<P> Although he relented and decided to make a video for his new song , he still refused to appear in it . Instead , inspired by Peter Lindbergh 's now - iconic portrait of Naomi Campbell , Linda Evangelista , Tatjana Patitz , Christy Turlington , and Cindy Crawford for the January 1990 cover of the British edition of Vogue , Michael asked the five models to appear in the video . While it was not uncommon at the time for models to appear in music videos , usually such models played the love interest of the singer , as with Christie Brinkley 's appearance in her future husband Billy Joel 's `` Uptown Girl '' video , or Turlington 's appearance in Duran Duran 's `` Notorious '' video when she was 17 years old . For `` Freedom ! ' 90 '' , the five models would not portray Michael 's on - screen girlfriends , but would lip - synch the song in his place . </P>
who 's in george michael 's freedom video
Naomi Campbell Linda Evangelista Tatjana Patitz Christy Turlington Cindy Crawford