It's considered an internship process for the hundreds of anonymous 15- and 16-year-old foreign girls who swarm the runways of New York, Paris and Milan each season. The days of $10,000 runway fees are over. Top models like those on our list still bank millions, but only once a multiyear contract is secured. But watch for Bundchen's fortunes to possibly decline next year: In December, her record-breaking $5 million a year deal with Victoria's Secret expires.įor most other models, things are different. She also brings in at least $6 million a year by licensing her name to a Brazilian shoe company, Grendene. Gisele Bundchen is a workhorse who leads the pack by far: While most models on the list have one major contract in addition to three or four seasonal campaigns, Bundchen juggles almost 20 campaigns. Household names Heidi Klum ($8 million), Adriana Lima ($6 million) and Alessandra Ambrosio ($6 million) round out the top five slots. Where necessary, the "relevancy" of the model-determined by recent campaigns, editorials, fashion magazine covers and the opinion of those in the industry- were taken into account. The 15 models on our list were ranked primarily according to estimated earnings over the past 12 months.
Gisele Bundchen tops 's 2007 list of The Top Earning Models in the World, raking in $33 million, more than triple the $9 million banked by Kate Moss, who came in second. In Pictures: The World's 15 Top-Earning Models In Pictures: Inside A Victoria's Secret Shoot With Alessandra Ambrosio Video: Millionaire Models Video: Spend A Day With A Victoria's Secret Model They dated or married movie stars (Linda Evangelista and Kyle MacLachlan Christy Turlington and Ed Burns Cindy Crawford and Richard Gere). They inspired franchises (the ill-fated "Fashion Café," which was part-owned by supermodels Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell and Elle MacPherson).
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