Your 20 Best Supermodels of All Time

[Bellesimo]

If you rank them,what would you order into top20

I have followed in this industry for not over 7 years,so I don't know much about old-supermodels(70s-90s especially 90s which is considered or overrated as the best era of supermodels)

So,I ask in this forum which I think a lot of people in this thread have been followed for over 20+years.

What about your opinion?

 

[bluestar]

Hmmm this is a great question. Pretty difficult to answer when looking at the last 30-40 years, as there are so many models to choose from and some eras are hard to compare. That being the case, these 20 models would probably be my personal favourites of all time. I haven't put them in order of favourites (although I do love the 90s supermodels with all my heart) but rather in order of the eras they come from. Anyways, here you are...

1) Linda Evangelista
2) Yasmeen Ghauri
3) Christy Turlington
4) Naomi Campbell
5) Shalom Harlow
6) Alek Wek
7) Karmen Cass
8) Karen Elson
9) Mariacarla Boscono
10) Liya Kebede
11) Natasha Poly
12) Kasia Struss
13) Joan Smalls
14) Liu Wen
15) Anna Ewers
16) Imaan Hammam
17) Rianne von Rompaey
18) Vittoria Ceretti
19) Sora Choi
20) Luna Bijl
20.5) Adut

 

[woemwoem]

Josie Borain, Clothilde, Christy Turlington, Iman, Karen Mulder, Gisele Bundchen, Sun Fei Fei, Isabella Rosellini, Patti Hansen, Naomi Campbell, Kristen McMenamy, Tanga Moreau, LIsa Taylor, Georgina Grenville, Vanessa Duve, Paulina Porizkova, Renee Simonsen, Lauren Hutton, Nadja Auermann, Daria Werbowy.

 

[nigelraphe]

Number 1 and Only: Queen Naomi

Iconic 12: Twiggy, Iman, Shalom Harlow, Mariacarla Boscono, Raquel Zimmermann, Karen Elson, Freja Beha Ericshen, Sasha P, Carla Bruni, Kristen Mcmenamy, Daria Werbowy, Linda Evangelista

New Super 6 : Anja Rubik, Isabeli Fontana, Natasha Poly, Gemma Ward, Jessica Stam, Rianne van Rompaey,

Underrated Gems 4: Eniko Mihalik, Edita Vilkeviciute, Kasia Struss, Magdalena Frackowiak

22 in totals

P.S. My most favorite is still Anna Jagodzinska

 

[Gonzalo]

Claudia Schiffer, Kristen Mcmenamy, Lara Stone, Imán, Lauren Hutton, Meghan Colisson, MariaCarla, Esther Cañadas , Yasmeen Ghauri , Stephanie Seymour , Anna Nicole Smith , Nadja Auermann , Cindy Crawford , Gisele , Stella Tennant , ...

 

[namelesscloud]

in chronological order Linda Evangelista,Christy Turlington,Naomi Campbell,Kate Moss,Gisele,Carmen Kass,Liya Kebede,Isabeli Fontana,Mariacarla Boscono,Daria Werbowy,Natasha Poly,Joan Smalls,Jourdan Dunn,Liu Wen,Imaan Hammam,Vittoria Ceretti,Gigi Hadid,Rianne van Rompaey,Sora Choi,Adut Akech

 

[Serend1pity]

Kendall, hailey, Gigi, Heidi klum’s daughter...joke joke

I am younger but love collecting old magazines and old editorials

number 1: Naomi
supers: christy, Linda, Kate moss, amber, yasmeen, gisele, Natalia v, Natasha p, Adriana, Libya kebede, iman, alek wel
Newer models: Imaan hammam, Joan Smalls, Liu wen, jourdan Dunn, Lara stone, adut akech
Male model: Tyson beckford
Also have a huge soft spot for Barbara palvin one of my fave commercial models ❤️

 

[oaklee91]

My personal top 20 (very biased)

01. Karolina Kurkova
02. Gisele Bundchen
03. Naomi Campbell
04. Liu Wen
05. Gemma Ward
06. Isabeli Fontana
07. Alek Wek
08. Sui He
09. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
10. Xiao Wen Ju
11. Liya Kebede
12. Carla Bruni
13. Carmen Kass
14. Ai Tominaga
15. Candice Swanepoel
16. Alessandra Ambrosio
17. Adriana Lima
18. Tao Okamoto
19. Duckie Thot
20. Brandi Quinones

 

[Phuel]

