* THE MOST IMPORTANT TOP MODELS OF ALL TIME *
by ninacosta87 | created - 05 Sep 2012 | updated - 27 Feb 2014 | PublicA list with beautiful and talented top models, whom I believe are the most important of the 20th and 21st centuries in fashion industry, so far.
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Obs.: Names here may vary as time goes by, as new models are always emerging and becoming famous world-wide.
1. Gisele Bündchen
Actress | Taxi
It was in 1994 when Gisele Bundchen was discovered at age 14 in a Brazilian fashion mall, and now she is "the" most famous face in the business. Since then, Gisele has graced the covers of countless magazines as any other model in the history, including Rolling Stone, Time, Forbes, Newsweek and all...
2. Kate Moss
Actress | Zoolander 2
One of the more controversial supermodels, primarily because of her unusually low weight during the early part of her career. (she typified the "waif" models). Her unusual appearance (and possibly her willingness to appear nude, "It's just work") have, in a very short time, made her almost as ...
3. Cindy Crawford
Actress | Fair Game
Cindy Crawford was born on February 20, 1966 in DeKalb, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Fair Game (1995), 54 (1998) and Cougar Town (2009). She has been married to Rande Gerber since May 29, 1998. They have two children. She was previously married to Richard Gere.
4. Naomi Campbell
Actress | Zoolander 2
Naomi Campbell was born on May 22, 1970 in Streatham, London, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Zoolander 2 (2016), I Feel Pretty (2018) and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995).
5. Claudia Schiffer
Actress | Love Actually
Claudia Maria Schiffer is a German model, actress, and fashion designer, based in the United Kingdom. She rose to fame in the 1990s as one of the world's most successful models, cementing her supermodel status. In her early career, she was compared to Brigitte Bardot. She has appeared on more than ...
6. Elle Macpherson
Actress | The Edge
Elle Macpherson was born on March 29, 1964 in Cronulla, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She is a producer and actress, known for The Edge (1997), Batman & Robin (1997) and Friends (1994). She has been married to Jeffrey Soffer since July 2013. She was previously married to Gilles Bensimon.
7. Christy Turlington
Director | No Woman, No Cry
Christy Nicole Turlington Burns is an American model, charity-founder and campaigner, and filmmaker. She represented Calvin Klein's Eternity campaign in 1989 and again in 2014, and also represents Maybelline. Turlington was named one of Glamour's Women of the Year in 2013, and, in 2014, was named ...
8. Linda Evangelista
Soundtrack | Unzipped
Linda Evangelista is a Canadian fashion model and one of the top supermodels from the 1990s. She is regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential models of all time, and has been featured on over 700 magazine covers. Evangelista is primarily known for being the longtime "muse" of ...
9. Paulina Porizkova
Actress | Thursday
Paulina Porizkova was born on April 9, 1965 in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress and director, known for Thursday (1998), Her Alibi (1989) and Arizona Dream (1993). She was previously married to Ric Ocasek.
10. Iman
Actress | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Iman was born on July 25, 1955 in Mogadishu, Somalia. She is a producer and actress, known for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), L.A. Story (1991) and No Way Out (1987). She was previously married to David Bowie, Spencer Haywood and Hassan ?.
11. Stephanie Seymour
Actress | Pollock
Stephanie Seymour was born on July 23, 1968 in San Diego, California. From her early teens it became obvious that the towering, stunningly beautiful young woman was ideal modeling material, and she immediately began getting some local print work. Having entered a modeling contest sponsored by Elite...
12. Eva Herzigova
Actress | Just for the Time Being
Eva Herzigová is a Czech supermodel and actress. She began her modeling career after winning a modeling beauty contest in Prague in 1989, at the age of sixteen. She was a member of Thomas Zeumer's Metropolitan Models. After arriving in Paris, her popularity increased. Her first important appearance...
13. Miranda Kerr
Actress | How I Met Your Mother
Miranda May Kerr was born in Sydney and raised in the small town of Gunnedah to John and Therese Kerr. Kerr's paternal grandmother lived on a farm, where she "raced motorbikes and rode horses." Her parents later moved the family to Brisbane when she and her younger brother Matthew were teenagers. ...
