Gisele Bundchen, the 29-year-old beauty who is married to US football player Tom Brady is the world's highest-paid model, making US$25 million (NZ$34.9 million) last year, according to forbes.com.
Klum, the 36-year-old mother of four and host of the television show Project Runway, came in second with US$16m (NZ$22.3m) in earnings, followed by fashionista Moss, also 36, who made earned US$9m (NZ$12.5m), through modeling campaigns and the launch of her own fashion line and a new fragrance.
It is the second year the same three models topped the list, which is largely due to a risk-averse fashion industry that was not looking for new faces in the unstable economic climate, said Steve Bertoni, of Forbes.
"These contracts were written during the doldrums of the recession," Bertoni said. "So when companies decided on the faces of their campaigns, they wanted to play it safe," he said in an interview.
Brazilian, Adriana Lima, 28, came in fourth with a US$7.5m salary. Dutch model Doutzen Kroes, 25, who shot to fame in 2005 when selected "Model of the Year" by Vogue, placed fifth with US$6m.
"These are the tried and true supermodels of the last decade ... the household names of the industry," Bertoni said.
The only American on the list is 36-year-old Carolyn Murphy, who is the face of Estee Lauder, Roberto Cavalli and Anne Klein. She earned US$3.5m to grab the 10th spot.
The list represents earnings made from June 2009 to July 2010. A complete list of the top ten supermodel salaries can be seen
Klum, the 36-year-old mother of four and host of the television show Project Runway, came in second with US$16m (NZ$22.3m) in earnings, followed by fashionista Moss, also 36, who made earned US$9m (NZ$12.5m), through modeling campaigns and the launch of her own fashion line and a new fragrance.
It is the second year the same three models topped the list, which is largely due to a risk-averse fashion industry that was not looking for new faces in the unstable economic climate, said Steve Bertoni, of Forbes.
"These contracts were written during the doldrums of the recession," Bertoni said. "So when companies decided on the faces of their campaigns, they wanted to play it safe," he said in an interview.
Brazilian, Adriana Lima, 28, came in fourth with a US$7.5m salary. Dutch model Doutzen Kroes, 25, who shot to fame in 2005 when selected "Model of the Year" by Vogue, placed fifth with US$6m.
"These are the tried and true supermodels of the last decade ... the household names of the industry," Bertoni said.
The only American on the list is 36-year-old Carolyn Murphy, who is the face of Estee Lauder, Roberto Cavalli and Anne Klein. She earned US$3.5m to grab the 10th spot.
The list represents earnings made from June 2009 to July 2010. A complete list of the top ten supermodel salaries can be seen
source:stuff.co.nz
