Christie Brinkley Shares Her Life’s Highs and Heartbreaks in New Memoir ‘Uptown Girl’

Blonde beauty Christie Brinkley’s life has been chock-full of adventure, excitement and heartache. Now, the still-stunning supermodel has packed it all into a brand-new memoir called Uptown Girl.

“I did have this pattern of wonderful times … and then something devastating happens,” says Christie, 71. “You realize that it either teaches you an important lesson or it propels you to do something that you never thought you could do.”

The gorgeous celeb was born on Groundhog Day to a couple who would soon divorce. Christie confesses that although her biological father wasn’t a big part of her life growing up, she was still hurt when he legally gave her up.

“I just thought that there was something wrong with me, that I was unlovable,” she reveals.

Her first dream career was as an artist, but her amazing looks led to modeling, which Christie ended up loving — all except the crash diets, that is.

Love was much more complicated for Christie. She lost boyfriend Olivier Chandon de Brailles, a race car driver, in a 1983 accident. Her “soulmate,” singer Billy Joel, father to her daughter Alexa, suffered from alcoholism and they divorced.

She wed Richard Taubman, the father of her son Jack, after they survived a traumatic helicopter crash together. Her last marriage, to Peter Cook, father of her daughter Sailor, ended because he was cheating on her — with a teenager.

Still, she’s thankful for it all.

“Anything that brought [my children] to me, I am grateful for,” says Christie. “Circuitous roots … make the journey all that more special.”