14. Adriana Lima
Actress | Ocean's Eight
Adriana Lima is a Brazilian supermodel, actress and businesswoman. From the young age of fifteen, Adriana's portfolio quickly skyrocketed making her one of the most successful models of all time. A global fashion icon, best known as a Victoria's Secret from 1999 to 2018, the longest-running model ...
15. Candice Swanepoel
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
Candice was born on October 20, 1988 in Mooi River, South Africa. She was discovered in 2003 by a model scout in a local flea market. She's a supermodel best known for her work as a Victoria Secrets lingerie model. She appeared in 9 Victoria's Secret Fashion shows from 2007 through 2015 before ...
16. Joan Smalls
Actress | Set It Up
Joan Smalls is a fashion supermodel best known for her work Givenchy, Estée Lauder and as a Victoria's Secrets lingerie model. She appeared in five Victoria's Secret Fashion shows from 2011 through 2015. She has been a face Estee Lauder since 2011, and was the first Latina to represent Estée Lauder...
17. Liu Wen
Actress | Ocean's Eight
Wen Liu is an international fashion supermodel best known for her work as a Victoria's Secret lingerie model, Estée Lauder among other high profile brands. She appeared in four Victoria's Secret Fashion shows from 2009 through 2012. Wen had been a face of Estée Lauder since 2010. Liu has appeared ...
18. Alessandra Ambrosio
Actress | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Alessandra Corine Ambrosio was born in the Brazilian town of Erichim, Rio Grande do Sul, to petrol station-owning parents of Italian, Polish and Portuguese ancestry. She took up local modeling classes at the age of 12 and participated in Brazil's legendary 'Elite Model Look' competition two years ...
19. Karolina Kurkova
Actress | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Karolina Kurkova is a supermodel best known for her work as a Victoria's Secrets lingerie model. She has appeared in nine Victoria's Secret Fashion shows between 2000 and 2010 and was named a Victoria's Secret Angel in 2005. She has graced the covers of such notable fashion magazines as Vogue, Elle...
20. Liya Kebede
Actress | The Good Shepherd
Liya Kebede was born on March 1, 1978 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She is an actress and producer, known for The Good Shepherd (2006), The Best Offer (2013) and Lord of War (2005). She was previously married to Kassy Kebede.
21. Isabeli Fontana
Actress | Belíssima
Isabeli Fontana is a fashion model best known for her work as a Victoria's Secret lingerie model, her multiple appearances in the Pirelli calendar (2003, 2011,2012, 2013, 2015) and the 2003 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Her appearance in a Victoria's Secret catalog at age sixteen was ...
22. Doutzen Kroes
Actress | Wonder Woman
Doutzen Kroes is a supermodel best known for her work as a Victoria's Secrets lingerie model. She appeared in eight Victoria's Secret Fashion shows from 2005 through 2014 and served as a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2008 to 2014. Kroes has been a brand ambassador for Miu Miu since 2013, L'Oreal ...
23. Irina Shayk
Actress | Hercules
Irina Shayk--sometimes credited as Irina Sheik--was born in the USSR on January 6, 1986, as Irina Valeryevna Shaykhlislamova. She is a model and actress known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue between 2007 and 2014. She was the cover model for the 2011 issue. Shayk made ...
24. Lara Stone
Actress | Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Lara Stone was born on December 23, 1983 in Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. She is an actress, known for Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016), En moi (2016) and The Ever Changing Face of Beauty (2012). She was previously married to David Walliams.
25. Cara Delevingne
Actress | Suicide Squad
Cara Jocelyn Delevingne was born in London, England, to Pandora Anne (Stevens) and Charles Hamar Delevingne, a property developer. Her parents are both from prominent upper-class families, with her ancestors including Viscounts (Greenwood), Baronets (Hulton, Faudel-Phillips), Majors and Lord Mayors...
