Linda Evangelista
Linda Evangelista was born on May 10, 1965, in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, into a strict working-class Catholic family that had emigrated from Italy. She began modelling locally as a teenager and was discovered during the Miss Teen Niagara beauty pageant, leading to her signing with Elite Model Management.
At 16, she briefly worked in Japan before returning home due to an unpleasant modelling experience, resuming her career two years later. In 1984, she moved to New York and then Paris with Elite, launching her high-fashion career at 19 with her first major cover for L’Officiel. She soon appeared on over 700 covers worldwide, working with photographers like Steven Meisel, who became a close collaborator, and Karl Lagerfeld, who called her the most professional model in the world.
In 1988, Peter Lindbergh suggested she cut her hair short, leading to “The Linda,” which initially cost her bookings but became a global trend. By the late 1980s and early 1990s, she was part of the “supermodel era,” forming “The Trinity” with Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington. Her Vogue October 1990 quote, “We don’t wake up for less than \$10,000 a day,” became one of the most famous in modelling history.
She transformed her look frequently, earning the title of “fashion’s chameleon” and helping set trends from hair colour to thin eyebrows. Evangelista walked for designers like Versace, Chanel, Valentino, and Calvin Klein, and featured in music videos like George Michael’s “Freedom! ’90.” She was instrumental in raising pay rates for models and appeared in documentaries like Models: The Film and Unzipped.
In 1993, she toured Australia with Claudia Schiffer and continued working in high fashion until her temporary retirement in 1998. She returned in 2001, landing Vogue covers and high-profile campaigns for Versace, Chanel, Fendi, and L’Oreal, making her final runway appearance at Dior’s 60th anniversary show in 2007. She also engaged in activism, supporting HIV/AIDS research through the Viva Glam campaign, amfAR, and the Elton John AIDS Foundation while advocating for LGBT rights. In her personal life, she married Gérald Marie in 1987 and divorced in 1993, dated Kyle MacLachlan, and later Fabien Barthez, with whom she suffered a miscarriage.
In 2006, she had a son with François-Henri Pinault, leading to a highly publicised child support case settled in 2012. A practicing Catholic, Evangelista’s faith remained important throughout her career. In 2021, she revealed she suffered from paradoxical adipose hyperplasia due to a failed cosmetic procedure, leading to a lawsuit settled in 2022.
In 2023, she disclosed a breast cancer diagnosis in 2018, undergoing a bilateral mastectomy and further treatment after recurrence. Evangelista received VH1’s Fashion Awards Lifetime Achievement Award, a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame, and was named the “Greatest Supermodel of All Time” by CBC’s Fashion File. Her career remains a testament to reinvention, resilience, and her lasting impact on the modelling industry.
Cindy Crawford
Cindy Crawford, born on February 20, 1966, in DeKalb, Illinois, is the daughter of Daniel Kenneth Crawford and Jennifer Sue Crawford-Moluf and grew up with two sisters, Chris and Danielle, and a brother, Jeffery, who died of childhood leukemia at age three—a tragedy that deeply influenced her life and charity work.
On social media, Crawford has shared that her family has been in the United States for generations, with ancestry including German, English, French, and Scottish roots, and she is a descendant of English Puritan settler Thomas Trowbridge and European nobility, including Charlemagne, discoveries that deeply moved her during her appearance on Who Do You Think You Are? in 2013. She was raised in the Congregationalist faith, valuing how religious principles continued to shape her family’s values.
During high school, a prank call about modeling unexpectedly preceded real opportunities, and a local photographer’s photo for DeKalb Nite Weekly became her first cover, pushing her toward modeling. After graduating as valedictorian from DeKalb High School in 1984, Crawford earned an academic scholarship to study chemical engineering at Northwestern University but left after one quarter to pursue modeling full-time. Initially working with Victor Skrebneski in Chicago, she moved to New York City in 1986, signing with Elite New York, and rose to international fame. She was nicknamed “Baby Gia” for her resemblance to model Gia Carangi, standing at 5 feet 9½ inches with brown hair and eyes, and her iconic beauty mark above her lip became her signature, even featuring in an Australian milk campaign where she humorously “licked off” the mole.
From 1989 to 1995, Crawford served as host and executive producer of MTV’s House of Style, becoming a household name while maintaining a strong presence in high-profile advertising, notably starring in Pepsi’s Super Bowl XXVI commercial in 1992, which became so iconic that Pepsi remade it with her in 2016. In 1995, she transitioned to acting with a lead role in Fair Game, which was critically and commercially unsuccessful, though she later appeared in films like The Simian Line and guest-starred in TV shows, often playing herself, including in the Italian comedy Body Guards – Guardie del corpo in 2000. During the late 1990s, Crawford also made stage appearances in magician David Copperfield’s shows, performing illusions such as levitation, guillotine tricks, and the Double Sawing illusion alongside Claudia Schiffer.
She gradually stepped back from full-time modeling in 2000, focusing on selective magazine appearances and expanding into business ventures, including launching the Meaningful Beauty skincare line in 2005 and a furniture line under the “Cindy Crawford Home Collection,” with collections at Rooms To Go, Raymour & Flanigan, and J.C. Penney. Crawford has remained active in charity, dedicating proceeds from her calendars to leukemia research and supporting the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s pediatric oncology program, where her brother was treated, and serving on the honorary board of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation and Ronald McDonald House Charities. In 2021, she recreated her iconic Pepsi ad to raise funds for the American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin.
