In order to promote your fashion brand internationally, you need charming faces and models. To advertise a variety of products, models work with brands, artists, photographers, and fashion designers. The clothes, hairstyles, and appearance of models are crafted by stylists and makeup artists, but they are ultimately responsible for how they appear in front of the camera.
According to statistics from the United States, fashion models earn an average of $112,685 per year or $54.18 per hour. For a model, 5’9″-6′” is a normal height, 32″-36″ is a normal bust size, 22″-26″ is a normal waist size, and 33″-35″ is a normal hip size. The majority of women are not able to meet these standards, which is why fashion models generally get the most money and the most work.
Numerous smaller and niche fashion industries make up the fashion industry. Retail/online stores, global brands, fashion magazines, and design houses are what people generally think of when they think of fashion. In the manufacture of clothes, there are also other craftspeople and industries.
This list highlights 10 of the world’s most successful fashion models, compiled from our research.
Kendall Jenner
The actress, model, and socialite, Kendall Nicole Jenner, was born on June 16, 1987, in New York City. A reality star on Keeping Up with the Kardashians, she is the daughter of Kris Jenner and Caitlyn Jenner. Jenner started modeling when she was 14 years old.
With an estimated income of $4 million, Jenner debuted at No. 16 on Forbes magazine’s 2015 list of the world’s highest-paid models. Forbes ranked Jenner above model Gisele Bündchen for the first time since 2002, with Jenner now the highest-paid model in the world.
Born: 3 November 1995 (age 25 years), Los Angeles, California, United States
Height: 1.79 m
Shoe size: 10
Siblings: Kylie Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian
Parents: Kris Jenner, Caitlyn Jenner
Education: Laurel Springs School (2014), Sierra Canyon School
Gigi Hadid
A model from the United States, Jelena Noura Hadid. Models.com ranked her among its Top 50 Models in November of 2014. A British fashion council named her International Model of the Year for 2016. Hadid has contributed to 35 international covers of international Vogue magazines over the past four years.
In addition to her Dutch mother, Gigi has a Palestinian father, Mohamed. Additionally, Zayn’s parents are British Pakistanis and English.
Born: Jelena Noura Hadid, April 23, 1995 (age 26) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation: Model
Years active: 1997–present
Partner(s): Zayn Malik (2015–present)
Children: 1
Parent(s): Mohamed Hadid, Yolanda Hadid
Relatives: Bella Hadid (sister)
Modeling information: Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Hair color: Blonde
Eye color: Blue-green
Agency: IMG Models (New York)
Bella Hadid
Model Isabella Khair Hadid is from the United States. A panel of industry professionals voted her Model of the Year for Models.com in 2016. She has a younger brother, Anwar, and an older sister, Gigi, both of whom are models. When Hadid was a teenager, she competed in equitation, a sport that is not on the Olympic program, and dreamed of winning a gold medal during the 2016 Summer Olympics.
At the age of 16, Hadid had a commercial project for Flynn Skye that launched her modeling career. In addition to modeling, she also appeared in the films “The Swan Settings” by Lesa Amoore, alongside actor Ben Barnes, and “Smoking Hot” by Holly Copeland. Her best friend, Jesse Jo Stark, whose family brand, Chrome Hearts, she also modeled for, produced work for her and Hudgen’s Fall/Winter 2013 Collection.
Born: October 9, 1996 (age 24) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation: Model
Years active: 2012–present
Parent(s): Mohamed Hadid, Yolanda Hadid
Relatives: Gigi Hadid (sister)
Modeling information: Hair color – Brown (dyed), Blonde (natural), Eye color – Blue-green
Agency: IMG Models
Adriana Lima
Known as a Victoria’s Secret Angel from 1999 to 2018, Adriana Lima is a Brazilian model and actress. In 2017, she was named “the most valuable Victoria’s Secret Angel” because of her long-running career. Having walked her first Victoria’s Secret runway at the age of 17, she has attended subsequent shows since becoming a Victoria’s Secret Angel in 2000. Beginning with the show in 2003, she opened the show in 2007, 2008, and 2010.
Originally from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Lima became a citizen on 12 June 1981. As a child, Lima was raised only by her mother after her father left the family when she was six months old. Despite wishing to pursue a career as a pediatrician prior to modeling, she began modeling anyway.
The native Portuguese speaker is fluent in four languages: Portuguese, English, Italian, and Spanish.
Born: 12 June 1981 (age 40), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Occupation: Model, actress
Years active: 1997–present
Spouse(s): Marko Jarić
Children: 2
Modeling information: Height – 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in), Hair color – Dark Brown, Eye color – Blue
Agency: Creative Artists Agency (New York, Los Angeles), Elite Model Management (Paris, London, Milan)
Cara Delevingne
English model, actress, and singer Cara Jocelyn Delevingne. Following graduation from school, she was hired by Storm Management. During the 2012 and 2014 British Fashion Awards, Delevingne was named Model of the Year. At the British Fashion Awards in 2012 and 2014, Delevingne won Model of the Year.
Delvingne broke into the acting world with a small role in Joe Wright’s 2012 adaptation of Anna Karenina. A few of her most notable roles are Margo Roth Spiegelman in Paper Towns (2015), the Enchantress in Suicide Squad (2016), and Laureline in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017).