26. Sophie Dahl
Actress | People I Know
Sophie Dahl began her working life as a teenage fashion model and actress, but books and words were her first love. In 2003 she wrote the illustrated novella and Sunday Times bestseller, 'The Man With The Dancing Eyes' (Bloomsbury) and in 2007, published her first novel, 'Playing With The Grownups'...
27. Coco Rocha
Actress | The Parent Trip
Coco Rocha was born on September 10, 1988 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for The Parent Trip, Monster Management S/S 15 Models Film: Ill (2014) and Truly Zac Posen for David's Bridal (2013). She has been married to James Conran since June 9, 2010. They have three...
28. Agyness Deyn
Actress | Clash of the Titans
Agyness Deyn was born on February 16, 1983 in Littleborough, Manchester, UK. She is an actress, known for Clash of the Titans (2010), Sunset Song (2015) and The Titan (2018). She has been married to Joel McAndrew since August 28, 2016. They have two children. She was previously married to Giovanni ...
29. Twiggy
Actress | The Boy Friend
Twiggy is a top model of the late 1960s, who made skinny an "inny," along with other famous skinny models such as Jean Shrimpton ("The Shrimp"), Veruschka von Lehndorff, and Penelope Tree ("The Tree"). She was born Leslie Hornby on September 19, 1949, in Twickenham, Middlesex, England, one of three...
30. Heidi Klum
Producer | Project Runway
Heidi Klum was born in Bergisch Gladbach, a small city near Cologne, Germany, in 1973. Her career as a top fashion model and swimsuit star began almost by accident when, on a lark, she submitted photos to a model competition hosted by Petra, a young woman's magazine. Klum won the competition, and ...
31. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Actress | Mad Max: Fury Road
Rosie Alice Huntington-Whiteley is best known for her work as a Victoria's Secrets lingerie model and as a movie actress. She has appeared in five Victoria's Secret Fashion shows from 2006 through 2010 and became a Victoria's Secret Angel in November 2009. She has appeared on the cover of ...
32. Izabel Goulart
Actress | Baywatch
Izabel Goulart is best known for her work as a Victoria's Secrets lingerie model. She appeared in eleven Victoria's Secret Fashion shows from 2005 through 2015 and was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2005 to 2008. Goulart also appeared in 2011 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She was the face of A...
33. Ana Beatriz Barros
Actress | Zoolander 2
Ana Beatriz Barros is one of the top Brazillian models in the world, working for high profile fashion labels including Victoria's Secret, Guess, Sisley's and Sports Illustrated. Born on the 29th of May, 1982, in Itabira Brazil, Ana started her modeling career at the tender age of 14 when she was ...
34. Bar Refaeli
Actress | Session
Bar Refaeli is an Israeli model, television host, actress, and entrepreneur. She is considered among the most internationally successful models to come from Israel, appearing on the cover of the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, and being voted No. 1 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 list of 2012. ...
35. Tyra Banks
Actress | Coyote Ugly
Tyra Banks was born on December 4, 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Coyote Ugly (2000), Tropic Thunder (2008) and America's Next Top Model (2003).
36. Carmen Kass
Actress | Zoolander
Carmen Kass is best known for her work as a Victoria's Secrets lingerie model and as a international fashion model. She appeared in five Victoria's Secret Fashion shows in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2008. Kass had been the face of Michael Kors and Narcisco Rodriguez Frangrance, as well as a ...
37. Alek Wek
Actress | Suspiria
Alek Wek is a fashion model best known for being one of the first mainstream dark-skinned African models to appear on fashion magazine covers and work both campaigns and fashion shows in mid 1990's. Wek appeared on the covers or been featured in many international fashion magazines including Elle, ...
38. Cintia Dicker
Actress | Close to Shore
Tall (5'10"), gorgeous, and shapely redhead stunner Cintia Dicker was born on December 6, 1986 in Campo Bom, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. She's of German descent. The striking blue-eyed beauty was discovered by a modeling agent in a local mall. Best known as a swimsuit model for Sports Illustrated ...
