Forbes publishes list of highest paid
models
Forbes magazine has revealed the list of the five supermodels who
were paid the most between June 2008 and June 2009. The list is
exactly the same as it was last year, with Gisèle
Bündchen at the top, followed by Heidi
Klum, Kate
Moss, Adriana Lima and Doutzen Kroes.
Gisèle
Bündchen posing for the Versace campaign
The only difference is that they have not earned their pay in the
same way. Gisèle
Bündchen, who earned $25 million in a year, dominated the list
for the fifth consecutive year. Even though she is no longer a
member of the team of models for American lingerie brandVictoria’s
Secret, the Brazilian succeeded with high budget campaigns such
as Rampage.
Forbes noted that if former catwalk superstar Claudia
Schiffer was right when she said “the age of the
supermodel is over” and that celebrites were taking their place as
models, the new top models have managed to weather the change and
maintain their supremacy.
This change can be seen in the work of Heidi
Klum, the German model listed in second postion, who is now
only doing photo-shoots for prestige, earning her wage as a
television presenter (Project Runway, Germany’s Next Top Model) and
a designer (Birkenstock).
Heidi
Klum is the star presenter of the show Project
Runway
Here is the list of the highest paid models in the world, according
to Forbes:
1. Gisèle
Bündchen, Brazil, $25 million (main campaigns: Dior,
Versace…)
2. Heidi
Klum, Germany, $16 million (main campaigns: Diet Coke,
Volkswagen, McDonald’s)
3. Kate
Moss, United Kingdom, $8.5 million (main
campaigns: Topshop, Versace,Longchamp)
4. Adriana Lima, Brazil, $8 million (main campaigns: Victoria’s
Secret)
5. Doutzen Kroes, Netherlands, $6 million (main campaigns: Seven
for all Mankind, L’Oréal)
By Jonathan Fulwell (Source: C. Vautard)