Top 10 Highest Paid Models 2013

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The <a href="http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml">Forbes Magazine</a> list of </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">2013's top 10 highest paid models is out.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And its quite fascinating.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQgj0Q1byNVFdx2hQnFerwnWT0gijYPYU1Z_S43XqNNs3AzyLJ5s_1ERjs18S8sQgNinkJsQXrMZzNuHku5gqdbcdcLQDsw5UA7D9xBJalVQqpde1xzUslL_THqYdSmj6ESHaQx37aNE/s1600/gisele-bundchen-hairstyle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQgj0Q1byNVFdx2hQnFerwnWT0gijYPYU1Z_S43XqNNs3AzyLJ5s_1ERjs18S8sQgNinkJsQXrMZzNuHku5gqdbcdcLQDsw5UA7D9xBJalVQqpde1xzUslL_THqYdSmj6ESHaQx37aNE/s1600/gisele-bundchen-hairstyle.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gisele Bundchen, highest paid model in the world</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The number one spot goes to Brazilian beauty <b>Gisele Bundchen.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">The wife Patriots quarter back <b>Tom Brady</b> earned a staggering $42 million dollars</div><div style="text-align: center;">keeping her as the highest paid model in the world for the 7th year running.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Her lucrative modeling contracts with giants </div><div style="text-align: center;">including <b>HM, David Yurman, Pantene, Oral B </b>and <b>Chanel</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">only add to the fortune she makes with Brazilian shoe company<b> <a href="http://grendeneusa.com/">Grendene</a></b> (she is partial owner),</div><div style="text-align: center;">and her eco friendly cosmetics company <b><a href="http://shopsejaa.com/faq.php">Sejaa</a></b>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bundchen's income is 7 times that of the number two highest earner in the modeling world,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Miranda Kerr</b>, who's income is estimated at $7.2 million.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPEKXYdFPgzW_YhvGqeTee-tbh5s1sbEMh1SWmqCZDvPOhRi6AK6tTaxmLC6SYP2FTqRB2-YTBQdqsRVigcNxFu6O2VZxmE4FTHbCnry2-HkqgGFALTa4SQN0EwZQk3Aqh-KC-d9bDkSA/s1600/Miranda_Kerr_4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPEKXYdFPgzW_YhvGqeTee-tbh5s1sbEMh1SWmqCZDvPOhRi6AK6tTaxmLC6SYP2FTqRB2-YTBQdqsRVigcNxFu6O2VZxmE4FTHbCnry2-HkqgGFALTa4SQN0EwZQk3Aqh-KC-d9bDkSA/s1600/Miranda_Kerr_4.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Miranda Kerr Victoria's Secret</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Kerr has pursued major contracts with companies outside of the USA, particularly in Asia</div><div style="text-align: center;">where she launched her skin care line,<a href="http://www.koraorganics.com/"> <b>Kora</b></a>, and where she has endorsement deals with giants including <b>Lipton Tea</b> and Proctor and Gamble detergent <b>Bold.</b><br /><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The 3rd highest paid model in the world is Adriana Lima,</div><div style="text-align: center;">who's annual earnings are estimated at $6 million.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKan0hBi4_HJAkL7e4sya2m5d_gKMuPJt9LLT0lf0-Blzq6-vpW8uLsXpt5kw36lwMO6GjtbS5uScq2l22DAu5NJG0aX0tFxopi1B3ZDuPp40nC8B61It59vt8rCOROE1PFllXZTOl6ZY/s1600/adriana.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKan0hBi4_HJAkL7e4sya2m5d_gKMuPJt9LLT0lf0-Blzq6-vpW8uLsXpt5kw36lwMO6GjtbS5uScq2l22DAu5NJG0aX0tFxopi1B3ZDuPp40nC8B61It59vt8rCOROE1PFllXZTOl6ZY/s1600/adriana.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adriana Lima</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Most of Lima's income generates from Victoria's Secret, for whom she has modeled since 2000,</div><div style="text-align: center;">making her the company's longest running model.</div><div style="text-align: center;">6 of the top 10 models have sizeable contracts the the lingerie giant.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In the number 4 slot 39 year old British model, and my personal favorite,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the perennially fabulous <b>Kate Moss</b> dropped from last year's number 2 ranking,</div><div style="text-align: center;">with $5.7 million.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJUojpAQI3cYt0CFhjPodHcUW6x7rcnnuYJDkausY9wUJhbSOqgNLRY9B36zGHQAYPd1Esdeuhf8NRAeiIso2CBx3cwSuDX39Ta2stWY1i3Wj_WjsRuut95E789N3sufH0yc2rkRZ-0Vk/s1600/Kate-Moss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJUojpAQI3cYt0CFhjPodHcUW6x7rcnnuYJDkausY9wUJhbSOqgNLRY9B36zGHQAYPd1Esdeuhf8NRAeiIso2CBx3cwSuDX39Ta2stWY1i3Wj_WjsRuut95E789N3sufH0yc2rkRZ-0Vk/s1600/Kate-Moss.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kate Moss</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although wingless, the divine Miss Moss has deals with <b>Vogue Eyewear, Versace </b>and <b>Rimmel.