The most highly paid models of the world: beautiful and rich

American Forbes publishes an annual rating, which lists the highest-paid models of the world. Girls who earn millions of dollars with their beauty and hard work really cause interest. So now I would like to talk about them.

The undoubted winner

Top of the highest-paid models of the world is headed by the Brazilian of German descent - Giselle Carolin Nonnenmaher Bundchen, which has consistently held the first place in this rating since 2004. Her name is perfectly familiar to every fashion connoisseur. And any other person will recognize this russovolosyu girl. After all, she is one of the former angels of Victoria's Secret. In addition, the girl participated in advertising campaigns organized by such giants of the fashion world as "Dolce & Gabbana", "Versace", "Valentino", "Gianfranco Ferre", etc. Plus, it can often be seen on the covers of Vogue, Rolling Stone, Marie Claire and many other publications.

The number of achievements of the girl is constantly growing. She starred in two notable films ("The Devil Wears Prada" and "New York Taxi"), and also created her underwear brand called Gisele Intimates.

Over the past year, 2016, her income was $ 30.5 million. Despite the fact that this figure is 30% less, unlike the profit for 2015 (which was equal to 44 million), Gisele is still far ahead of its competitors. Given that the model has entered into contracts with Carolina Herrera, Chanel and Pantene, its revenue for the current year will be much more impressive.

Followed by

Girls who occupy the next three places after Giselle Bundchen have the same income, which is 10-10.5 million dollars a year. And they are also included in the TOP under the title "The most highly paid models of the world".

This 35-year-old Adriana Lima from Brazil, who is one of the angels Victoria's Secret, as well as the face of the advertising cosmetic campaign Maybelline. In the media, she was christened one of the most beautiful women on the planet.

Next to Adriana in the ranking is a model from Illinois - 24-year-old Carly Kloss. The girl is the face of the advertising campaign Donna Karan, and also actively participates in the shows Calvin Klein, Chanel, Gucci, Versace and many other giants of the fashion world.

The third girl with an annual income of 10 million dollars is Kendall Jenner from the Kardashian star family. The girl is 21 years old, and she began to conquer high fashion from the age of 13. At the age of 15 Kendall signed her first contract with the agency Wilhelmina Models.

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Perhaps, this is how you can briefly describe the British beauty Karou Jocelyn Delevin. This girl with sable eyebrows does not fit into the standards of model beauty. However, nowadays canons are not interesting to anyone.

At the moment, her income is $ 9 million per year. It can be stated with certainty that it will only grow. After all, Kara gets profit not only from contracts with model agencies. She also acts in films. At the moment, her filmography consists of 14 paintings. The girl was most popular with the "Squad of suicides", in which she played the main antagonist.

Bottom positions

Continuing to list the most highly paid models of the world, it is worth noting Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. The income of the 30-year-old British angel Victoria's Secret is $ 9 million. The girl also played Carly Spencer in the third "Transformers" and Ankharat in "Mad Max". At the moment she is not actively engaged in activities, as she is waiting for her first child with her partner Jason Stietem.

In the seventh place, after Rosie, is 22-year-old Gigi Hadid with the same income. Model career American began in two years - then she noticed Paul Marciano from Guess. Parents did not mind their daughter representing the famous Baby Guess line. Then the girl concentrated on studying, but in 2011, resumed her career, continuing work with Marciano.

Eighth place in the ranking of the highest-paid models of the world is a girl from South Africa Candice Swainpole. The income of the 27-year-old blonde is $ 7 million. Interestingly, Candice - the first angel Victoria's Secret from South Africa.

The ninth place is occupied by the girl Liu Wen with an annual income of 7 million dollars. Chinese woman is the most popular model of Asia and has contracts with such brands as Puma, La Perl, H & M, Vidal Sassoon, Mango, and Estee Lauder.

And in the tenth place is Australian Miranda Kerr with an income of 6 million dollars. Interestingly, in addition to her modeling career, she also has her own line of organic cosmetics called Kora Organics.

Representative of Russia

Talking about the most highly paid models of the world according to the version of "Forbes", it is impossible not to mention Natalia Vodyanova. Our compatriot began a modeling career at the age of 16, from the Nizhny Novgorod agency "Eugene". On one of the views, she was noted by the scout from Viva Model Management, who immediately offered the girl a job in the French capital. Naturally, the girl agreed.

Natalia worked on the podium for Valentino, Chanel, Gucci and dozens of other model houses. She appeared on the covers of the most famous fashion magazines, including ELLE and Vogue, even was the official Calvin Klein. At one time, Natalia was even in the "Forbes" rating with an annual income of $ 7 million.

But the appearance of children did not allow her to continue to develop in this direction. Finally Natalia stopped going to the podium after the birth of her third son. Now she has five children - from the British aristocrat Justin Portman and French businessman Antoine Arnault.

Breeze of the past

Noteworthy and those Fashion Queens, who were those in the recent past. Once they were also included in the rating under the title "The most highly paid models of the world". Women have already left the fashion world, but their names have remained in its history forever.

Briton Kate Moss, for example, who is now 43 years old, owns 72 million dollars. She earned them by supporting the brands Burberry and Chanel, as well as Gucci, Calvin Klein and cooperation with other brands. At the peak of her career, in the 90's and "zero", the girl earned 14-15 million dollars a year.

Also in the past, Forbes list of the highest-paid models of the world included Stephanie Seymour, Eva Herzigova, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Cindy Crawford, El MacPherson, Christy Turlington and Claudia Schiffer.

Representatives of the strong half of humanity

Finally it is worth to say a few words about them. The highest paid male models in the world are also of some interest.

In the first place is the 37-year-old Briton David Gandhi with a total income of $ 10 million. A muscular, handsome man is a regular at parties, and also a face of such brands as Hugo Boss, Massimo Dutti and Dolce & Gabbana. David also worked with the Scotch tape manufacturer Johnnie Walker and the famous ice cream company Whey Hey.

In second place is the 27-year-old Canadian Simon Nessman. He cooperates with dozens of brands, including such eminent companies as Calvin Klein, Versace, Yves Saint Laurent, Barneys, etc. But most importantly - Simon is the face of Giorgio Armani. His income is also $ 10 million.

Third place is taken by the 27-year-old Sean O'Prey with a total income of 6.5 million dollars. The young man earned this sum by working with Calvin Klein, Versace, Michael Kors and Ralph Lauren.

Other famous and well-paid male models are Jon Kortaharen, Tony Ward, Tyson Ballou and Maximiliano Patane.