Cindy Crawford normally is seen on the red carpet posing fiercely like a female Derek Zoolander.

But on Wednesday evening the 50-year-old model gave all that Blue Steel pouting a break as she took to the podium at the Fifth Star Awards at Millennium Park in Chicago.

The Vogue favorite was on hand to present an award to her old foe turned friend, fashion photographer Victor Skrebneski. 

A new look: Cindy Crawford laughed at the Fifth Star Awards at Millennium Park in Chicago on Wednesday

For her pal: The Vogue favorite was on hand to present an award to her old foe turned friend, fashion photographer Victor Skrebneski

Blue Steel: Crawford normally is seen on the red carpet posing fiercely like a female Derek Zoolander; here she is seen on September 8 in NYC

The pinup looked pretty in a blue halter pantsuit that showed off her yoga-toned arms.

The wife of Rande Gerber had her highlighted hair in soft curls that caressed her shoulders/ Gold hoop earrings added a Jenny From The Block feel. 

It's a nice change for Cindy to be presenting an award to Skrebneski because for years they were not talking.

Stylish: The pinup looked pretty in a blue halter pantsuit that showed off her yoga-toned arms

Sexy: The wife of Rande Gerber had her highlighted hair in soft curls that caressed her shoulders/ Gold hoop earrings added a Jenny From The Block feel

From foe to friend: It's a nice change for Cindy to be presenting an award to Skrebneski because for years they were not talking

The man who gave her a hard time: Victor, seen here in 2013, told Cindy she was not easy to photograph, which is difficult to comprehend given her stunning features

That photographer, who is now 86, refused to work with Crawford after she ditched one of his shoots in the 1980s.

At the time he was Chicago's most famous advertising photographer who worked for Estee Lauder and Chanel. He also has carved out a niche with his black-and-white celebrity portraits of actresses such as Sharon Stone. 

Victor helped Cindy - who grew up in DeKalb and briefly attended Northwestern University - in her early years. They met when she was 17.

They have a past: That photographer, who is now 86, refused to work with Crawford after she ditched one of his shoots in the 1980s

He helped her out: Victor helped Cindy - who grew up in DeKalb and briefly attended Northwestern University - in her early years. They met when she was 17

'He knows exactly what he wants. It's hard to describe exactly how I feel about him, except I know I respect him as much as I've ever respected anyone,' Crawford, then 19, told the Chicago Tribune in a 1985 story.

But when Cindy skipped out on a catalog shoot with Victor because she landed a job in Egypt that lasted 10 days, he cut her off.

'I had been scared to rock the boat but had hoped that the studio would be gracious and let me go. Instead, I was told that if I didn't do the catalogue shoot, Victor would never work with me again. Ever,' Crawford wrote in her 2015 book Becoming.

She ticked him off: But when Cindy skipped out on a catalog shoot with Victor because she landed a job in Egypt that lasted 10 days, he cut her off

A long, frosty break for these two: They didn't talk for 15 years but are now on good terms

'Victor also told me that I didn't have an easy face to photograph and that he was the only photographer who knew how to make me look good. To this day, sometimes on set I still have to fight the thought that I don't have an easy face to photograph.'

They didn't talk for 15 years.

But then he asked her to shoot a poster for the Chicago International Film Festival and they became friends again. 

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The star told the Chicago Tribune last week: 'I think sometimes we forget -Midwesterners and Chicagoans - how much talent we have right in our own city. It's great to celebrate it and I'm happy to be back and be part of that.'

She added: 'Now we have a real friendship, an equal friendship, that kind of full circle moment for me. To be able to give him this award just feels great.'

The Fifth Star Awards also honored blues musician Buddy Guy and National Museum of Mexican Art founder Carlos Tortolero. 

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