MDC (Models.com) Rankings

[misscheriedior]

I apologise in advance if I'm posting this in the wrong thread, but the other day I decided to compare the list of top 50 females models of 2006 (Feb) to 2011 (now) and see if trends in the modeling industry had changed much in 5 years. Obviously a lot of us can agree that the models.com list isn't always accurate and sometimes biased but it's probably (in my opinion) the best (only?) list on the internet for ranking models...
Anyway! Here are the things that I worked out from my findings

In 2006 the average age of a model in the top 50 was 20.1, which compared to now (20.3) it is not much different.
The oldest models in the top 50 in 2006 were 28 (Hannelore Knuts and Guinevere Van Seenus) and the youngest models were 14 (Camila Finn, Claudia Seiler, and Tanya Dziahileva)
In 2011 the oldest model in the top 50 is 29 (Alessandra) and the youngest is 15 (Hailey Clauson).
In 2006 29% of the models were under 18, and 11% were over 25.
In 2011 23% are under 18 and 16% are over 25.
The most common age of a model in 2006 was 20, and in 2011 it is 23.

In 2006 96.4% of models were white, 1.8% were black and 1.8% were asian. In 2011 90.9% are white, 5.5% are black and 3.6% are asian.

As far as nationalities go in 2006 the most popular nationality of a model in the top 50 was Brazilian at 14.7%
Russian and American both made up 13.1% each followed by 6.5% being Canadian.

In 2011 the most popular nationality is American with 21.1%, Polish and Russian both make up 9% each and Australian and Brazilian make up 5.4% each.

I hope someone finds this interesting! Also for the record, there were only 8 models who appeared in both lists: Natasha Poly, Sasha Pivovarova, Anja Rubik, Jessica Stam, Iselin Steiro, Lily Donaldson, Freja Beha, and Caroline Trentini. Obviously there are models who have been moved into other lists, and some models were older in 2006 and therefore no longer modeling today or some models are younger in 2011 and therefore had not begun modeling in 2006 but it’s fun to know anyway.

 

[Legolas]

I'm sure if someone makes that same research you made, but comparing 2006 and 2011 men's rankings... the results would be a loooot more... interesting regarding age and reminiscence in the list.

 

[Legolas]

Okay... I can't believe I went to archive.org only to check if there was at least one boy who has remained on the list since Feb 06, and gues what? ... Only Lars Burmeister, who was #9 back then, remains on the Top 50! Today he's #6. On this year's February he would have been on that list for 5 years now, and he has only advanced 3 places; do we have to predict he'll never reach #1?... Then we have cases like Andrés Velencoso who's now #6 on the Icon's list and was #23 on the Top 50, Mathias Lauridsen who was #8 and now's #10 on the Icon's and Brad Kroenig who was #1 and now`s #5 on the Icon's.... but only Lars remains on the Top 50.

Still ... what a shocker.

 

[agee]

lara definitely deserves her top spot. freja definitely has more works than lara but quality wise, freja's works dont stand out compared to lara's. everyone is talking about lara's covers or eds but for freja's there is not too much buzz about it(except for her crazy hardcore fan).

what i see in freja's campaigns is that she always share it with other girls. she has so many MG campaigns(balenciaga, chanel, lv, gucci, valentino, and so many more) compared to only girl campaigns. too many MGs campaigns just make me feel like she is not strong enough to sell ads on her own.

Even if they were multi-girl you cannot get better quality / prestige than Balenciaga, Louis Vuitton, Valentino and Chanel, Chanel, Chanel, Chanel and oh yeah, Chanel? Freha pretty much has a de facto Chanel contract; come on, when campaign season rolls around these days, there is more certainty that we will see Freja as the face of Chanel, than whether or not we will see the models who have contracts as the faces of those brands. Also, while Lara was OG for Calvin Klein's mainline, IIRC the campaigns for the other lines were multi-model.

While I have made joking comments about Freha's fans, I don't know if Lara's fanbase should be considered of a higher caliber.

If this were last season, I definitely would have agreed with them sharing the #1 position, and even though I believe that Freha deserves to occupy the top spot alone, I would be OK if they shared it for now as well.

 

[IAmLordZen]

^^ before Baptiste, Mathias was #1 in the men's ranking.

