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Era: 2010s-present
From: LA
Her look: High-fashion version of the Kardashian LookTM
USP: When you book Kendall, you book access to 35 MILLION devoted social media followers. Yup, she was definitely paying attention when Kris ânâ Kim were working out the global domination master plan. Google have named her as the second most-searched-for model in the world, and Adweek claimed she generates $236,000 for a single Tweet. The Instagirl generation has arrived
From: LA
Her look: High-fashion version of the Kardashian LookTM
USP: When you book Kendall, you book access to 35 MILLION devoted social media followers. Yup, she was definitely paying attention when Kris ânâ Kim were working out the global domination master plan. Google have named her as the second most-searched-for model in the world, and Adweek claimed she generates $236,000 for a single Tweet. The Instagirl generation has arrived
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Era: 2000s-present
From: Greenford, West London
Her look: Razor-sharp cheekbones and a sultry, sleepy gaze
USP: In 2008, she was (sadly) the first black model to walk in a Prada show for over a decade. Now a poster girl for diversity in modelling, causing controversy when she posted on social media that sheâd been rejected from a Dior couture show for her boobs and not her skin colour, which she said is what âusually happensâ. Also a role model for young single mums everywhere â she had her son, Riley, at 19, and has spoken about his battle with sickle-cell anaemia.
From: Greenford, West London
Her look: Razor-sharp cheekbones and a sultry, sleepy gaze
USP: In 2008, she was (sadly) the first black model to walk in a Prada show for over a decade. Now a poster girl for diversity in modelling, causing controversy when she posted on social media that sheâd been rejected from a Dior couture show for her boobs and not her skin colour, which she said is what âusually happensâ. Also a role model for young single mums everywhere â she had her son, Riley, at 19, and has spoken about his battle with sickle-cell anaemia.
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Era: 2010s
From: Westbourne Grove, West London
Her look: Unique combo of haughty and kooky â sullen stare, fine features and punky crop
USP: A talented jockey, she won the first-ever ladies charity race, The Magnolia Cup, at Goodwood in 2011. No wonder Burberry have snapped her up to convey classy Brit cool personified in ad campaigns galore.
From: Westbourne Grove, West London
Her look: Unique combo of haughty and kooky â sullen stare, fine features and punky crop
USP: A talented jockey, she won the first-ever ladies charity race, The Magnolia Cup, at Goodwood in 2011. No wonder Burberry have snapped her up to convey classy Brit cool personified in ad campaigns galore.
Era: 2010s
From: West London
Her look: Angel face with beetle brows
USP: Aristo with attitude. Impressive array of comedy facial expressions (tongue-out selfie, anyone?) and âdonât give a ****â approach. Her familyâs posher than a princess (relatives include a lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret, baronets and viscounts aplenty and two Lord Mayors of London) but sheâs not shy about her undercut or indeed about being bisexual, currently dating female singer St Vincent.
From: West London
Her look: Angel face with beetle brows
USP: Aristo with attitude. Impressive array of comedy facial expressions (tongue-out selfie, anyone?) and âdonât give a ****â approach. Her familyâs posher than a princess (relatives include a lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret, baronets and viscounts aplenty and two Lord Mayors of London) but sheâs not shy about her undercut or indeed about being bisexual, currently dating female singer St Vincent.
Era: 2000s
From: Hunan, China
Her look: Delicate features topped off with sweet dimples
USP: Dubbed âthe first Chinese supermodelâ by reductionists everywhere, it canât be denied that sheâs done a lot to bridge the gap between East and West as far as fashionâs concerned. The first East-Asian model to star in the Victoriaâs Secret show, the first East-Asian spokesmodel for EstĂŠe Lauder and the first Asian model to make Forbes magazineâs annual highest-paid model ranking. Also riveting: she claims sheâs never had a boyfriend.