39. Natalia Vodianova
Actress | Clash of the Titans
Natalia Vodianova was born on February 28, 1982 in Gorkiy, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhniy Novgorod, Nizhegorodskaya oblast, Russia]. She is an actress, known for Clash of the Titans (2010), Belle Du Seigneur (2012) and Together Forever. She is married to Antoine Arnault. She was ...
40. Raquel Zimmerman
Actress | Knight of Cups
Raquel Zimmerman was born on May 6, 1983 in Bom Retiro do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. She is an actress, known for Knight of Cups (2015), Belíssima (2005) and The Crazy Ones (2013). She is married to Ruy Sanchez.
41. Chanel Iman
Actress | Dope
Her father is African American and her mother is half Korean and African American. She was born in Atlanta, Georgia but grew up in Los Angeles, California. Her mother is the owner of "The Red Bag Boutique" with daughter in Los Angeles. She helps local communities in Los Angeles and New York.
42. Emanuela de Paula
Actress | Bio Hacking Is Future Beautiful
Emanuela de Paula was born in 1989 in Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco, Brazil. She is an actress, known for Bio Hacking Is Future Beautiful (2016), Fashion in Frame (2020) and The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2011).
43. Selita Ebanks
Actress | Runaway
Selita Ebanks was born on February 17, 1983 in Georgetown, Cayman Islands. She's a model best known for appearing in the 2007 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition & for being a Victoria's Secrets model. She appeared in 6 Victoria's Secret fashion shows from 2005-2010 & was an Angel from 2005-2009. ...
44. Kate Upton
Actress | The Other Woman
Katherine Elizabeth Upton was born in St. Joseph, Michigan, to Shelley Fawn (Davis), a state tennis champion from Texas, and Jefferson Matthew Upton, a high school athletics director. Her uncle is Michigan congressman Fred Upton. Upton always knew she wanted to be a model. Since signing with IMG ...
45. Anja Rubik
Actress | Mary Komasa: Lost Me
Anja Rubik was born on June 12, 1983 in Rzeszów, Podkarpackie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Mary Komasa: Lost Me (2016), Black Atlass: Jewels (2014) and Kill It and Leave This Town (2020). She was previously married to Sasha Knezevic.
46. Carolyn Murphy
Actress | Liberty Heights
Carolyn Murphy was born on August 11, 1973 in Panama City, Florida, USA. She is an actress, known for Liberty Heights (1999), Jungle Red (2021) and Project Runway All Stars (2012). She was previously married to Jake Schroeder.
47. Hilary Rhoda
Self | American Mirror: Intimations of Immortality
Hilary Rhoda was born on April 6, 1987 in Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA. She has been married to Sean Avery since October 10, 2015. They have one child.
48. Karlie Kloss
Actress | Zoolander 2
Karlie Kloss is a supermodel best known for her work as a Victoria's Secrets lingerie model and as a brand ambassador for several high profile companies. She appeared in four Victoria's Secret Fashion shows from 2011 through 2014, and served as a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2013 to 2015. Kloss has...
49. Helena Christensen
Actress | Julefrokosten
As a child Helena Christensen was more interested in becoming a musician, but as fate would have it began modeling at the age of 9. After leaving school, she moved to Paris, France to model for the french magazine 'Elle', and in 1986 she competed in the Miss Universe contest as Miss Denmark, but ...
50. Fernanda Tavares
Actress | Gomez vs. Tavarès
Fernanda was born in Natal, a northern Brazilian town on September 22, 1980. She was always very beautiful and people would tell her that she should be a model. She decided to try the Elite Look of the Year and she won at age 13, having to move to New York afterwards to pursue modeling, and never ...
51. Jeisa Chiminazzo
Actress | Belíssima
Jeisa Chiminazzo was born on April 12, 1985 in Muçum, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. She is an actress, known for Belíssima (2005), Fornarina SS 14 (2014) and Top Models, Um Conto de Fadas Brasileiro (2011). She was previously married to Olivier Ripley.
52. Shalom Harlow
Actress | In & Out
Shalom Harlow was born on December 5, 1973 in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress, known for In & Out (1997), Vanilla Sky (2001) and The Salton Sea (2002).
