Who are the highest paid models of 2016? 36-year-old Gisele Bündchen remains subscribed to the first place in the Forbes list of the best-paid photo models and has swept the supermodel competition for the tenth year in a row. In second place was her compatriot, and in third place was a member of the Kardashian-Jenner clan, who registered the highest increase between June 1, 2015 and 2016. 30 percent of the best-paid models are Victoria's Angels, but as much as a third of the ranking has been mixed up. The youngest on the list is 20-year-old Taylor Hill.
Who are highest paid models 2016? For the last 10 years, there was only a fight for second place, because Gisele Bundchen for all other models or fotomodele remains unavailable. And that's even after she retired and earned $13.5 million less than last year. Not even the queen of social networks got to her alive, Kendall Jenner, and a new member of the prestigious list, the 21-year-old Gigi Hadid (she got rich at the expense of the brands Tommy Hilfiger and Maybelline). Forbes estimated Gisele's annual earnings at 30.5 million US dollars, which is significantly more than the earnings of the runner-up Adriana Lima, which she earned 20 million dollars.
The Brazilian recorded the biggest annual inflow in her career, thanks to lucrative contracts with Maybelline and IWC. The aforementioned Kendall Jenner, who was not even in the top ten last year, moved to third place, but this year her earnings increased by 150 percent and jumped right onto the stage. He shares the third step with Karlie Kloss, to Victoria's former little angels, who have already returned their wings. The latter's earnings have doubled in the last year - it has collaborated with as many as 18 different brands such as Express, L'Oréal and Swarovski. Newcomer to the list, Gigi Hadid, earned $9 million, which is what a British woman earned between June 2015 and 2016 Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, rose to the high fifth place.
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36-year-old Gisele Bündchen is otherwise earned more than any other model since 2002. Despite the fact that she is officially retired, she is still the face of brands such as Chanel, Carolina, Panetene and Herrera, and she was also the "first face" the opening of the Rio Olympics. In total, the 20 highest paid models in the last year earned approx. 154 million dollars, and they have almost 200 million Instagram followers, which is not a negligible figure. The fashion industry has changed. "Today, the influence of models is also measured by their influence on social networks, which prove that a beauty is not only an attractive face of a brand, but also knows how to represent it well." said a rep for The Society Management, which represents Kendall Jenner.
The older generation of models is also represented on the list by a 42-year-old veteran Kate Moss, whose account has been poured into the last year 5 million dollars.
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