Cindy Crawford

Cindy Crawford

Cindy Crawford says her wedding "feels like yesterday."

The 48-year-old supermodel paid tribute to her husband, Rande Gerber, on her Instagram profile to mark their 16th anniversary today (29.05.14).

The brunette beauty shared a 'Throwback Thursday' photograph of them dressed in white and kissing on a beach, with the caption: "#tbt Happy Anniversary @randegerber! 16 years and it feels like yesterday!"

Cindy, who was also married to actor Richard Gere for four years until 1994, previously opened up about the secret to her happy marriage with the entrepreneur, with whom she has son Presley, 14, and daughter Kaia, 12.

Last year, she said: "We started off as friends, and I know that Rande and I, we will always be friends, no matter what.

"Being rooted and based in friendship, it keeps the relationship elevated. There's always a certain level of respect. We respect each other's opinion about parenting and our personal life, but also for work stuff . . . We really listen to each other. I would want that friendship in my life no matter what."

But Cindy admitted she is extremely independent and often has to force herself to lean on her husband.

She said: "For Rande, my husband, it was hard for him to get used to me not needing that from him. But there's still places in our relationship where I have to let him get that feeling. It's okay to lean on someone. I've had to learn to back down a little bit from that and to be okay, even if it's little things. I've had to slow down, let him open the door. That feels good to him, and then guess what? It feels good to me, too."