Forbes Highest Paid Models

[jj36]

The list is a joke.

But the MDC list is even worse.
Alana Zimmer, Ava Smith, CBN, Cora Emmanuel, Esther Heesch, Herieth Paul, Janice Alida, Karlina, Kel Markey, Marique, Samantha, Sara Blomqvist and Tess Hellfeuer don't earn that much at all. When they all weren't credible enough anymore for the original lists they all moved from other lists to the Money list.
Even more prove that MDC takes bribes from agencies to put girls in their fast declining irrelevant lists.

Most of those I agree with but Karlina Caune is the new face of Elizabeth Arden so her being high earner makes sense.

 

[SpeakThatJDunn]

2015:
- Gisele Bundchen $44 million (£28.3m)
- Cara Delevingne $9 million (£5.7m)
- Adriana Lima $9 million (£5.7m)
- Doutzen Kroes $7.5 million (£4.8m)
- Natalia Vodianova $7 million (£4.5m)
- Miranda Kerr $5.5 million (£3.5m)
- Joan Smalls $5.5 million (£3.5m)
- Lara Stone $5 million (£3.2m)
- Alessandra Ambrosio $5 million (£3.2m)
- Candice Swanepoel $5 million (£3.2m)
- Karlie Kloss $5 million (£3.2m)
- Carolyn Murphy $4.5 million (£2.8m)
- Kate Moss $4.5 million (£2.8m)
- Liu Wen $4.5 million (£2.8m)
- Daria Werbowy $4.5 million (£2.8m)
- Kendall Jenner $4 million (£2.5m)
- Hilary Rhoda $3.5 million (£2.2m)
- Jourdan Dunn $3.5 million (£2.2m)
- Kate Upton $3.5 million (£2.2m)
- Anja Rubik $3.5 million (£2.2m)
- Edita Vilkeviciute $3.5 million (£2.2m)

From Forbes.com.

WHY is Natasha Poly never on the list? Why is Cara ranked so high? How is Kendall making that much money (from just modeling)? Where did Carolyn Murphy come from suddenly?

 

[congacon]

hilary rhoda, jourdan dunn, anja, and edita .....make that much? oh please forbes!!!!

what a joke!!

 

[SpeakThatJDunn]

hilary rhoda, jourdan dunn, anja, and edita .....make that much? oh please forbes!!!!

what a joke!!

Well Jourdan has a Maybelline contract, did a high profile Burberry campaign, did a Calvin Klein underwear campaign, Tommy Hilfiger, Ann Taylor, has more commercial deals with Express. She also made money from outside modeling with HTC and other stuff. I'm shocked she didn't make more.

 

[Aizanara]

2015:
- Gisele Bundchen $44 million (£28.3m)
- Cara Delevingne $9 million (£5.7m)
- Adriana Lima $9 million (£5.7m)
- Doutzen Kroes $7.5 million (£4.8m)
- Natalia Vodianova $7 million (£4.5m)
- Miranda Kerr $5.5 million (£3.5m)
- Joan Smalls $5.5 million (£3.5m)
- Lara Stone $5 million (£3.2m)
- Alessandra Ambrosio $5 million (£3.2m)
- Candice Swanepoel $5 million (£3.2m)
- Karlie Kloss $5 million (£3.2m)
- Carolyn Murphy $4.5 million (£2.8m)
- Kate Moss $4.5 million (£2.8m)
- Liu Wen $4.5 million (£2.8m)
- Daria Werbowy $4.5 million (£2.8m)
- Kendall Jenner $4 million (£2.5m)
- Hilary Rhoda $3.5 million (£2.2m)
- Jourdan Dunn $3.5 million (£2.2m)
- Kate Upton $3.5 million (£2.2m)
- Anja Rubik $3.5 million (£2.2m)
- Edita Vilkeviciute $3.5 million (£2.2m)

From Forbes.com.

WHY is Natasha Poly never on the list? Why is Cara ranked so high? How is Kendall making that much money (from just modeling)? Where did Carolyn Murphy come from suddenly?

Cara and Kate Upton earn from acting, celebrity endorsements and a little bit of modeling. Kendall earns from her TV show, modeling, celebrity endorsements (Topshop) and mostly from her name. So I don't think they are earning that much from modeling only...

