The leader of the world's most highly paid top models rating is the Brazilian with German roots Giselle Bündchen. Despite the fact that the income of the model for the year decreased by $13.5 million, she still earns more than her colleagues. So, in 2016, the wife of the famous American football player Tom Brady became richer for $30.5 million.
The second place went to the Bündchen's countrywoman - Adriane Lima. The annual income of a permanent participant of the rating of the highest-paid models of the planet was $10.5 million. The 35-year-old Lima is known as the most beautiful "angel" of Victoria's Secret to most fans of the fashion world.
On the third place are Carly Kloss (former "angel" of Victoria's Secret) and Kardashian family's representative Kendall Jenner. The annual income of each of them was $10 million. In 2016, Closs earned twice as much as a year earlier, Jenner - 150% more than last season.
The fourth place is also shared by two models - Gigi Hadid (in the photo) and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. Between June 2015 and June 2016, each of the girls became richer by $9 million.
In the photo: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and her ex-fiancé - the actor Jason Statham.
The fifth place in the rating is occupied by the Englishwoman Cara Delevingne. During the year, the representative of the famous in the UK family (her grandfather - Sir Joslin Stevens, ex-head of the State Commission of the English Heritage) earned $8.5 million.
Natalia Vodyanova became the only Russian who got into the top-100. A year earlier, the representative of Russia took the fifth line with an income of $7 million. In the updated rating Vodyanova got only the 11th place ($5.5 million).
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