United Kingdom, April 26 -- Cindy Crawford has revealed that her brother's leukemia was discovered after a spanking from his father.

The 59-year-old supermodel lost her younger sibling Jeffrey when he died in the early 1970s following a battle with the blood cell cancer, and has explained that the symptoms were noticed when it became apparent that his bruises were too prominent to have come from a physical punishment.

Speaking on the ' Kelly Corrigan Wonders' podcast, she explained: "I know this sounds very, like, child abuse, but, you know, we definitely were spanked as kids.

"My mother, she would say, 'Go to your room, you're getting a spanking.' And that waiting period to your point was just like the worst.

"I have a brother who di...