The World's 15 Top-Earning Models

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1. Gisele Bundchen

$35 Million

The highest-paid model said goodbye to Victoria's Secret in 2007, but still juggles 20 contracts.

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1. Gisele Bundchen

$35 Million

The 27-year-old continues to bag new contracts, noticeably with Pantene and a cosmetics giant yet to be named. Her face graces ads for Disney, Nivea, Vogue eyewear and Aquascutum, the U.K.-based luxury line. Her line of Grendene sandals, Ipanema by Gisele, banks her about $6 million a year. And her romance with New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady keeps her in the tabloids--she even escaped being blamed for the Patriots' loss to the Giants.
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2. Heidi Klum

$14 Million

The second highest-paid model in the world is more of a media and retail mogul, with hit shows in two countries and lines of jewelry, jeans and skincare.
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3. Kate Moss

$7.5 Million

The überwaif lost some important contracts last year, but her fashion line is an international hit.

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3. Kate Moss

$7.5 Million

The 34-year-old ended campaigns with Burberry, Stella McCartney, Dior and Versace. But her retail line with British retailer Topshop, carried in 29 countries, keeps her bank account from starving. Other clients include Donna Karan, Longchamp, Agent Provocateur, Yves Saint Laurent, Roberto Cavalli and Rimmel.
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4. Adriana Lima

$7 Million

The Brazilian beauty remains hugely popular on the Web and in her Victoria's Secret commercials.
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4. Adriana Lima

$7 Million

The blue-eyed beauty, 27, lost her Italian phone company Telecom Italia contract, but holds on to bread-and-butter clients Victoria's Secret and Maybelline, for which she just renegotiated a multiyear deal. She also modeled for Mexico City-based department store giant Liverpool and graced the April cover of GQ magazine, her second for the men's mag, and drew a record number of hits to its Web site. Her sexy Valentine's Day Victoria's Secret Superbowl ad was a sensation.
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5. Doutzen Kroes

$6 Million

This honey from Holland, 23, makes the longest leap up the list this year thanks to her contracts with Calvin Klein, L'Oréal and Victoria's Secret.
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5. Doutzen Kroes

$6 Million

The Dutch model catwalks into the top five, thanks to being a triple contract threat: She reps fragrance and fashion with Calvin Klein's Eternity and White Label, cosmetics with L'Oréal and lingerie as the newest Victoria's Secret model. And let's not forget diamonds with De Beers.
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6. Karolina Kurkova

$5 Million

The Victoria's Secret babe remains one of the lingerie giant's most important--and highest paid--models.
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6. Karolina Kurkova

$5 Million

If it seems like this Czech beauty has been around the industry much longer than would it would seem for someone only 23 years old--that is because she hit success young, appearing on Vogue at 16 and bagging her Victoria's Secret contract at 21. This year, she renegotiated her contract with the lingerie giant, as well as campaigned for Dell and Mexico City-based department store giant Liverpool.
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7. Natalia Vodianova

$4.8 Million

This ravishing Russian and mother of three, 26, has been a Calvin Klein muse for longer than any other model, including Kate Moss.
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7. Natalia Vodianova

$4.8 Million

Vodianova is the exclusive face of Calvin Klein's Euphoria fragrance. She also picked up deals with Paris-based beauty giant Guerlain, Chanel, Versace and Diane Von Furstenberg, and continues to model for David Yurman jewelry.
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8. Carolyn Murphy

$4.5 Million

If you've been in a department store any time within the past few years, you've seen this ubiquitous 32-year-old. The porcelain-skinned beauty is not only the main face of cosmetics powerhouse Estée Lauder, but she adorns ads for Anne Klein, Tiffany & Co., Lord & Taylor and Jantzen swimwear.
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9. Daria Werbowy

$3.8 Million

This Canadian may not be a household name, but she's a household face.
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9. Daria Werbowy

$3.8 Million

This striking brunette, 24, is the main visage for beauty behemoth Lancome, but that is far from all. She rotates ad campaigns for Louis Vuitton, Versace, Roberto Cavalli, Chanel, Valentino, H&M, Missoni and David Yurman jewelry.

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10. Miranda Kerr

$3.5 Million

The bewitching babe from Down Under is Victoria's Secret's latest star.

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10. Miranda Kerr

$3.5 Million

Kerr is getting a bit of a late start, breaking through in her delectable Victoria's Secret campaigns at the ripe age of 23. However, expect her to remain in angel wings for awhile--the lingerie giant just renegotiated her contract for multiple years. She's also the face of Australian department store David Jones and the face most likely to be seen around town with actor Orlando Bloom. Not bad for an Aussie who only moved Stateside two years ago.

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11. Isabeli Fontana

$3 Million

This gorgeous Revlon model makes her list debut.

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11. Isabeli Fontana

$3 Million

Fontana, 24, hasn't been around too much lately, as she took some time off to raise her two children. But she's back with a bang, booking campaigns with lingerie lines Passionata and Chantelle, H&M, Versace, Dolce & Gabbana and Viktor & Rolf fragrance.

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11. Gemma Ward

$3 Million

This doll-faced Australian was in the news this year when she was romantically linked to Heath Ledger shortly before his death in January.
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11. Gemma Ward

$3 Million

Tabloids aren't what get Ward, 21, on the list. It's her contracts with Japanese cosmetics giant Kose, Valentino, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Karl Lagerfeld, Swarovski and Louis Vuitton.

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12. Selita Ebanks

$2.7 Million

This lingerie lovely is the latest Victoria's Secret millionaire.
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12. Selita Ebanks

$2.7 Million

The 25-year-old was born in the Cayman Islands and lived in New York while contemplating a career in law. Unfortunately for the legal industry, the caramel-skinned beauty went into modeling instead. Last year, she made her first appearance in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. She's been romantically linked to actor Nick Cannon and New York Giants defensive linesman Osi Umenyiora.

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13. Valentina Zelyaeva

$2.3 Million

This classically beautiful Muscovite is the exclusive face of Ralph Lauren and two L'Oréal fragrances.

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14. Hilary Rhoda

$2 Million

The new face of Estée Lauder is also hailed as the new face of fashion.

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14. Hilary Rhoda

$2 Million

The stunning 21-year-old former athlete from Chevy Chase, Md., is the heir to the famous faces of Estée Lauder. She's a favorite in the pages of Vogue and made waves as the "new" face of fashion with her curvier (for the modeling world) body.

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15. Liya Kebede

$1.5 Million

Estée Lauder's first black model was phased out of the company's ads last year, but she's hardly disappeared.

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15. Liya Kebede

$1.5 Million

This 30-year-old Ethiopian groundbreaker hangs on by her manicured fingernails to the list by virtue of contracts with H&M, The Gap, Anne Taylor and Givenchy.


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