From: Hunan, China
Her look: Delicate features topped off with sweet dimples
USP: Dubbed âthe first Chinese supermodelâ by reductionists everywhere, it canât be denied that sheâs done a lot to bridge the gap between East and West as far as fashionâs concerned. The first East-Asian model to star in the Victoriaâs Secret show, the first East-Asian spokesmodel for EstĂŠe Lauder and the first Asian model to make Forbes magazineâs annual highest-paid model ranking. Also riveting: she claims sheâs never had a boyfriend.
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Era: 2000s
From: Krakow, Poland (she grew up in Canada)
Her look: Tawny, leggy, panther-like grace
USP: A true fashion modelsâ model, she holds the all-time record for opening and closing the most shows in a single season. Her long, lithe limbs and cool, natural beauty have been seen in everything from Balmain (the image of her in then-designer Christophe Decarninâs 2010 collection with its ripped khaki vests, sharp-shouldered military jackets and skinny leather jeans sparked a thousand copycats) to Vogue Paris shoots galore.
From: Krakow, Poland (she grew up in Canada)
Her look: Tawny, leggy, panther-like grace
USP: A true fashion modelsâ model, she holds the all-time record for opening and closing the most shows in a single season. Her long, lithe limbs and cool, natural beauty have been seen in everything from Balmain (the image of her in then-designer Christophe Decarninâs 2010 collection with its ripped khaki vests, sharp-shouldered military jackets and skinny leather jeans sparked a thousand copycats) to Vogue Paris shoots galore.
Era: 2000s
From: Rome (with a well-travelled childhood featuring spells in Florida, Italy and Kenya)
Her look: Black-haired, pale-skinned Sicilian-widow glamour
USP: Has appeared in the Pirelli calendar 3 times. Sheâs earned a place in fashion history as long-running muse to Givenchyâs Riccardo Tisci â sheâs basically the human embodiment of his dark, Latin-infused aesthetic.
From: Rome (with a well-travelled childhood featuring spells in Florida, Italy and Kenya)
Her look: Black-haired, pale-skinned Sicilian-widow glamour
USP: Has appeared in the Pirelli calendar 3 times. Sheâs earned a place in fashion history as long-running muse to Givenchyâs Riccardo Tisci â sheâs basically the human embodiment of his dark, Latin-infused aesthetic.
Era: 2000s-present
From: Ontario, Canada
Her look: Elfin porcelain-doll pretty, with feline eyes
USP: She inspired one of the original It bags, the Marc Jacobs âStamâ â a quilted, ladylike frame bag â in 2005. Demand was so high, waiting lists had to be closed. A glammer claim to fame than being the worldâs most beautiful dentist â her original career plan.
From: Ontario, Canada
Her look: Elfin porcelain-doll pretty, with feline eyes
USP: She inspired one of the original It bags, the Marc Jacobs âStamâ â a quilted, ladylike frame bag â in 2005. Demand was so high, waiting lists had to be closed. A glammer claim to fame than being the worldâs most beautiful dentist â her original career plan.
Era: 2000s
From: Greater Manchester
Her look: Punky bleached crop and down-to-earth, non-model âwalkâ.
USP: Best mates with teenage pal Henry Holland, itâs fair to say she helped launch his career while he helped launched hers. Her first job was in a chip shop in Rossendale. Now a bona fide serious actress, starring in West End play The Leisure Society and films including Electricity (2013) and Patient Zero (2015)
From: Greater Manchester
Her look: Punky bleached crop and down-to-earth, non-model âwalkâ.
USP: Best mates with teenage pal Henry Holland, itâs fair to say she helped launch his career while he helped launched hers. Her first job was in a chip shop in Rossendale. Now a bona fide serious actress, starring in West End play The Leisure Society and films including Electricity (2013) and Patient Zero (2015)
Era: 1995-Present
From: Wau, South Sudan
Her look: Strong, unique and exotic
USP: Dark-skinned models were almost unheard of in the high fashion industry before Wek came along. After being scouted by Models 1 age 14 she became a huge influence on changing beauty ideals and went on to grace the covers of Elle, i-D, Glamour and Cosmopolitan, as well as appearing in editorials for Vogue. She fled her native Sudan in 1991 to escape the civil war and now devotes time to work with UNICEF, Doctors Without Borders and World Vision.
