Your Top 3 Models Of All-time

[*tata*]

This is so much harder than I thought it would be.

1. Kate Moss
2. Devon Aoki
3. Helena Christensen

Even though other people are more successful, beautiful or famous, these are my personal favourites.

I the fact that other people also said Devon. She's very personal to me. Love the fact that she's short, unconventional looking, Asian, biracial and yet made it. She gives hope to so many girls. So many people hate on her looks that it just makes me love her more.

I love Stephanie Seymour and Tyra Banks for old, and Gemma and Cintia for new.

Devon is short?? I think sh'es pretty....got a really different exotic look

 

[oolie coco]

I heard she was 5'6 then when I came to this forum I heard 5'4. For a model she must be very short. Right?

 

[californiasoul]

Caroline Trentini
Angela Lindvall
Anna J

 

[*tata*]

I heard she was 5'6 then when I came to this forum I heard 5'4. For a model she must be very short. Right?

i know MOST models are like 5'6..so maybe yea..
i dunno...i'm only 4'11 so everyone is tall to me..lol

 

[Rachelle]

So hard to choose!!

hana soukupova
gemma ward
kate moss

 

[oolie coco]

Um... I thought most models had to be taller than 5'9 at least.

 

[iluvjeisa]

According to this it's kate Moss.

Last year's models

August 24, 2005

Britain's Channel Five concluded its countdown of history's 30 greatest supermodels Monday night, handing the No. 1 spot to Kate Moss


More:

• Globe front page |
• Boston.com

You do remember supermodels, don't you? You may not if you're much under 20. Once the boldest of boldface names, they bestrode '90s celebrity culture like so many couture colossi: Cindy and Christy and Naomi and Linda and Stephanie and Claudia and, yes, Kate. Why bother with surnames? They were superfluous, as superfluous as the supermodels' faces were ubiquitous from runways to talk shows to magazine covers.

They're still around, of course: Crawford and Turlington and Campbell and Evangelista and Schiffer and Moss. Moss, for example, is currently featured in Gucci and Dior ads, and Schiffer is in ads for L'Oreal and Ebel (the luxury watch designer). But for some years now supermodels have vanished from magazine covers, relegated -- like second-class celebrities -- to fashion spreads inside.

MARK FEENEY

© Copyright 2005 Globe Newspaper Company.

I'm sorry - Kate currently in Gucci ads?

 

[iluvjeisa]

i'd have to HIGHLY disagree with kate moss topping that list and not just b/c i dislike her. without a doubt, linda, cindy, christy, chirstie, and naomi would have to come out on top. i dont think u can ignore the fact that those five were THE supermodels. kate moss would come in no higher than 4th (if u put her in front of christie brinkley & cindy crawford). u cant put her in front of "the trinity" tho...sorry u just cant.

Oh, but you can. Kate's been at the TOP of her game for 13 years. All the way from 1992 to now she has been among the top 5 models. Every single year she is the one who nails the most perfect cover. And she STILL puts most 20 yo models to shame when given a chance.

She is something like a phenomenon

The only competitors are Twiggy, Cindy, Linda and Christy. You could make an argument for each one of them. Twiggy caused mass hysteria (well it was the 60s), Cindy caused a 3 year constant buzz, Linda has been modeling at the top level for 20 (20!) years and Christy also pops back right on top whenever she wants - still - at the age of 35 (or something like that).

 

[oolie coco]

Good and interesting points. Christy/Naomi/Linda/Cindy were around at the "time" that the "supermodel" term came to its climax in the earlier 90's, but that doesn't mean that Kate Moss, who came out right after, has the same degree or quality of modelling work out there or more.

 

[OriginalSin]

Oh, but you can. Kate's been at the TOP of her game for 13 years. All the way from 1992 to now she has been among the top 5 models. Every single year she is the one who nails the most perfect cover. And she STILL puts most 20 yo models to shame when given a chance.

She is something like a phenomenon

The only competitors are Twiggy, Cindy, Linda and Christy. You could make an argument for each one of them. Twiggy caused mass hysteria (well it was the 60s), Cindy caused a 3 year constant buzz, Linda has been modeling at the top level for 20 (20!) years and Christy also pops back right on top whenever she wants - still - at the age of 35 (or something like that).

to each his or her own but i stand by my statement about the "trinity" who had a presence that kate moss could never have because she is not that kind of supermodel. i'm not arguing that she shouldnt be in the top 5 -- just b/c she's not in MY top five doesnt mean she isnt one of the top 5 models of all time but i personally dont think, even with the work she's done, that she can be in the top 3. there are ppl who defined what it meant to be a supermodel before her and the concept has never really been duplicated on that level by anyone who came after them, and thus i feel that they deserve to be ahead of miss moss. thats just my opinion of course, but in general, i really hate lists like this that come out...majority of the time i dont even know what criteria they use to judge ANY of this stuff. (that includes those silly who's the most beautiful person in the world lists too)

 

[CharlottefromCA]

Linda, Christy, Kate

 

[JHB]

Oh, but you can. Kate's been at the TOP of her game for 13 years. All the way from 1992 to now she has been among the top 5 models. Every single year she is the one who nails the most perfect cover. And she STILL puts most 20 yo models to shame when given a chance.

