Supermodels and Top Models

June 14, 2006

Want to know who are the super models and top models of the world.  Ive got this very nice lists and surely everyone of you would certainly love about them…

*  Top Supermodel of the World: Gisele Bundchen

 

 

 

NAME: Gisele Bundchen
NATIONALITY: Brazilian
HEIGHT: 5′10″
MEASUREMENTS: 34-24-34 (on her comp card) 36-24-35 (according to Cosmo, March 2000).
HAIR: Brown
EYES: Blue
BORN: 1980 in Horizontina, Brazil.

DISCOVERED: At age 14 while eating a Big Mac with fellow classmates on a school trip. She later entered the Elite model competition and came fourth.

AGENCY: New York-Elite

INCOME: $5 million US in 1999 and $8 million in 2000. In 2000, for runway shows, Gisele commanded between $7,000. and $15,000. (paid by Tommy Hilfiger to make two turns on his catwalk) per hour. In 2003, the gorgeous Brazilian made $10 million. Gisele has a contract with Victoria’s Secret that will make her $30 million between 2004 and 2008. Her current runway rate is $50,000-a-time - putting her at No.76 in the list of the world’s biggest earners.

RÉSUMÉ: Has appeared on most of the major magazines covers in the past year. Models in ads for Ralph Lauren, Celine, Christian Dior, Michael Kors, Zara, Dolce & Gabbana, Bulgari, etc.

KNOWN FOR: Being the biggest, newest supermodel. Nicknamed “The Body”.

 

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* Top Black Swimsuit Supermodel: Tyra Banks
 

 

 

NAME: Tyra Banks
NATIONALITY: American
HEIGHT: 5′10″
MEASUREMENTS: 36C-24-36
HAIR: Brown
EYES: Brown
BORN: December 4, 1973 in Los Angeles, California.

DISCOVERED: In 1991, Tyra was just weeks away from starting her freshman year at college when she was turned down by four agencies before Elite snatched up the 17-year-old. Instead of school, she headed to Paris for fashion shows.

AGENCY: IMG-New York

INCOME: Made approx. $7 million (U.S.) in 1994. Her estimated worth in 2000 is $8.8 million. Charges $30,000 per fashion show.

RÉSUMÉ: At 23, Tyra not only became the first black model to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, but she also survived the vicious eight month catwalk fight with Naomi Campbell that followed. Tyra published a book called ‘Tyra’s Beauty Inside & Out’ with all sorts of beauty tips and info about what it’s like being a supermodel. Tyra is also a regular models for Sports Illustrated magazine, Victoria’s Secret and Cover Girl. Modeled for Ralph Lauren. Has her own calender and biography. Tyra starred in Coyote Ugly and she had major role in movie Higher Learning, in which she is killed. She appears in two music videos: George Michael’s Too Funky and Michael Jackson’s Black and White. She has also appeared in numerous episodes of ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’, as Will Smith’s love interest. She runs her own company Tygirl Inc. and supports numerous charities.

HOME: She has an apartment in New York City.

KNOWN FOR: She was the first African-American woman to appear solo on the covers of GQ, Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue and the Victoria’s Secret catalog, but it was her Victoria’s Secret ads and catalog work that made her famous.

 

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*  Top Black Supermodel: Naomi Campbell

 

 

 

NAME: Naomi Campbell
NATIONALITY: British
HEIGHT: 5′9.5″
MEASUREMENTS: 34B-23-34
HAIR: Brown
EYES: Brown (but wears blue and green contacts sometimes).
BORN: May 22, 1970 in Streatham, South London, England.

DISCOVERED: Naomi began her career at 15, when Beth Boldt, an agent at Elite, spotted her walking down a London Street near Covent Garden (and near her school) and offered to have her pictures taken. She grew up in a lower-middle-class London neighborhood.

AGENCY: New York-Ford, Paris-Elite, UK-Elite Premier.

INCOME: Made approx. $3.6 million (U.S.) in 1994. Her estimated worth in 2000 was $28.9 million.

RÉSUMÉ: In August 1988, when Naomi was just 18, she appeared as the first black woman to grace the cover of a major fashion magazine–French Vogue–and was catapulted to supermodeldom. Naomi has two books out, a novel called ‘Swan’ which was released in 1995 (it turns out that somebody else wrote most of it) and a book simply titled ‘Naomi’. Has a Barbie doll, made to her likeness, for sale. Appeared in music videos for Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin and Vanilla Ice.

HOME: Has apartments in New York and Stratham, Scotland.

KNOWN FOR: Her unbelievably bad temper tantrums and always being hours late for jobs. She once refused to walk the runway because model Tyra Banks was in the same show. Opened the ‘Fashion Café’ in New York as a joint venture with Elle Macpherson, Claudia Schiffer and Christy Turlington.

 

For more top models check this link:

http://www.newfaces.com/supermodels/modelpage.html