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The 34-year-old wife of New England Patriots quarterback Tom
Brady and mother of two young children easily outpaced her
closest competition, Dutch Victoria's Secret model Doutzen Kroes,
29, with earnings of $8 million before taxes and fees, and
fellow Brazilian Victoria's Secret 'angel' Adriana Lima, 33,
with the same amount.
"The Brazilian icon pocketed $47 million in the last 12 months
before taxes and fees," Forbes.com said about Bundchen, adding
that she made $16 million more than her football player husband.
The model has contracts with fashion retailer H&M, the French
fashion house Chanel and designer Carolina Herrera, among
others, and has design deals for lingerie and sandals.
"Bundchen, who boasts 2.7 million Instagram followers, has
earned $386 million from modeling since 2001," according to
Forbes.com.
Forbes calculated the earnings from June 2013 to June 2014 for
the models and looked at income from cosmetics, endorsements,
advertising and fragrance deals.
British model Kate Moss, 40, the face of luxury jeweler David
Yurman, was also among the top earners, bringing in $7 million,
as did American model and Sports Illustrated magazine covergirl
Kate Upton, 22, who is a newcomer to the list and rounded out
the top five models.
Other newcomers to the list of the 21 highest paid models who
earned a combined total of $142 million include English model
Cara Delevingne, 22, and American Karlie Kloss, 22.
The full list can be found at http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emjl45jlde/the-worlds-highest-paid-models
(The online version of the story has been corrected to change
'soccer' player to 'football' player in the 3rd paragraph)
(Editing by Piya Sinha-Roy and Marguerita Choy)
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