From: Wau, South Sudan
Her look: Strong, unique and exotic
USP: Dark-skinned models were almost unheard of in the high fashion industry before Wek came along. After being scouted by Models 1 age 14 she became a huge influence on changing beauty ideals and went on to grace the covers of Elle, i-D, Glamour and Cosmopolitan, as well as appearing in editorials for Vogue. She fled her native Sudan in 1991 to escape the civil war and now devotes time to work with UNICEF, Doctors Without Borders and World Vision.
Era: 1990s-present
From: West Midlands
Her look: Unconventional, angular and aristocratic
USP: The favourite muse of fashionâs great creatives, including Alexander McQueen (where she played a madwoman trapped in a glass cage for one of his early shows, Lunatic Asylum), John Galliano and Jean Paul Gaultier, who âdiscoveredâ her. One of the few living people to appear on a Royal Mail postage stamp, part of a specially-commissioned set shot by photographer Nick Knight.
From: West Midlands
Her look: Unconventional, angular and aristocratic
USP: The favourite muse of fashionâs great creatives, including Alexander McQueen (where she played a madwoman trapped in a glass cage for one of his early shows, Lunatic Asylum), John Galliano and Jean Paul Gaultier, who âdiscoveredâ her. One of the few living people to appear on a Royal Mail postage stamp, part of a specially-commissioned set shot by photographer Nick Knight.
Era: 1990s-present
From: Gorky, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Her look: Dreamy innocent with piercing blue eyes
USP: Rags to riches tale following a heartbreaking early start â born into extreme poverty and with a disabled half-sister, she sold fruit on the street as a child to help family finances, before ending up as Viscountess Portman after marrying English property heir Justin Portman. Now goes out with equally illustrious Antoine Arnault, son of LVMH founder Bernard Arnault, and is a mother of four. Yes, four. And she can still shimmy into an Italian sample-size catwalk look
From: Gorky, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Her look: Dreamy innocent with piercing blue eyes
USP: Rags to riches tale following a heartbreaking early start â born into extreme poverty and with a disabled half-sister, she sold fruit on the street as a child to help family finances, before ending up as Viscountess Portman after marrying English property heir Justin Portman. Now goes out with equally illustrious Antoine Arnault, son of LVMH founder Bernard Arnault, and is a mother of four. Yes, four. And she can still shimmy into an Italian sample-size catwalk look
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Era: 1990s-present
From: Southern Brazil.
Her look: Brazilian bombshell who brought the sexy back. Sunkissed hair, sunkissed limbs, and a special Zoolander-tastic stride known as the âhorse walkâ â knees up, feet kicking out in front.
USP: Sheâs been the highest-paid model in the world every year since 2004. She wore the most expensive lingerie ever created in the 2000 Victoriaâs Secret show (the âRed Hot Fantasy Braâ worth $15 million) and sheâs chalked up over 350 ad campaigns and 1,200 magazine covers.
From: Southern Brazil.
Her look: Brazilian bombshell who brought the sexy back. Sunkissed hair, sunkissed limbs, and a special Zoolander-tastic stride known as the âhorse walkâ â knees up, feet kicking out in front.
USP: Sheâs been the highest-paid model in the world every year since 2004. She wore the most expensive lingerie ever created in the 2000 Victoriaâs Secret show (the âRed Hot Fantasy Braâ worth $15 million) and sheâs chalked up over 350 ad campaigns and 1,200 magazine covers.
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Era: 1980s-present
From: Croydon, South London
Her look: The Game-Changer: âshortâ (5â7âł), slightly bow-legged, gap-toothed, freckly⌠The anti-glamazon.
USP: The ultimate muse. She rarely speaks, but thatâs OK because all other significant cultural voices do it for her. An 18-carat statue of her worth ÂŁ1.5m created in 2008 for the British Museum was the largest gold statue created since Ancient Egyptian times, a painting of her by Lucian Freud was sold for ÂŁ3.9 million in 2005, and sheâs inspired every fashion photographer from Corinne Day to Mario Testino. Not to mention musicians, including her exes Pete Doherty and Jamie Hince. We wonât start on her actual style. If it wasnât for her, would âGet The Lookâ fashion pages even exist?