1. The eternal Christy Turlington
2. The first and the last Veruschka
3. The one the only Yasmeen Ghauri
4. Yasmin Lebon
5. Veronica Webb
6. Nadja Auermann
7. Kristin McMenamy
8. Gia Carangi
9. Mariacarla Boscono
10. Adwoa Aboah
11. Naomi Sims
12. Fei Fei
13. Liu Wen
14. Kate Moss
15. Naomi Campbell
16. Nadege du Bospertus
17. Jessica Stam
18. Edita
19. Gemma Ward
20. Lineisy Montero

 

[Armani]

This isn’t going to be exactly 20, but…

1) Naomi
2) Yasmeen
3) Iman
4) Gisele
5) Kate M.
6) Christy
7) Linda
8) Claudia
9) Cindy
10) Liu Wen
11) Natasha
12) Mariacarla
13) Joan
14) Jourdan
15) Alek
16) Liya
17) Imaan
18) Sora
19) Adut
20) Grace E.
21) Vitto

 

[congacon]

Best to me means talent so here is my top 10:

1. Daria Werbowy (Meryl Streep of the fashion world. She could be anyone from Alt to Philo, Diane von Furstenberg, Elizabeth Taylor, tomboy, you name it)
2.Linda Evangelista
3.Raquel Zimmerman
4.Kate Moss
5.Christy Turlington
6.Amber Vallette
7. Sasha P
8. Maria Carla Boscono
9.Karen Elson
10. Lara Stone

 

[GivenchyHomme]

It's very difficult to choose 20 and I don't just want to pick some models just to fill that list. Here are some of my all time favorites!

1. Naomi Campbell
2. Rianne Van Rompaey
3. Veruschka
4. Lara Stone
5. Raquel Zimmermann
6. Jessica Stam
7. Elise Crombez
8. Amber Valetta
9. Guinevere Van Seenus
10. Liya Kebede
11. Alek Wek
    
12. Snejana Onopka
13. Natasha Poly
14. Daria Werbowy
15. Isabeli Fontana
16. Malgosia Bela

 

[Viktor Rieker]

My personal list.
Top 15 Supermodels from 90's to nowadays
1 Gisele
2 Christy Turlington
3 Kate Moss
4 Naomi
5 Natalia Vodianova
6 Karen Elson
7 Alek Wek
8 Raquel Zimmermann
9 Carolyn Murphy
10 Mariacarla Boscono
11 Amber Valetta
12 Malgosia Bela
13 Liya Kebede
14 Doutzen Kroes
15 Natasha Poly/ Sasha Pivovarova

This list not included Daria Werbowy, Gemma Ward and Carmen Kass because they are retired many years ago.
This list not included Karolina Kurkova because now she is more "instamama" then model.

This list not included models like Colette P., Eugenia Volodina, Snejana Onopka because they are not confirmed iconic status and retired too fast.

Other top 5 iconic models who can be here but they are not long enough in the industry.
1 Saskia de Brauw
2 Liu Wen
3 Julia Nobis
4 Mica Arganaraz
5 Lara Stone

Also i really like icons such as Elise Crombez, Caroline Trentini, Georgina Grenville, Sara Blomqist, Kristen McMenamy and many many others.

It was a difficult! Ah

 

[helmutnotdead]

This is the kind of ranking that I've been waiting for. There are more than 20 models but I don't mind. There are not particular order except for number 1 because she's my all time favorite.

Julia Nobis.
Delphine Bafort.
Kirsten Owen.
Kate Moss.
Hannelore Knuts.
Saskia de Brauw.
Jamie Bochert.
Naomi Campbell.
Alek Wek.
Elise Crombez.
Daria Werbowy.
Linda Evangelista.
Fei Fei Sun.
Grace Bol.
Raquel Zimmerman.
Stella Tennant.
Binx Walton.
Kristen McMenamy,
Edie Campbell.
Eugenia Volodina.
Guinevere Van Seenus.
Querelle Jansen.
Daiane Conterato.
Lili Sumner.
Verushka.