 

[dsamg]

2015:
- Gisele Bundchen $44 million (£28.3m)
- Cara Delevingne $9 million (£5.7m)
- Adriana Lima $9 million (£5.7m)
- Doutzen Kroes $7.5 million (£4.8m)
- Natalia Vodianova $7 million (£4.5m)
- Miranda Kerr $5.5 million (£3.5m)
- Joan Smalls $5.5 million (£3.5m)
- Lara Stone $5 million (£3.2m)
- Alessandra Ambrosio $5 million (£3.2m)
- Candice Swanepoel $5 million (£3.2m)
- Karlie Kloss $5 million (£3.2m)
- Carolyn Murphy $4.5 million (£2.8m)
- Kate Moss $4.5 million (£2.8m)
- Liu Wen $4.5 million (£2.8m)
- Daria Werbowy $4.5 million (£2.8m)
- Kendall Jenner $4 million (£2.5m)
- Hilary Rhoda $3.5 million (£2.2m)
- Jourdan Dunn $3.5 million (£2.2m)
- Kate Upton $3.5 million (£2.2m)
- Anja Rubik $3.5 million (£2.2m)
- Edita Vilkeviciute $3.5 million (£2.2m)

From Forbes.com.

WHY is Natasha Poly never on the list? Why is Cara ranked so high? How is Kendall making that much money (from just modeling)? Where did Carolyn Murphy come from suddenly?

It is a little unfair to include Kendall, a celebrity model..she would have been earning revenue from plenty of other areas before that.

 

[congacon]

cara makes 9.5 millions? haha didn't see that. she got max a few hundred k for her roles. and what other modeling contract that would pay her millions?

 

[zacatecas570]

2015:
- Gisele Bundchen $44 million (£28.3m)
- Cara Delevingne $9 million (£5.7m)
- Adriana Lima $9 million (£5.7m)
- Doutzen Kroes $7.5 million (£4.8m)
- Natalia Vodianova $7 million (£4.5m)
- Miranda Kerr $5.5 million (£3.5m)
- Joan Smalls $5.5 million (£3.5m)
- Lara Stone $5 million (£3.2m)
- Alessandra Ambrosio $5 million (£3.2m)
- Candice Swanepoel $5 million (£3.2m)
- Karlie Kloss $5 million (£3.2m)
- Carolyn Murphy $4.5 million (£2.8m)
- Kate Moss $4.5 million (£2.8m)
- Liu Wen $4.5 million (£2.8m)
- Daria Werbowy $4.5 million (£2.8m)
- Kendall Jenner $4 million (£2.5m)
- Hilary Rhoda $3.5 million (£2.2m)
- Jourdan Dunn $3.5 million (£2.2m)
- Kate Upton $3.5 million (£2.2m)
- Anja Rubik $3.5 million (£2.2m)
- Edita Vilkeviciute $3.5 million (£2.2m)

From Forbes.com.

WHY is Natasha Poly never on the list? Why is Cara ranked so high? How is Kendall making that much money (from just modeling)? Where did Carolyn Murphy come from suddenly?

I read somewhere this list makes no sense, just like the one on models.com
There is no way some of the listed models earn more money than Natasha Poly with fragrance contracts, L'Oreal and landing all the blue chip campaigns. Ridiculous

 

[Benn98]

hilary rhoda, jourdan dunn, anja, and edita .....make that much? oh please forbes!!!!

what a joke!!

Haha, so true! I cant imagine these girls netting that much. Cara's earning makes sense, she's got Tag Heuer or some other watch brand, Chanel, Burberry, Topshop, Ysl Beauty, and the acting money. Maybe Forbes doesnt do actual research into the industry, but instead just accept data supplied by bookers? I dont understand how Natasha Poly with her bag full of endorsements didnt made the cut. Nor how Liu Wen is so very low on that list - she's also on a reality show and Chinese television pays big bucks!

 

[Runabout]

Whatever it is, Gisele Bundchen is overpowered as hell...

By the way, where does Heidi Klum gone?

 

[Benn98]

By the way, where does Heidi Klum gone?

Well Heidi doesn't belong on this list because she's not (never was, imo) a real model. She's more of a celebrity. Much like Tyra Banks.

Wish I could find out what Adriana's source of income is. VS, Maybelline, Marc Jacobs?? She's forever in the top 5, it's baffling because I never see her anywhere.

