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"Christie Brinkley&amp;amp;#8217;s luminous smile has, during her 20 plus year tenure as a Cover Girl spokesmodel, no doubt helped to sell thousands of lipsticks. It is a signature feature that, in an industry where most models aren&amp;amp;#8217;t usually instructed to look cheery and smile-y in photographs (though over at Vitamin G, happy photos are welcome!), certainly set her apart. Brinkley recently revealed the secret behind her gorgeous grin. (Hint: It doesn&amp;#x27;t have anything to do with whitener!)Christie Brinkley in 1983, at the height of her popularity as a model. &amp;amp;#8220;I think my smile was really my passport to success in the modeling industry,&amp;amp;#8221; Brinkley recently told the magazine Dear Doctor- Dentistry &amp;amp; Oral Health. In fact, she calls it her best beauty secret. &amp;amp;#8220;It&amp;amp;#8217;s instantly uplifting. Both for the face and the spirit! And today my theory has been scientifically proven, that a smile actually releases chemicals into our brain that makes us feel immediately happier.&amp;amp;#8221; And Brinkley, unlike some other stars, was born with those perfect pearly whites&amp;amp;#8212;&amp;amp;#8220;I lucked out and got my mom&amp;amp;#8217;s beautiful straight teeth. I never needed braces and I never got cavities. That doesn&amp;amp;#8217;t mean I didn&amp;amp;#8217;t want braces, because it seemed like the coolest kids had them. I wanted them so badly I would bend a paper clip and wear it like a retainer!&amp;amp;#8221; And, Brinkley&amp;#x27;s perma-grin isn&amp;#x27;t just good for her. It seems that the old saying, &amp;amp;#8220;smile and the world smiles with you,&amp;amp;#8221; might actually be true&amp;amp;#8212;according to a recent article in Time happiness is contagious. So, do you think Miss Christie Brinkley has a killer smile? Are there other stars whose smiles you think are even more perfect? Would you, as Beth brought up recently, pay a lot to fix your smile? And, most importantly, what always manages to make you smile (Brinkley&amp;#x27;s answer is Saturday Night Live)? Photo: Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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