame beginning in the late 1970s with three consecutive "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue" covers through 1981.  She spent twenty five years as the face of CoverGirl (the longest running cosmetics contract of any model in history), has appeared on over 500 magazine covers, and has signed contracts with major brands—both fashion and non-fashion.

Ray Cooper: Raymond Thomas "Ray" Cooper (born 19 September 1947) is an English virtuoso percussionist.  He is a session and road-tour percussionist, and occasional actor, who has worked with several musically diverse bands and artists including George Harrison, Billy Joel, Rick Wakeman, Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd and Elton John.  Cooper absorbed the influence of rock drummers from the 1960s and 1970s such as Ginger Baker, Carmine Appice, and John Bonham.  Incorporation of unusual instruments (for rock drummers of the time) such as cowbells, glockenspiel, and tubular bells, along with several standard kit elements, helped create a highly varied setup.  Continually modified to this day, Cooper's percussion set offers an enormous array of percussion instruments for sonic diversity such as the tambourine, congas, crash cymbals, cowbells, roto toms, tubular bells, the gong, snare and timpani.  For two decades Cooper honed his technique; In the 1990s, he reinvented his style.  He is known for the 7-minute percussion and drum solos he performed during the years 1990–1991 for Eric Clapton and for the 7-minute percussion and drum solos during all the 1994 Face to Face Tours with Billy Joel, and Elton John, and the tours with the Elton John band during the years of 1994–1995.

Supporting paragraphs: Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) Christie Brinkley
Answer: twenty five years