Gisele Bundchen is the world`s top-earning model
The 29-year-old Brazilian beauty has topped Forbes magazine`s 2010 list of the highest-earning models. She has earned $25 million in the past 12 months, thanks to lucrative campaigns for True Religion jeans, Dolce & Gabbana and her sandal brand Ipanema by Gisele.
Gisele`s earnings have increased since the 2009 list was compiled, despite the fact the she was pregnant for most of the time period, giving birth to her first child Benjamin, with husband Tom Brady, in December.
Project Runway host Heidi Klum came second, earning $16 million from deals with Victoria`s Secret, Diet Coke and McDonalds. She also earned more than the previous year, despite giving birth to her fourth child in October.
British supermodel Kate Moss was third on the list. Her campaigns with Versace and Longchamp helped her earn $9 million.
Other models to make the list include Adriana Lima, Doutzen Kroes, Alessandra Ambrosio, Natalia Vodianova, Daria Werbowy, Miranda Kerr and Carolyn Murphy.
The figures show that while the modelling industry as a whole has been badly affected by the global recession, the world`s most famous beauties are making more money than ever before.
"Companies want to know that if they`re putting money behind a talent that she is recession-proof," Ivan Bart, senior vice president and managing director of IMG Models, told forbes.com. "We find that the experienced models continue to earn well."
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