53. Karen Elson
Soundtrack | Still Alice
Karen Elson was born on January 14, 1979 in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Still Alice (2014), Dumplin' (2018) and Moonshot (2022). She was previously married to Jack White.
54. Jessica Stam
Actress | Agent Orange
Jessica Stam was born on April 23, 1986 in Kincardine, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress, known for Agent Orange (2004), Burning Bright (2019) and Reason (2013).
55. Caroline Ribeiro
Actress | Anjo de Mim
Caroline Ribeiro was born on September 20, 1979 in Belém, Pará, Brazil. She is an actress, known for Anjo de Mim (1996), Lower City (2005) and Belíssima (2005). She has been married to Paulo Rego since 1996. They have one child.
56. Angela Lindvall
Actress | CQ
Victoria's Secret Angel and supermodel Angela Lindvall has been the host for Project Runway, has graced the covers of every major magazine Vogue, Elle, W, etc. Angela starred in Roman Coppola's CQ launching her film debut. She took time off from acting to raise her two sons, focus on her modeling ...
57. Amber Valletta
Actress | Gamer
Amber Valletta was born in Phoenix, Arizona, USA as Amber Evangeline Valletta. She is an actress, producer and model. She began her career as a fashion model. Valletta was married to Olympic volleyball player Chip McCaw with whom she has a son, Auden. Valletta endorsed Democrat President Barack ...
58. Lais Ribeiro
Actress | New Girl
Laís Riberio is best known for her work as a Victoria's Secret lingerie model. She has been modeling for Victoria's Secret since 2010 appearing in five Victoria's Secrets Fashion Shows from 2010 to 2015,. Riberio became a Victoria's Secret Angel in April 2015. Riberio has worked with some of the ...
59. Erin Heatherton
Actress | She's Funny That Way
Erin Heatherton was born and grew up in Skokie, Illinois, the daughter of Laura (Stein) and Mark Bubley. She attended both Solomon Schechter (a Jewish day school) and Riles High School. She didn't fit well in her high school because of her tallness. Heatherton was discovered vacationing on South ...
60. Lindsay Ellingson
Actress | Love Advent
American Fashion Model Lindsay Ellingson was born in San Diego, California. Ellingson was discovered at a ProScout event that she attended in Orange County, California. She is currently (2011) a Victoria's Secret Angel and walked the VS runway in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. She has modeled for ...
61. Lily Aldridge
Actress | Ocean's Eight
Lily Aldridge is best known for her work as a Victoria's Secrets lingerie model. She appeared in seven Victoria's Secret Fashion shows from 2009 through 2015 and became a Victoria's Secret Angel in 2010. Aldridge appeared in the 50th Anniversary edition of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in ...
62. Georgia Jagger
Actress | Love Advent
Georgia Jagger was born on January 12, 1992 in London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Love Advent (2011), Jill Stuart Spring/Summer 2011 Collection (2010) and The Chaos Bruv Club! (2018).
63. Tao Okamoto
Actress | The Wolverine
Tao Okamoto born in Chiba, Japan on May 22, 1985, known professionally as Tao, is a Japanese actress and model. In 2009, she was one of the faces of Ralph Lauren. She made her film debut in 2013 as Mariko Yashida, the female lead, in The Wolverine (2013). She also had recurring roles in the ...
64. Abbey Lee
Actress | Mad Max: Fury Road
Abbey Lee is known for her work as a model and actress. In 2015 Abbey made her feature film debut alongside Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron in George Miller's post-apocalyptic film "Mad Max: Fury Road". Abbey has since appeared in numerous feature films in both America and Australia. She has starred ...
65. Grace Jones
Actress | A View to a Kill
Grace Jones was born on May 19, 1948 in Spanish Town, St Catherine, Jamaica to Marjorie Jones (née Williams) and Reverend Robert W. Jones. When she was 12 she moved to Syracuse, New York, joining her family who had already moved there. She studied acting at Syracuse University and appeared in her ...
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