 

[AtticusFinch]

2015:
- Miranda Kerr $5.5 million (£3.5m)
From Forbes.com.

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHA. SOOO false.
Unless they count Cannes 'events'.

WHY is Natasha Poly never on the list? Why is Cara ranked so high? How is Kendall making that much money (from just modeling)? Where did Carolyn Murphy come from suddenly?

It also relates to publicity. I doubt a random on the street would know would Poly was despite her incredible career. She keeps her mouth shut.

 

[khyrk]

^Right? Natasha has been with L'Oreal, has had 2 Fragrance campaigns and a million campaigns since 2012 and is never on the list. Not even on MDC's Contract Girls at the very LEAST

 

[anlabe32]

I doubt any of that list is true.

 

[katcty]

2015:
- Gisele Bundchen $44 million (£28.3m)
- Cara Delevingne $9 million (£5.7m)
- Adriana Lima $9 million (£5.7m)
- Doutzen Kroes $7.5 million (£4.8m)
- Natalia Vodianova $7 million (£4.5m)
- Miranda Kerr $5.5 million (£3.5m)
- Joan Smalls $5.5 million (£3.5m)
- Lara Stone $5 million (£3.2m)
- Alessandra Ambrosio $5 million (£3.2m)
- Candice Swanepoel $5 million (£3.2m)
- Karlie Kloss $5 million (£3.2m)
- Carolyn Murphy $4.5 million (£2.8m)
- Kate Moss $4.5 million (£2.8m)
- Liu Wen $4.5 million (£2.8m)
- Daria Werbowy $4.5 million (£2.8m)
- Kendall Jenner $4 million (£2.5m)
- Hilary Rhoda $3.5 million (£2.2m)
- Jourdan Dunn $3.5 million (£2.2m)
- Kate Upton $3.5 million (£2.2m)
- Anja Rubik $3.5 million (£2.2m)
- Edita Vilkeviciute $3.5 million (£2.2m)

From Forbes.com.

WHY is Natasha Poly never on the list? Why is Cara ranked so high? How is Kendall making that much money (from just modeling)? Where did Carolyn Murphy come from suddenly?

I don't think the numbers are exactly accurate but I would say that the order might be with the exception of Cara. The 9 million figure definitely includes the false reports that made 5 million from paper towns. The movie only had a 12 million dollar budget. She got a few hundred grand at best. I think Natasha doesn't make the list ever because her rate probably isn't as high as these girls. The girls on the list seem to be girls who majority money jobs, while she seems to do campaigns that don't pay as much. I don't think L'Oreal is paying their girls as much money as some other cosmetics brands. Also, Carolyn Murphy has been on the highest paid models list for about 15 years now. If you go back she's always there.

 

[katcty]

To clarify about the Natasha statement. I see her mainly as a cover star. She does a lot of high end campaigns but I don't think the brands she does them for with the exception of H&M are the highest paying. On the other hand, someone like Edita who did ads for Juicy Couture, Calvin Klein, and Roberto Cavalli would make more because it seems that more accessible brands pay more.

 

[Benn98]

The World's Highest-Paid Models 2016: Karlie Kloss And Kendall Jenner Storm Top Three With $10 Million Apiece

Natalie Robehmed
Forbes Staff
Aug 30, 2016 @ 08:00 AM

For fashion’s elite, follower count has finally turned into fiscal fortitude. Though Gisele Bündchen still leads the world’s top-earning models with $30.5 million, Kendall Jenner (No. 3) and newcomer Gigi Hadid (No. 5) have risen up the ranks by turning their outsized Instagram followings into multi-million dollar paydays.

Gisele remains the woman to catch: The 36-year-old has made more money than any other model since 2002. She banks big from lucrative fragrance and beauty deals with Chanel , Carolina Herrera and Pantene, plus advertisements for Arezzo shoes and SkyTV in her native Brazil. More than a clotheshorse, her own line of lingerie and skincare help set her earnings apart.

Bündchen bests fellow Brazilian Adriana Lima (No. 2, $10.5 million) by $20 million. Lima, the longest-running Angel in Victoria’s Secret history, clocked her largest ever annual paycheck this year from her contract with the L Brands-owned lingerie giant, Maybelline and IWC watches, among others.

Together, the world’s 20 highest-paid models earned a cumulative $154 million between June 1, 2015, and June 1, 2016, before fees and taxes; they boast close to 200 million Instagram followers combined.

