2. Gisele Bundchen - $250 million
Gisele Bundchen is known for her high profile relationship with both Leonardo Dicaprio and Tom Brady. This internationally renowned beauty, however, got her modelling start during the first wave of successful Brazilian models in the post Kate Moss era. Gisele's modelling career is credited for bringing back the body, or as a 1999 edition of
Vogue put it, Gisele was the "Return of the Sexy Model." Gisele joined the league of the most beautiful women in the world as a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2000-2007. But to go way back, it is Ms. Bundchen, Gisele's mother, who insisted that young Gisele take modelling classes with her sisters. Anna Wintour called Gisele the "Model of the Millennium,"
Rolling Stone coined her as "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World," and
Vanity Fair famously published the following words we continue to live by,
"...and God Created Gisele."
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Turn From Model To Mogul: In 2011,
Forbes listed Gisele as the first supermodel most likely to become a billionaire. The same piece estimated her annual income to round up to around $45 million USD a year. This model's claim to entrepreneurship lies in her modelling contracts with big brands like Versace and Dior, real estate holdings, jewelry and footwear lines, her own lingerie company Gisele Bundchen Brazilian Intimates, and her skin care line Sejaa Pure Skincare.
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