 

[congacon]

i have to say that an exclusive ck campaign is way more prestige than a regular chanel campaign. if u look at natalia or kate moss (or even christy turlington) you will associate them with ck more than any other campaigns in the past. i do totally believe ck exclusive contract gave natalia and kate moss their supermodel status.

 

[Forrest]

^Yes it is. Even I know that
Lara is one of my favourites, but if Freja deseverd it, then Freja is number 1. There is one last thing to say about this. Lara makes her own choise not walk for everyone. She does one per day I believe for designers she like. And I love the excl. cause I don't see the same face everywhere and then it's nice to see her again, that's what I meant. If Freja was more exclusive and not everywhere I would liked her a lot more. Also before CK Lara had OG campaigns (LV, Disquared ao). Freja not. And I said it before elsewhere I don't think Freja or Lara would sleep less or better if the other one was number 1. So Marcel you're right, I love your photo.

 

[TheChosen1]

oh, puh-lease, Lara Vs. Freja? For numero uno spotto? (lol. what?)
Anyway, I think it will remain Lara. I'm a fan of both, but judging on how MDC update their list Lara will stay on top for like a year or so. MDC's quite slow in updating their list, right?

 

[TheChosen1]

i think we should create an argument on Lara VS Freja. You know, like the ones Sasha VS Raquel, Lara VS Natasha.. Pros and Cons.
Anyone interested?

 

[Legolas]

^^ before Baptiste, Mathias was #1 in the men's ranking.

I remember that yes... but I was comparing 06's list and today's .. and Baptiste was not even in Karl's craziest dreams by that time, so ...

 

[apriliciate]

I have put so much effort on explaining why Freja and Lara equaly deserce a number one spot (I just think Freja will miss out on the moment of becoming number one like Sasha did because I think she has her career peak right now and not in two years) but eventually I just thought...who cares...
models.com

omg, problem solved!

 

[alonsoJonathan]

am i the only one who think frida should be higher?

 

[Unknownpleasures]

^maybe
you might as well be biased (i see her name in your signature)
I don't follow her but I think she's strong in print and on the runway
but she hasn't gotten many campaigns like to be ranked higher.
The only reason I think she should be ranked higher is the amount
of followers she has,sadly,I don't think they count that.

 

[LiranYana]

Well... I mean Gemma is in the next POTC movie, probably getting paid MUCH more than Sasha is for Miu Miu, Just Cavalli, and all the other campaigns she's gotten recently combined. So, I don't know if Sasha outwitted Gemma, Gemma just didn't want to model any more so Sasha just stole all the work she would've gotten. If Gemma had not left the industry and continued modelling, Sasha would be pretty big but not near where she is today.

That said I ABSOLUTELY LOVE Sasha, possibly more than Gemma. Sasha's personality is so fun and it comes out in every shot she takes, and every runway she walks, not in my top 10 but Sasha's spirit can't be ignored. But if Gemma hadn't quit, Sasha probably would've faded.

Well she will star on POTC but not a lead role, and besides plenty of models have turned to acting even Natalia gets a lead Movie for 2012 but still good for Gemma.

I said that she Outwitted Gemma because you just proved my point.
you are saying Sasha wouldnt be as Big as Today if it wasnt for Gemma which is completely false. Sasha was her own person her beauty, personality and her likeability propelled her at the top pf the industry, back in 2008 I still recalled comments posting Sasha as a Poor Man's Gemma that for I felt bad for sasha

 

[agee]

i have to say that an exclusive ck campaign is way more prestige than a regular chanel campaign. if u look at natalia or kate moss (or even christy turlington) you will associate them with ck more than any other campaigns in the past. i do totally believe ck exclusive contract gave natalia and kate moss their supermodel status.

^Yes it is. Even I know that
Lara is one of my favourites, but if Freja deseverd it, then Freja is number 1. There is one last thing to say about this. Lara makes her own choise not walk for everyone. She does one per day I believe for designers she like. And I love the excl. cause I don't see the same face everywhere and then it's nice to see her again, that's what I meant. If Freja was more exclusive and not everywhere I would liked her a lot more. Also before CK Lara had OG campaigns (LV, Disquared ao). Freja not. And I said it before elsewhere I don't think Freja or Lara would sleep less or better if the other one was number 1. So Marcel you're right, I love your photo.

