Cindy Crawford

## Overview

Cindy Crawford has established herself as one of the strongest WWYD Superstars after winning Queen's Cup III. She suffered a 54-46 defeat in Round 1 of WWYD3 against Catherine Zeta-Jones, but then took the WWYD-world by storm by unveiling her mastery of Route 2. Crawford has a wide array of Route 2 shots, but uses Blue Denim and Black Denim as finishers. She finished third in WWYD4. She is best friends with fellow Queen's Cup winner, Brooke Shields and joined The Pantheon shortly before WWYD4. Like Shields, she talks about the importance of hard training, taking vitamins and saying prayers, but seems to lay particular emphasis on "American values". She is typically much more assertive in her personality than Shields. In the run-up to Queen's Cup IV, along with Shields and Michelle Pfeiffer, Crawford was one of the judges in the X-Factor storyline. Unlike Shields, Crawford disagreed with Pfeiffer a lot, and seemed more willing to take risks on potential superstars and reward appeals to sexuality from contestants who use either Route 1 or Route 2 tactics. She also seemed to show a good head for business. To date Crawford has only lost two matches: to Zeta-Jones in Round 1 of WWYD3 and to Pfeiffer in the Semi-Finals of WWYD4. However, in WWYD5 she once again faced Pfeiffer in the Semi-Finals and this time won 51-49 to face Monica Bellucci in the Final. She also won that match and dedicated her victory to Shields following the controversial events of Shields-gate. This made Crawford the first WWYD superstar to win both the Queen's Cup and the WWYD Tournament.

# Storylines and Controversies

## WWYD3

Crawford lost 54-46 to Catherine Zeta-Jones using her famous "Pepsi Ad" shot in a match many considered at the time and still consider "an upset".

## Queen's Cup III

Crawford was also far-and-away the strongest contestant in the group stages with an average score of 77 and three wins. The only other superstar with 3 group-game wins, Denise Richards, also reached the final and was defeated by Crawford as her lower average of 72 might have predicted. She defeated Rachel Weisz 54-46 in the Semi-Finals and Richards by the same scoreline in the final. Crawford is said to have won the tournament by dazzling the fans with her mastery of Route 2, which up until that point had not been displayed at a world-class level.

## WWYD4

The tournament was dominated by the Med Event Mafia vs. The Pantheon storyline of which Crawford was a part because she joined The Pantheon just prior to the tournament starting. She had been invited by her best friend, Brooke Shields. Although she was not directly involved in any controversies, Crawford was one of the more outspoken members of The Pantheon and lambasted the Med Event Mafia for trying to use corruption and power to get ahead rather than old-fashioned hard work which, she maintained, was "The American Way, the Pantheon Way".

In the Quarter-Finals of the tournament, The Pantheon definitively defeated the Med Event Mafia when all four of its remaining members -- Crawford, Shields, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jennifer Connelly -- went through to the Semi-Finals. Crawford shocked the WWYD-world in those Quarter-Finals by defeating Commissioner Monica Bellucci 53-47 in match that many considered to be an upset since Bellucci was widely expected to win the entire tournament, not least owing to her powers as commissioner. Since The Consortium Takeover happened co-currently with the Quarter-Finals, Bellucci was not able to overturn the result, and it remains probably Crawford's greatest victory to date.

## Queen's Cup IV

After WWYD4, The Pantheon were reduced to just five members, which reduced further to four after Scarlett Johansson left the group and joined Liz Hurley to form GTFO. Crawford, along with Brooke Shields and Michelle Crawford set out on a scouting mission to find new talent who might be worthy of joining The Pantheon. In addition, in the nominations to WWYD5 the "Present" category was oversubscribed, a total of 34 hopefuls were nominated for just 8 places. Crawford, Shields and Pfeiffer agreed to take part in the X-Factor as a panel of judges who would decide 16 out of the 34 to go forward. Crawford was a notably a more lenient judge than Pfeiffer, who only said "yes" to 5 out of the 34 contestants. In contrast to Pfeiffer, who is a purist favouring The Straight Bat, Crawford showed a willingness to reward users of Route 1 and Route 2, and those who showed potential from a business point-of-view. On more than one occasion, she mentioned the importance of supporting "strong women".

## WWYD5

Crawford won the tournament with a series of impressive wins, most notably 51-49 over Michelle Pfeiffer in the Semi-Final, a match notable for the fact that it reversed the result of the Semi-Final of WWYD4 where Pfeiffer had won. Crawford went into the Final against Monica Bellucci angry and looking for revenge for the harm that had been done to her "friend till the end", Brooke Shields following the events of Shields-gate. After Crawford defeated Bellucci 52-48, she said: "This is for Brooke, who was screwed by cheating Meds and their grip over a corrupt official. USA! USA! USA!"

## 1st Tag-Team Tournament

Crawford partnered with, of course, Brooke Shields as American Made. The pair stormed through the group stage but the tournament was extremely unhappy for Crawford owing to the Med Event Mafia's Hospitalisation of Brooke Shields, which left her unable to compete in the Semi-Final match scheduled to be against her arch-rival Salma Hayek and her partner Penelope Cruz. Crawford suffered the humilation of having to tag with Lizzo. However, Shields healed from her injuries following the Med Event Mafia's arrest and subsequent court appearance and the Semi-Finals were restarted. Sadly for her though, American Made were unable to defeat The BFFs and lost by the narrowest scoreline (51-49). This left Shields in floods of tears and Crawford struggled to console her.

# Facts

* **Signature shots**
	+ Blue Denim
	+ Black Denim

* **Stables**
	+ The Pantheon

# Championships and accomplishments

* Queen's Cup III winner
* WWYD5 winner