</b><br /><b><br /></b><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The 5th highest earner is Chinese supermodel <b>Liu Wen,</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">who earned $4.3 million in the past year.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJdBiHhRuDha45WhVDLh26peZ-hTWAGObeWdZxHyneZhQ_1-9c55WZfqf8WVksq85en4PAzlKpWKkg87SDfH_Xy5N2qthyphenhyphen8EHvOk1wkfvewKorCmZCZ1t04OXbUTEH33Xi-NnRmAvIMYY/s1600/liu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJdBiHhRuDha45WhVDLh26peZ-hTWAGObeWdZxHyneZhQ_1-9c55WZfqf8WVksq85en4PAzlKpWKkg87SDfH_Xy5N2qthyphenhyphen8EHvOk1wkfvewKorCmZCZ1t04OXbUTEH33Xi-NnRmAvIMYY/s1600/liu.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chinese supermodel Liu Wen</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Estee Lauder</b> model <b>Hilary Rhoda</b>'s $4 million income put her in the 6th highest paid position,</div><div style="text-align: center;">as she entered her  7th year with the cosmetics giant.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTpGoTmY-QL2VBdkgT_NpKoqaxjJPFZzM3HpfkZOzP5G15mE7TH-vuC9rw54aYLopTVL9VgTT4anxhh5MPcFGsm0vVuNbhakYb8jhQzJjk3i7h-B0jOJV5vYVyOMjLyx728HikCbLvm4/s1600/hilary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTpGoTmY-QL2VBdkgT_NpKoqaxjJPFZzM3HpfkZOzP5G15mE7TH-vuC9rw54aYLopTVL9VgTT4anxhh5MPcFGsm0vVuNbhakYb8jhQzJjk3i7h-B0jOJV5vYVyOMjLyx728HikCbLvm4/s640/hilary.jpg" width="469" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hilary Rhoda for Estee Lauder</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The 7th spot is held by <b>Carolyn Murphy,</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">who's earnings were $3.7 million.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHNBHNAgOBnLvMl_XoINv6X2FX_XiwD0qZpMCdgvFOqxY_bv-wa_cZFbVNzspocJmwVaUHezGSm6rANw5NYKQuv5vEN-JFUGZdE5UgP2o2ZTsH4lkjBaXkxKk-uvD6gmMFM-Z1BCe24Y/s1600/Carolyn-Murphy-swimsuit-si-25655346-1078-1468.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHNBHNAgOBnLvMl_XoINv6X2FX_XiwD0qZpMCdgvFOqxY_bv-wa_cZFbVNzspocJmwVaUHezGSm6rANw5NYKQuv5vEN-JFUGZdE5UgP2o2ZTsH4lkjBaXkxKk-uvD6gmMFM-Z1BCe24Y/s1600/Carolyn-Murphy-swimsuit-si-25655346-1078-1468.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carolyn Murphy</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Number 8 in the top 10 is Puerto Rican model <b>Joan Smalls</b>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">who is the first latina face of Estee Lauder.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv72otxv_fdpe8Xa-hZwhGnTyJuzwVs3s-cFf26GXoBbtPZHQ_IipNctb8TR_ECNEpe_uA9bVLypSoXPm3xiP8m8akQ6Z2QrKaOWJVTohhsAY_FQyaGJF27Vr9jWEVKhpLnYBMMMD0mGw/s1600/joan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv72otxv_fdpe8Xa-hZwhGnTyJuzwVs3s-cFf26GXoBbtPZHQ_IipNctb8TR_ECNEpe_uA9bVLypSoXPm3xiP8m8akQ6Z2QrKaOWJVTohhsAY_FQyaGJF27Vr9jWEVKhpLnYBMMMD0mGw/s1600/joan.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joan Smalls</td></tr></tbody></table><br />This is Smalls' first year on the list,</div><div style="text-align: center;">with earnings estimated at $3.5 million.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The 9th highest paid model in the world is South African <b>Candace Swanepoel,</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">who earned $3,3 million.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuJCP2PCCm5q4PZjFdfWgMhehiPfAXVOL5OEwXnKELNWV8v_oAAb31KgzwwdWNH8GRcWajZNchEurur-TUpyVNsTpj6dDJa0Mcu0lOv0St1y-h0rEVUP-uD7ZdrdyfrRc-8YX3XgMIYfo/s1600/Candice+Swanepoel+for+VS+Lingerie+October+2012-056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuJCP2PCCm5q4PZjFdfWgMhehiPfAXVOL5OEwXnKELNWV8v_oAAb31KgzwwdWNH8GRcWajZNchEurur-TUpyVNsTpj6dDJa0Mcu0lOv0St1y-h0rEVUP-uD7ZdrdyfrRc-8YX3XgMIYfo/s1600/Candice+Swanepoel+for+VS+Lingerie+October+2012-056.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Candace Swanepoel for Victoria's Secret</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Swanepoel, like several of the other top 10s has a sizeable contract with <b>Victoria's Secret</b>, but also earns from <b>Max Factor, Versace </b>and<b> Juicy Couture.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">And rounding out the top 10 highest paid models in the world,</div><div style="text-align: center;">with an income of $3.2 million is dutch model <b>Lara Stone,</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">who earns from an exclusive deal with <b>Calvin Klein.</b><br /><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0ldjacqxM2BWnLZHT-LTQWt_-kE-2-F6-vk8UwadOcSfjg4uXrUZ11ddk05FMXtRbWXaHrhIN_f1Uf5TPLOfRb06oEvXHcqXTww1xcwIhwyTnA6QbnP9pHeSUy-KgYOfMnPDa1-pYhs/s1600/Lara-Stone-for-cK-Calvin-Kl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0ldjacqxM2BWnLZHT-LTQWt_-kE-2-F6-vk8UwadOcSfjg4uXrUZ11ddk05FMXtRbWXaHrhIN_f1Uf5TPLOfRb06oEvXHcqXTww1xcwIhwyTnA6QbnP9pHeSUy-KgYOfMnPDa1-pYhs/s1600/Lara-Stone-for-cK-Calvin-Kl.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lara Stone for ck Calvin Klein</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

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