I totally agree that being the Calvin Klein contract model is probably the biggest "get" in high-end fashion, but while joining the ranks of Brooke, Christy, Kate and Marky-Mark may be enough to snag the top spot, merely hanging onto the contract and not adding to the legend should not keep you in that spot. Also, it should be noted that the legend of Calvin Klein's advertisements and how it contributed to models like Kate and Natalia becoming a supermodel and top model respectively, is not about campaigns for the main line, rather it has been campaigns and TV spots for the underwear, jeans and fragrance lines; and for those lines, thus far Lara has only done a print campaign for the jeans; BTW Natalia's fragrance commercials are still airing where I live. For the record I think that Lara's work for Calvin Klein dating back to her cosmetics campaign for them a few seasons back has been superb! I like David Agbodji's campaigns too.

I am not discounting the Calvin Klein contract, the anniversary cover of VP and the other covers and campaigns, but they do not offset the Freja juggernaut which includes three Vogue Italia covers in one year, five plus seasons as the face of the most prestigious design house, steady if not increasing demand for her presence on the catwalks and several other covers and campaigns.

While some may personally prefer that a model stays exclusive, which to me is code for sitting on your butt, chain smoking and rationing bon-bons, I think that that is antithetical to being named the top face in the fashion industry. Now I would be concerned about a highly ranked model losing her exclusivity and cachet if she was one of five models for the Max Mara Week End Pajama line, but when you are cast in multi-model campaigns and are in the same image with Ines de la Fressange, Stella Tennant, Claudia Schiffer and Kristen McMenamy, I would not consider that subordinate to snagging an OG campaign.

 

[ParisFashionMuse]

(Personally) I think all the guys that moved up in the rankings^ are not great enough to jump up from where they were. i mean nikola over mathias? Also, Freja should be #1- sooon enough

 

[LiranYana]

(Personally) I think all the guys that moved up in the rankings^ are not great enough to jump up from where they were. i mean nikola over mathias? Also, Freja should be #1- sooon enough

I quite Agree with Nikola's placement , in a short period of time
he's list of blue chip steady campaigns are quite impressive

I see longevity as a future for him
expect him to be everywhere are time passes by.
he's the A New Mathias Lauridsen in the Making

and about Freja, Don't worry she will be No. 1 , she has done almost all the big blue chip campaigns, the only lacking is a beauty campaign but still I expect Freja to knock Lara out from the top this Year, or when Lara moves to the Icon List for sure Freja will take her place

 

[alonsoJonathan]

how long has lara been #1?
is in it #1 supposed to be like no less then 2 years?

 

[IAmLordZen]

I am not discounting the Calvin Klein contract, the anniversary cover of VP and the other covers and campaigns, but they do not offset the Freja juggernaut which includes three Vogue Italia covers in one year, five plus seasons as the face of the most prestigious design house, steady if not increasing demand for her presence on the catwalks and several other covers and campaigns.

While some may personally prefer that a model stays exclusive, which to me is code for sitting on your butt, chain smoking and rationing bon-bons, I think that that is antithetical to being named the top face in the fashion industry. Now I would be concerned about a highly ranked model losing her exclusivity and cachet if she was one of five models for the Max Mara Week End Pajama line, but when you are cast in multi-model campaigns and are in the same image with Ines de la Fressange, Stella Tennant, Claudia Schiffer and Kristen McMenamy, I would not consider that subordinate to snagging an OG campaign.

i like freja a lot, i really do. i was also a huge lara hater before but to be fair to her, i think she deserves the top spot alone. while her CK contract and OG campaigns for Vuitton, CK Collection may not offset the Freja juggernaut as you call it (i think they're like on par at this point), let's not forget the fragrance campaigns for some REALLY big fragrances that are omnipresent in fashion magazines. Prada Infusion D'Iris (one of Prada's best selling, if not the best selling, fragrance), DKNY Be Delicious, Versus by Versace etc etc plus her stint as Giorgio Armani Beauty's face. also she's on the anniversary issue cover of Vogue Paris and has been on a handful of Vogue Italia covers before (whereas Freja's just picking up her share this year)

now if Karl gave Freja the Chanel No. 5 fragrance ad and Chanel Beauty, it would be a different story altogether.

 

[candlebougie]

Unless Freja get some AAA-beauty/fragrance campaigns she shouldn't be No.1.

But she should be the sole No.2 and not share the rank with Natasha imo.