Gisele Bundchen tops richest model list for ninth year in a row

  • 18/09/2015
1) Gisele Bundchen - US$44 million (Reuters)
1) Gisele Bundchen - US$44 million (Reuters)

Brazilian beauty Gisele Bundchen has been named the world's highest-paid model for the ninth consecutive year.

The fashion icon tops the new Forbes magazine list with an estimated US$44 million.

Although Bundchen, 35, announced her retirement from the runway earlier this year, she continues to dominate with beauty and fashion endorsements with the likes of Chanel, Carolina Herrera and Balenciaga.

Model-turned-actress Cara Delevingne is a distant second on the new list with US$9 million, but it's a personal best for the Brit, who raked in US$3.5 million (£2.2 million) in 2014.

Victoria's Secret star Adriana Lima ties with Delevingne, while her fellow lingerie angel Doutzen Kroes comes in fourth with a $7.5 million (£4.7 million) fortune.

Russian model Natalia Vodianova rounds out the top five with $7 million (£4.4 million).

Kendall Jenner is among the newcomers on the Forbes list, with an estimated $4 million (£2.5 million) fortune. Kim Kardashian's 19-year-old sister is also the youngest person on the 2015 countdown.

Forbes' highest-earning models 2015 (all figures in US dollars):

1. Gisele Bundchen $44 million

2. – tie Cara Delevingne $9 million

2. – tie Adriana Lima $9 million

3. Doutzen Kroes $7.5 million

4. Natalia Vodianova $7 million

5. – tie Miranda Kerr $5.5 million

5. – tie Joan Smalls $5.5 million

6. – tie Lara Stone $5 million

6. – tie Alessandra Ambrosio $5 million

6. – tie Candice Swanepoel $5 million

6. – tie Karlie Kloss $5 million

7. – tie Carolyn Murphy $4.5 million

7. – tie Kate Moss $4.5 million

7. – tie Liu Wen $4.5 million

7. – tie Daria Werbowy $4.5 million

8. Kendall Jenner $4 million

9. – tie Hilary Rhoda $3.5 million

9. – tie Jourdan Dunn $3.5 million

9. – tie Kate Upton $3.5 million

9. – tie Anja Rubik $3.5 million

9. – tie Edita Vilkeviciute $3.5 million

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