The biggest gainer year over year is third-ranked Jenner, who saw her earnings increase 150% to $10 million in 2016. She has leveraged her huge social presence of 64.4 million Instagram followers—more than anyone else on the list—into million dollar deals with the likes of Estée Lauder and Calvin Klein, who likely see her social platforms as a new media buy.

“Our business has changed,” says Chris Gay, President of The Society Management, which represents Jenner. ”These models [have] become more and more influential because they are the conduits of media–not only somebody who can be the face of the campaign but a powerful means to distribute it.”

Tied with Jenner at No. 3 is Karlie Kloss, who doubled her earnings since 2015 by clocking more campaigns than any other model on the ranking. She advertised for 18 different brands in our scoring period, including Express EXPR -0.51%, L’Oréal and Swarovski.

Jenner and Kloss inch just ahead of the two highest-ranked newcomers: Hadid and Brit Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, who both earned an estimated $9 million pretax to land at No. 5. Hadid has turned digital fame into dollars, translating over 22 million Instagram followers into contracts with top-notch retailers Maybelline and Tommy Hilfiger all before her 22nd birthday.

“Models, YouTube stars, social media stars–this is their era,” explains Ivan Bart, President at IMG Models, which represents Hadid. ”Models were on the cover of the last two issues of American Vogue: Gigi [Hadid] in August and Kendall [Jenner] in September.”

Across the pond, Huntington-Whiteley, recognizable from roles in the recent Mad Max: Fury Road and 2011′s Transformers: Dark of the Moon, found being an English rose could equal retail gold: A royalty cut from her own series of lingerie, make-up and fragrances lines for department store Marks & Spencers accounts for the majority of her millions.

Nearly a third of this year’s ranking are new. The list’s debutantes includes three breakout Victoria’s Secret models: Lily Aldridge, Jasmine Tookes and 20-year-old Taylor Hill, who is the youngest member to make the $4 million cut off.

Victoria’s Secret Angels make up 30% of the highest-paid models list, thanks in part to their lucrative contracts with the lingerie maker, while contractees Martha Hunt and Josephine Skriver were among the near misses for this year’s ranking.

Kate Moss (No. 13, $5 million) is the only model who featured in FORBES’ first-ever Celebrity 100 list back in 1999, alongside four other models–Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington and Niki Taylor.

This year, only 30% of the listmembers hail from the U.S. Three Brazilians and three Brits (Cara Delevingne, Moss and Huntington-Whiteley) make the cut, just ahead of two Dutch models (Doutzen Kroes and Lara Stone).

Save for the likes of Jasmine Tookes and Liu Wen, the majority of the list is overwhelmingly white and entirely ”straight”-sized. This reflects the lack of inclusion on catwalks and in campaigns. A recent survey by FashionSpot, which examined 236 Spring 2016 print ads, found that 78.2% of the models featured were white, while Black models made up 8.3%, Asian models comprised about 4%, and Latina models accounted for 1.7% of those featured. Despite the increased efforts of agencies to promote transgendered or plus-sized models, these women book editorial shoots but still rarely ink the lucrative long-term deals that result in six-to-seven figure paydays.

Earnings are based on income from cosmetics, fragrance and other contracts; estimates are sourced from interviews with numerous managers, agents and brand executives. Models are rarely remunerated for magazine editorials or catwalk appearances, while gigs with storied design houses pay little but give models prestigious exposure they can leverage into moneyed underwear and beauty deals.

Male models are not included in the ranking as they typically earn far less than female models—one of the only industries where the gender pay gap is reversed. The last time FORBES ranked male models, in 2013, Sean O’Pry topped the list with an estimated $1.5 million.

Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2016/08/30/the-worlds-highest-paid-models-2016-karlie-kloss-and-kendall-jenner-storm-top-three-with-10-million-apiece/#691e6c32e17f

 

[dsamg]

It isn't a fair list at all..if all of their 'extracurricular' activities are included, that means Kendall's earnings would include her KUWTK related income.

 

[zacatecas570]

I wonder why Natasha Poly is not in this list with all the work she has.

 

[SpeakThatJDunn]

I wonder why Natasha Poly is not in this list with all the work she has.

Which is proof this list is bull. IMG is blatantly buying slots on the list.

And i agree, including money from outside modelling isn't fair. Stupid list.