She is something like a phenomenon

The only competitors are Twiggy, Cindy, Linda and Christy. You could make an argument for each one of them. Twiggy caused mass hysteria (well it was the 60s), Cindy caused a 3 year constant buzz, Linda has been modeling at the top level for 20 (20!) years and Christy also pops back right on top whenever she wants - still - at the age of 35 (or something like that).

Cindy & Claudia were larger than life, even people out there think they're Supemodels, they don't really know anything about Kate Moss.

Naomi Campbell is the queen, she started in 1986, Kate in 1992, so there's no comparison between them.

Naomi was the muse of Steven Meisel, Richard Avedon, Herb Ritts and Helmut Newton.

Kate?, has anyone heard any good superphotographer call her his muse? no marios sorrentis please.

 

[fashionkitten7]

I'm not really into the old school models, so when I think favorite I think current. These would be :

3. MariaCarla Boscone.
2. Renata Maciel Dos Santos.
1. Alessandra Ambrosio.
I wasn't sure whether to put Alessandra or Renata on the first place, but Alessandra works more now, so let it be her.

 

[Fade to Black]

I'm not too familiar with the fashion models of today, and most of the models I'm familiar with are from swimwear/lingerie campaigns, so my personal favorite 3 would be:

1. Heidi Klum
2. Laetitia Casta
3. Tyra Banks

edit: I actually like Kelly Brook more than the three of them. But I'm not too sure if she's an actual model?

 

[iluvjeisa]

Kate?, has anyone heard any good superphotographer call her his muse? no marios sorrentis please.

Well, she's shot great photos with most well known photographers. And actually, she shoots good photos with ANY photographer, which is part of why she is a supermodel.

 

[iluvjeisa]

to each his or her own but i stand by my statement about the "trinity" who had a presence that kate moss could never have because she is not that kind of supermodel. i'm not arguing that she shouldnt be in the top 5 -- just b/c she's not in MY top five doesnt mean she isnt one of the top 5 models of all time but i personally dont think, even with the work she's done, that she can be in the top 3. there are ppl who defined what it meant to be a supermodel before her and the concept has never really been duplicated on that level by anyone who came after them, and thus i feel that they deserve to be ahead of miss moss. thats just my opinion of course, but in general, i really hate lists like this that come out...majority of the time i dont even know what criteria they use to judge ANY of this stuff. (that includes those silly who's the most beautiful person in the world lists too)

Yes, it is about taste. But it doesn't have to be. We could form criteria, such as who has the most covers, and we could base our judgement about who's the greatest supermodel upon that. That's fully possible and not hard to do. It might take the fun out of it, though - which is what all those lists asipire to anyway - fun. Well, in the case of this channel 5 list it seems that it's attempting to look back at the most fabulous beauties of the past and present them to the interested beauty worshipers of today.

 

[JHB]

Well, she's shot great photos with most well known photographers. And actually, she shoots good photos with ANY photographer, which is part of why she is a supermodel.

yep, but she hasn't been a favorite of anyone, Helmut Newton loved Nadja,Cindy and Naomi, Richard Avedon loved Stephanie,Steven Meisel loved Linda, Naomi & Christy, Ritts loved Tatjana & Cindy, Peter Lindbergh loved Tatjana and Linda.

the only photographer who call Kate his muse was Mario Sorrento and that was because they had a relationship.

 

[Ceptuouse]

my 3:

erin o'connor
kate moss
caroline trentini

but im always changing my mind

 

[oolie coco]

Poor Tatjana! I never hear about her anymore! Was she in the "Freedom 90" video?

In my opinion it's so hard to compare someone like Kate to Naomi/Christy/Linda. The latter 3 are quintessentially 90's and Kate is still important. The latter 3 are much more strikingly and conventionally beautiful but Kate is incredibly versatile and much more of a chameleon. The latter 3 are sort of like goddess amazon models but Kate is like a blank slate or a timid kitten. They're just so different to me.

Since I was totally ambushed with Naomi/Christy/Linda/Cindy in my childhood , it's hard for me to find them appealing now. I "get" why they're beautiful and I totally see it. But I can't get tired of Kate's appeal.

 

[OriginalSin]

Poor Tatjana! I never hear about her anymore! Was she in the "Freedom 90" video?

In my opinion it's so hard to compare someone like Kate to Naomi/Christy/Linda. The latter 3 are quintessentially 90's and Kate is still important. The latter 3 are much more strikingly and conventionally beautiful but Kate is incredibly versatile and much more of a chameleon. The latter 3 are sort of like goddess amazon models but Kate is like a blank slate or a timid kitten. They're just so different to me.

Since I was totally ambushed with Naomi/Christy/Linda/Cindy in my childhood , it's hard for me to find them appealing now. I "get" why they're beautiful and I totally see it. But I can't get tired of Kate's appeal.

actually i believe linda is KNOWN for being a chameleon... so i def. wouldnt say kate is more versatile than she is/was (i'm not saying less either ... just for the record lol)