Born: 12 August 1992 (age 29), Hammersmith, London, England
Occupation: Model, actress, singer
Years active: 2009–present
Relatives: Charles Delevingne (father), Poppy Delevingne (sister)
Modeling information: Height – 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m), Hair color – Blonde, Eye color – Blue
Agency: IMG Models (New York, Milan, London), Scoop Models(Copenhagen)
Karlie Elizabeth Kloss
A fashion model from the United States is Karlie Elizabeth Kloss. The Vogue Paris magazine named her one of the “top 30 models of the 2000s” when she was 17. From 2013 to 2015, Kloss was an Angel of Victoria’s Secret; in 2015, she resigned to attend New York University.
Model Kloss also has a keen interest in technology and has founded a camp that aims to interest young girls in STEM majors. With its second season, the reality television series Project Runway will air with Kloss as the host.
A local benefit show led to the discovery of Kloss. Kloss was 14 years old when he was photographed by David Leslie Anthony for a cover and editorial shoot for Scene Magazine in Chicago in 2006. Following this, Elite Model Management Chicago forwarded her tear sheets to Elite Model Management New York, which signed her.
Born: August 3, 1992 (age 29) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater: New York University
Occupation: Model
Years active: 2006–present
Spouse(s): Joshua Kushner (m. 2018)
Children: 1
Modeling information: Hair color – Blonde, Eye color – Hazel,
Agency: The Society Management, IMG Models (worldwide), 2pm Model Management (Copenhagen), UTA (Los Angeles)
Gisele Bündchen
Model, activist, and entrepreneur, Gisele Caroline Bündchen is from Brazil. Model Gisele Bündchen has been in the top 10 income earners in the world since 2001. As of 2012, she ranked number one on Forbes’ list of top-earning models. In 2007, she nominated herself as the 16th-richest woman in the entertainment industry.
Modeling can be credited to Bündchen’s death in 1999, says Vogue. Between 1999 and 2006, Bundchen was a Victoria’s, Secret Angel. After being rejected 42 times in 1997 in London, Bündchen was cast in an Alexander McQueen exhibition the following year. As part of Versace, Givenchy, and Salvatore Ferragamo’s spring campaigns 2012, Bündchen modeled for three campaigns.
For lunch, she usually eats a salad laden with whole foods, or a soup with vegetables. Almost all of Bundchen’s diet is plant-based, except for the occasional meat or fish.
Liu Wen
Among the most famous Chinese models is Liu Wen. Her debut as a “bona fide supermodel” was hailed by The New York Times in 2012. The first Chinese model to walk in a Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, as well as the first East Asian to be the face of Estée Lauder cosmetics, was the first Asian to make Forbes magazine’s annual highest-paid model list. The 2017 edition of American Vogue featured Liu as the second Chinese model on its cover and the first on its front lid rather than foldout.
She was born near Yongzhou, Hunan, in China. In order to improve her posture, Liu’s mother encouraged her to become a model. At school, she had the habit of hunching up her back just because she towered over the rest of her classmates.
Liu won the semifinals of the New Silk Road World model competition in Hunan, where she resides. After becoming a sought-after model, Liu’s first exposure to the global modeling industry was in 2007, when she appeared in an editorial in Chinese Cosmopolitan styled as Karl Lagerfeld and Viktor & Rolf.
Born: 27 January 1988 (age 33) Yongzhou, Hunan, China
Modeling information: Height -1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in), Hair color – Black, Eye color – Brown
Agency: The Society Management (New York), Elite Model Management (Paris, Milan, Barcelona), Storm Management (London)
Naomi Campbell
Model, actress, and businesswoman Naomi Elaine Campbell are from the UK. As a teenager, she was the first recognizable and in-demand model in the late 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, including the contemporary era. The fashion industry and the international press deemed Campbell one of six supermodels of her generation.
In addition to modeling, Campbell has also released an R&B album and appeared in numerous films and TV shows, including the reality show The Face, which featured Campbell as a contestant. Various causes are also part of Campbell’s charity work.
When Campbell appeared in the music video for Bob Marley’s “Is This Love”, she was seven years old. ‘I’ll Tumble 4 Ya’ by Culture Club was her first music video. At 12, she tapped danced for it. Her original intent was to become a dancer, and she studied dance from the age of 3 to 16.
Born: 22 May 1970 (age 51) Streatham, South London, England
Occupation: Model, Actress, Businesswoman
Years Active: 1978–present
Partner(s): Flavio Briatore (1998–2003), Vladislav Doronin (2008–2013)
Children: 1
Modeling Information: Height – 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m), Hair color – Black, Eye color – Dark brown
Agency: d’management group (Milan), ZZO (Paris), Models 1 (London), Priscilla’s Model Management (Sydney), DNA Models (New York City) (mother agency)
Musical Career: Genres R&B, Labels Epic
Joan Smalls
Puerto Rican actress and model Joan Smalls Rodriguez. It was the first time that a Latina model received a position with Estée Lauder cosmetics. Forbes magazine’s list of the world’s highest-paid models included her for the first time in 2013, ranking eighth with earnings of more than $3 million.
The fashion supermodel is known to most for her work with Givenchy, Estée Lauder, and Victoria’s Secret lingerie model. In 2011, she appeared in four Victoria’s Secret Fashion shows, and in 2015 it was five. Estée Lauder has been her face since 2011, making her the first Latina to represent the brand.
Born: July 11, 1988 (age 33) Hatillo, Puerto Rico
Alma Mater: Interamerican University of Puerto Rico
Occupation: Model/Actress
Years Active: 2007–present
Modeling Information: Height – 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in), Hair color – Brown, Eye color – Brown (EU) 83-61-87
Agency: IMG Models