Richest Supermodels List

Richest Supermodels

About 22 years have passed since Linda Evangelista said she would not rise from her bed for less than ten thousand dollars. And it seems that the prices in the world of high fashion have changed considerably since then.
Indeed, the representatives of our today’s rankings, published by the British financial magazine, “cost” almost a billion, if taken together. Well, we will not exaggerate the already impressive sum of 913,546,200 dollars. And this is despite the fact that there are only twenty beauties!
Of course, such earnings are provided not only by the participation in shows and photo shoots. So, number one in the list of the wealthiest couture divas is Gisele Bündchen (for some years in a row!). She has got the larger part of her fortune due to advertising, as well as due to the success of her line of Ipanema sandals (the brand was created in 2001, and already in 2010 it could boast selling 250 million pairs), and the Sejaa care cosmetics line. We can also add the vast estates in her native Brazil, where, among other things, she has a hotel that is very popular with tourists. Thus we will get that very sum of 151,468,800 dollars of income that has given the first place to Gisele.

The honorary “silver” medal and the income of 89,934,600 dollars went to Tyra Banks – due to her Project America’s Next Top Model, of course. As we know, one of the legendary Victoria’s Angels is not only the host of the show, but its producer as well, which is far more profitable.

And the third place of the podium with 80,467,800 dollars has been taken by the American model Christie Brinkley. However, calling her a “model” is an understatement, because Christie is also an actress, a designer, an illustrator, a photographer, a writer… And what is also important, she is the owner of a large estate, including that in Hampton.

The favorite model of many brands, Kate Moss, is a little “lagging behind” Brinkley. Her participation in the advertising campaigns of Rimmel, Balmain, Agent Provocateur, H&M and Burberry (the last two brands terminated the contract after a cocaine scandal in 2005), her own line for Topshop, which was successfully marketed around the world in 2007-2010, and the current contract with Mango have brought the flamboyant Briton 78.89 million dollars.

Top 20 richest models

1. Gisele Bündchen – $ 158 million
2. Tyra Banks – $ 90 millio
3. Christie Brinkley – $ 80 million
4. Kate Moss – $ 79 million
5. Heidi Klum – $ 71 million
6. Elle Macpherson – $ 60 million
7. Claudia Schiffer – $ 55 million
8. Naomi Campbell – $ 49 million
9. Milla Jovovich – $ 36 million
10. Adriana Lima – $ 34 million
11. Daria Werbowy – $ 30 million
12. Helena Christensen – $ 28 million
13. Natalia Vodianova – $ 23 million
14. Doutzen Kroes – $ 20 million
15. Eva Herzigova – $ 20 million
16. Christy Turlington – $ 17 million
17. Linda Evangelista – $ 17 million
18. Cindy Crawford – $ 17 million
19. Carolyn Murphy – $ 15 million
20. Stephanie Seymour – $ 15 million

Supermodel of the Year 2011

Supermodel of the Year 2011

Despite the fact that, apparently, Gisele Bündchen will never give up her title of the highest paid model in the world, it is difficult to call her the main model in 2011. This place, as we see it, should go to the 27-year-old Dutch beauty Lara Stone, who has made a real revolution in the fashion-industry by signing contracts with 13 brands at once. It was her Nordic type that determined her success on the catwalks and in advertising campaigns of the year 2011.
Among those, who have been conquered by Stone, one will find Calvin Klein and Versace, H&M and Prada, as well as Donna Karan, Cavalli, Givenchy, MaxMara and Levi’s. Being compared to Brigitte Bardot and called the most fashionable person of this year, her type dictates fashion images to the photographers and determines, who will appear on the catwalk. But the greatest achievement of Stone’s is her entering the Forbes rating. Appearing there as a freshman only in 2011, she immediately took the seventh place, even ahead of Natalia Vodianova.

Male Model Andrej Pejic

Male Model Andrej Pejic

Male model Andrej Pejic has fronted a campaign for Dutch retailer Hema's "Mega Push-Up Bra," with the images released generating a huge buzz online.The androgynous model has been one of 2011's biggest fashion stars, having closed Jean Paul Gaultier's womenswear haute couture show in Paris wearing a bridal gown and appearing as Marilyn Monroe in a short film for Love Cat magazine.

Pejic's latest campaign breaks the custom for busty women starring in lingerie campaigns, and the two images where he models the bra under two different dresses caused an immediate stir after being released December 13, with the topic trending on Twitter only hours after the adverts emerged.

Hema's "Mega Push-Up Bra" promises to increase bra size by two cups, and it appears the method of employing a man to promote it could pay off."If a man looks good in that bra, it must be good stuff," wrote one Twitter user.Frockwriter reports that the campaign was shot in Amsterdam back in September, and quotes the Australian model's Sydney agent as hailing the shoot as "revolutionary," although cynics could cite it as gimmicky.

In another underwear promotional stunt, universal push-up bra brand Wonderbra introduced its Ultimate Plunge bra to Londoners last week by projecting a picture of their latest model Adriana Cernanova onto the side of the city's Battersea Power Station.

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Scenes with Reese Witherspoon

As part of a trend that sees international chains recruiting Hollywood stars as spokesmodels -- a recent example was Eva Mendes starring in German fashion store Peek & Cloppenburg's fashion catalogue -- the Hollywood actress is starring in Swedish chain Lindex's latest campaign.



In the making-of video, you can see Witherspoon working it in front of the camera, wearing the brand's 1970s-inspired fall/winter looks: there are on-trend flared jeans, ponchos, and big floppy hats.



Lindex has more than 400 stores around the world.