Highest-Paid Models

- Nathalie Robehmed

For the first time since 2002, Gisele Bundchen is not the world’s highest-earning model. Kendall Jenner, 22, steals the top spot with a mammoth $22 million year.

Thanks to an Instagram account that lets her disseminate advertisements to 85 million followers, Jenner tallied a career-best total in the 12 months to June from favorable deals with Estée Lauder, La Perla and Adidas, among others. Paychecks from her family’s reality TV show, her Kendall + Kylie clothing line with her sister, Kylie Jenner, and numerous social media endorsements juice her modeling money.

She edges Bundchen ($17.5 million) who had a quieter year. The 37-year old still posed for a Carolina Herrera fragrance and Arezzo shoes and Vivara jewelry in her native Brazil, but fewer campaigns meant her take-home dipped 43% from 2016’s $30.5 million total.

Rounding out the top three is Chrissy Teigen ($13.5 million), who joins the list for the first time. With an outsize social following, the foodie and former Sports Illustrated cover girl mints millions from deals beyond fashion, including advertisements with beverage brands such as Vita Coco and Smirnoff.