 

[szonline]

1. Yasmeen Ghauri
2. Naomi Campbell
3. Natasha Poly
4. Eugenia Volodina
5. Raquel Zimmermann
6. Linda Evangelista
7. Natalia Semanova
8. Fernanda Tavares
9. Natalia Vodianova
10. Daniela Pestova
11. Tatjana Patitz
12. Sasha Pivovarova
13. Sasha Luss
14. Birgit Kos
15. Helena Christensen
16. Carmen Kass
17. Irina Shayk
18. Doutzen Kroes
19. Ludmila Isaeva (on my avatar )
20. Erin O'Connor

 

[SRank]

Naomi Campbell
Raquel Zimmermann
Amber Valletta
Linda Evangelista
Liya Kebede
Alek Wek
Kristen McMenamy
Guinevere Van Seenus
Iman
Beverly Johnson
Imaan Hammam
Hannelore Knuts
Christy Turllington
Elise Crombez
Daria Werbowy
Yasmeen Ghauri
Marisa Berenson
Carmen Kass
Karen Elson
Carolyn Murphy

 

[Kiyoko]

I’ve been reading Vogue since the 70’s … so here goes
70’s
1. Twiggy
2. Lauren Hutton
3. Joy Smithers
4. Patti Hansen
5. Rosie Vela
6. Ingmar Ilmay
7. Beverly Johnson
80’s
1. Brooke Shields
2. Yasmin LeBon
3. Jeny Howorth
4. Michelle Stevens
5. Gail Elliott
6. Elle MacPherson
7. Michelle Eabry
8. Rachel Williams
90’s
1. Helena Christensen
2. Stephanie Roberts
3. Claudia Mason
4. Karen Alexander
5. Illonka Toppenberg

in modern times I loved Seesilee Lopez; Lara Stone; Joan Smalls & Jourdan Dunn

 

[Gaultier_Bandit]

Janice Dickinson
Iman
Karlie Kloss
Cindy Crawford
Linda Evangelista
Naomi Campbell
Twiggy
Jerry Hall
Joan Smalls
Lily Cole
Gemma Ward
Du Juan
Liya Kebede
Pat Cleveland
Christy Turlington
Lara Stone
Kristen Mcmenamy
Alek Wek
Tyra Banks
Kate Moss

No particular order. IMHO alot of these models either capture a time in fashion, a important shift in fashion/modeling, or they simply represent my personal entry/interest into the world of modeling (ie Tyra/Cindy in my childhood...and Gemma/Lily C in my later years). Plus a few underrated models that I feel don’t get their flowers (Janice, Du Juan, Lily C, Tyra....who I feel had really great portfolio as a High Fashion model...all her work with Meisel/ Klein/ Elgort/ Roversi is really good...its a shame she didnt persue it further and opted a more commercial route).

 

[KayKei]

I Have a #1 and #2, but anything after that is random:

1. Tanya Dziahileva
2. Sun Fei Fei

Carmen Kass
Sasha Pivovarova
Snejana Onopka
Natasha Poly
Jessica Stam
Coco Rocha

Tyra Banks
Alek Wek
Liya Kebede
Karolina Kurkova
Jamie Bochert
Liu Wen
Karen Elson
Christy Turlington
Sui He
Xiao Wen Ju
Han Hye Jin
Isabeli Fontana

The first time I saw Tanya at Versace back in like 2007, I was awestruck. I thought she was the most alluring and fierce model i've ever seen. I was watching a runway compilations or a fashion show, and they didn't list her name. It took a week or so of research for me to find her name. I was so happy when I found who she was lol.
When I first saw Fei Fei back in 2010, I thought she was so beautiful and talented. I don't remember exactly how I stumbled upon to her, but she always delivered in campaigns and editorials. Her runway wasn't too bad either. My love for her just keep growing.

I didn't realized until looking at my list that most of the girls on my list are a great walker. And the one that aren't that great can at least walk and not look horrible(beside Saha lol). I think they are pretty strong on the editorial side too. Maybe Tanya, Tyra, Hyejin, Sui he are the weaker girls?

 

[KayKei]

...
This list not included Daria Werbowy, Gemma Ward and Carmen Kass because they are retired many years ago.
This list not included Karolina Kurkova because now she is more "instamama" then model.

This list not included models like Colette P., Eugenia Volodina, Snejana Onopka because they are not confirmed iconic status and retired too fast.

Other top 5 iconic models who can be here but they are not long enough in the industry.
1 Saskia de Brauw
2 Liu Wen
3 Julia Nobis
4 Mica Arganaraz
5 Lara Stone

Also i really like icons such as Elise Crombez, Caroline Trentini, Georgina Grenville, Sara Blomqist, Kristen McMenamy and many many others.

It was a difficult! Ah

I think you're allowed to have retired models on your list, This is your personal list.
For me, they don't need to have some kind of qualifications for them to be on my "all time favorite models". If I like them, I like them.