From: Croydon, South London
Her look: The Game-Changer: âshortâ (5â7âł), slightly bow-legged, gap-toothed, freckly⌠The anti-glamazon.
USP: The ultimate muse. She rarely speaks, but thatâs OK because all other significant cultural voices do it for her. An 18-carat statue of her worth ÂŁ1.5m created in 2008 for the British Museum was the largest gold statue created since Ancient Egyptian times, a painting of her by Lucian Freud was sold for ÂŁ3.9 million in 2005, and sheâs inspired every fashion photographer from Corinne Day to Mario Testino. Not to mention musicians, including her exes Pete Doherty and Jamie Hince. We wonât start on her actual style. If it wasnât for her, would âGet The Lookâ fashion pages even exist?
Era: 1980s-present
From: Streatham, South London
Her look: Perfectly symmetrical with pillowy pout and serious (some might say ferocious) attitude.
USP: Where shall we start?
The good: The first black model to appear on the cover of US Vogueâs key September issue (in 1989)
Forced the fashion industry to up their bookings of black girls (her pal Yves Saint Laurent threatened to pull his advertising if they didnât)
Starred in a Bob Marley music video at age 7
Took fashionâs most famous tumble on a pair of Vivienne Westwood mega-platforms
Was called âhonorary granddaughterâ by Nelson Mandela
Has worked non-stop for charity â including raising ÂŁ4.5 million (and counting) for disaster relief through her own Fashion For Relief foundation
The bad: Um. Convincted of assault four times and accused of various forms of assault or abuse by no less than 9 employees and associates
Was forced to appear in a 2010 war crimes trial against former Liberian president Charles Taylor after apparently receiving a âblood diamondâ from him. She denied any knowledge.
From: Streatham, South London
Her look: Perfectly symmetrical with pillowy pout and serious (some might say ferocious) attitude.
USP: Where shall we start?
The good: The first black model to appear on the cover of US Vogueâs key September issue (in 1989)
Forced the fashion industry to up their bookings of black girls (her pal Yves Saint Laurent threatened to pull his advertising if they didnât)
Starred in a Bob Marley music video at age 7
Took fashionâs most famous tumble on a pair of Vivienne Westwood mega-platforms
Was called âhonorary granddaughterâ by Nelson Mandela
Has worked non-stop for charity â including raising ÂŁ4.5 million (and counting) for disaster relief through her own Fashion For Relief foundation
The bad: Um. Convincted of assault four times and accused of various forms of assault or abuse by no less than 9 employees and associates
Was forced to appear in a 2010 war crimes trial against former Liberian president Charles Taylor after apparently receiving a âblood diamondâ from him. She denied any knowledge.
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Era: 1980s-present
From: Sydney, Australia
Her Look: Athletic girl-next-door with surfboard abs
USP: Sheâs graced the cover of a record five Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issues, earning herself the nickname âThe Bodyâ. She had a âBodyâ-off with Heidi Klum after Klum referred to herself using the same nickname in an advertisement for a Victoriaâs Secret bra. Savvy businesswoman to boot, sheâs made millions with her lingerie line Elle Macpherson Intimates and was also head judge of Britain & Irelandâs Next Top Model for three years from 2010.
From: Sydney, Australia
Her Look: Athletic girl-next-door with surfboard abs
USP: Sheâs graced the cover of a record five Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issues, earning herself the nickname âThe Bodyâ. She had a âBodyâ-off with Heidi Klum after Klum referred to herself using the same nickname in an advertisement for a Victoriaâs Secret bra. Savvy businesswoman to boot, sheâs made millions with her lingerie line Elle Macpherson Intimates and was also head judge of Britain & Irelandâs Next Top Model for three years from 2010.
Era: 1980s-present
From: California (her mother is from El Salvador), USA
Her look: Doe-eyed serenity â the embodiment of Calvin Kleinâs fragrance Eternity, one of her most famous campaigns.
USP: The Zen One. Having launched her own Ayurvedic skincare line and yoga range, sheâs now a prominent campaigner for maternal health in the developing world. She studied for a mastersâ degree in public health and launched Every Mother Counts, a non-profit organisation that supports maternal health programmes in countries including Malawi, Uganda, and Indonesia, as well as directing a 2010 documentary on the subject, No Woman, No Cry
From: California (her mother is from El Salvador), USA
Her look: Doe-eyed serenity â the embodiment of Calvin Kleinâs fragrance Eternity, one of her most famous campaigns.
USP: The Zen One. Having launched her own Ayurvedic skincare line and yoga range, sheâs now a prominent campaigner for maternal health in the developing world. She studied for a mastersâ degree in public health and launched Every Mother Counts, a non-profit organisation that supports maternal health programmes in countries including Malawi, Uganda, and Indonesia, as well as directing a 2010 documentary on the subject, No Woman, No Cry
Era: 1980s-present
From: Pennsylvania, USA
Her look: Other-worldly androgynous. Legendary model agent Eileen Ford advised her to have cosmetic surgery â luckily, she pressed on with her unique look
USP: Ushered in the era of grunge in 1992. Some might say she actually started it, by chopping her long red hair off and letting Francois Nars shave her eyebrows for an Anna Sui catwalk show. Cue international recognition and a starring role in fashion shoots with titles like âGrunge & Glory.â Combined with her theatrical poses and runway âwalkâ, sheâs still your go-to girl for high-fashion drama.
From: Pennsylvania, USA
Her look: Other-worldly androgynous. Legendary model agent Eileen Ford advised her to have cosmetic surgery â luckily, she pressed on with her unique look
USP: Ushered in the era of grunge in 1992. Some might say she actually started it, by chopping her long red hair off and letting Francois Nars shave her eyebrows for an Anna Sui catwalk show. Cue international recognition and a starring role in fashion shoots with titles like âGrunge & Glory.â Combined with her theatrical poses and runway âwalkâ, sheâs still your go-to girl for high-fashion drama.
Era: 1980s-present
From: Ontario, Canada
Her look: Hawk-nosed chameleon, with ever-changing hair. Long before âThe Rachelâ, it was all about âThe Lindaâ â her 1989 gamine crop that became famous the world over, inspiring wigs and other celebrities (hello, Demi Moore in Ghost).
USP: The feisty modelsâ model. It was she who uttered the infamous phrase, âWe donât wake up for less than $10,000 a day,â referring to her and her fellow supermodel gang. Sheâs credited with setting a new benchmark for modelsâ fees and caused controversy by reportedly earning sky-high sums for walking in catwalk shows for the big houses.
From: Ontario, Canada
Her look: Hawk-nosed chameleon, with ever-changing hair. Long before âThe Rachelâ, it was all about âThe Lindaâ â her 1989 gamine crop that became famous the world over, inspiring wigs and other celebrities (hello, Demi Moore in Ghost).
USP: The feisty modelsâ model. It was she who uttered the infamous phrase, âWe donât wake up for less than $10,000 a day,â referring to her and her fellow supermodel gang. Sheâs credited with setting a new benchmark for modelsâ fees and caused controversy by reportedly earning sky-high sums for walking in catwalk shows for the big houses.
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Era: 1980s-present
From: Copenhagen, Denmark
Her look: Enigmatic and olive-skinned, thanks to her mixed Danish/Peruvian heritage
USP: Former Miss Universe Denmark with serious creative skills. She wanted to be a musician and has run her own fashion boutiques (including Butik in New York) and clothing lines. A successful photographer, she was the launch creative director of Nylon magazine, and has held exhibitions of her work
From: Copenhagen, Denmark
Her look: Enigmatic and olive-skinned, thanks to her mixed Danish/Peruvian heritage
USP: Former Miss Universe Denmark with serious creative skills. She wanted to be a musician and has run her own fashion boutiques (including Butik in New York) and clothing lines. A successful photographer, she was the launch creative director of Nylon magazine, and has held exhibitions of her work
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