Her contributions also extend to wildlife conservation, being part of the California Wildlife Center’s honorary committee. She authored Becoming in 2015, sharing her life and career journey, and in 2023, she was featured in the Apple TV+ docuseries The Super Models alongside Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, and Linda Evangelista. Crawford married actor Richard Gere in 1991, divorcing in 1995, and later married businessman Rande Gerber in 1998, with whom she has two children, Presley and Kaia, the latter following in her mother’s footsteps in the modeling industry, even sharing the cover of Vogue Paris in 2016.
In 2017, she joined supermodels to close the Versace Spring/Summer 2018 show in tribute to Gianni Versace, continuing to honor her legacy in fashion. Politically, Crawford endorsed Barack Obama in 2008 and clarified she did not endorse Mitt Romney in 2012 despite rumors, reflecting her ongoing influence in both public life and advocacy while balancing her family, business ventures, and philanthropy, cementing her as one of the most iconic and enduring supermodels in the world.
Naomi Elaine Campbell
Naomi Elaine Campbell was born on 22 May 1970 in Lambeth, South London, to Jamaican-born dancer Valerie Morris. Her father abandoned her mother while she was four months pregnant, leaving the birth certificate blank, and Naomi took her surname “Campbell” from her mother’s second marriage. Her heritage is Black-Jamaican and Chinese-Jamaican through her maternal grandmother, whose surname was Ming.
Naomi spent her early years in Rome, Italy, where her mother worked as a modern dancer, before returning to London, where Naomi lived with relatives while her mother toured Europe with the dance troupe Fantastica. At age three, Naomi attended the Barbara Speake Stage School, and by age 10, she was accepted into the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts to study ballet. She also attended Dunraven School.
Naomi’s modeling career escalated quickly, and as of 2024, she has walked for Marc Jacobs, Yves Saint Laurent, Prada, Chanel, Givenchy, Dolce & Gabbana, Burberry, Versace, Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton, Fendi, Balmain, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Oscar de la Renta, Michael Kors, Roberto Cavalli, and Victoria’s Secret, among many others. Throughout her career, Campbell has curated iconic runway looks that defined eras in fashion, from structured Chanel tailoring to high-drama Versace gowns.
However, her public life has also been marked by controversy, including convictions for assault between 1998 and 2009, with incidents involving her personal assistant, a housekeeper, police officers, and a paparazzo. She often attended community service in high-fashion ensembles, later detailing her experience in “The Naomi Diaries” for W magazine and spoofing herself in a Dunkin’ Donuts commercial directed by Zach Braff. In 2002, she won a breach of confidentiality lawsuit against the Daily Mirror after they published a photo of her leaving a Narcotics Anonymous meeting, receiving £3,500 in damages.
In 2010, Naomi testified at the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor regarding “blood diamonds” she received in 1997 in Cape Town, which she gave to Jeremy Ractliffe for charity, though they were never donated and were later seized by South African police. Naomi was never charged due to a lack of criminal intent. Her philanthropic efforts faced scrutiny when her charity, Fashion for Relief, was reported for failing to pass on funds from events, with £345,000 eventually recovered and donated.
Naomi stated she was a victim of fraud by a trustee and denied personal gain from philanthropy. Aside from modeling, Naomi ventured into music, releasing the album “Baby Woman” in 1994 and singles including “Love and Tears” and “I Want to Live,” along with guest appearances on tracks like Vanilla Ice’s “Cool as Ice” and Toshinobu Kubota’s “La La La Love Song.” In 2025, she appeared on “Every Girl You’ve Ever Loved.” Despite legal battles, personal struggles, and media storms, Naomi Campbell remains a defining force in fashion, culture, and pop history, her presence both admired and critiqued as she continues to shape her legacy beyond the runway.
Katherine Ann Moss
Katherine Ann Moss, born on 16 January 1974 in Croydon, Greater London, is an English model who rose to prominence in the early 1990s during the “heroin chic” era, defining the waifish, size-zero look in contrast to the curvier supermodels of the time. Discovered at 14 by Sarah Doukas of Storm Management at JFK Airport after a holiday in the Bahamas, Moss began her modelling career with a black-and-white shoot by Corinne Day for The Face at 16, in a feature titled “The 3rd Summer of Love.” She quickly became the “anti-supermodel” of the decade, working with brands like Levi’s and Calvin Klein, the latter cementing her status as a global fashion icon.
Despite criticism and speculation over her weight, Moss explained that the aesthetic was simply a reaction to the era’s previous beauty standards, stating, “How many times can you say ‘I’m not anorexic’?” In September 2005, Moss faced intense media scrutiny when photos of her using cocaine were published, leading H\&M, Burberry, and Chanel to cut ties with her, though she stopped short of admitting drug use publicly. She was later cleared of charges due to insufficient evidence and swiftly returned to modelling, signing 18 contracts within a year for brands like Rimmel, Calvin Klein, and Virgin Mobile.
Throughout her career, Moss appeared on the covers of British Vogue over 30 times and was featured in international editions of Vogue, W, Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair, and The Face, working with photographers such as Mario Testino, Juergen Teller, Peter Lindbergh, and Mario Sorrenti. She has modelled for luxury brands including Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Balenciaga, Versace, Gucci, and Dior, and has been recognised with numerous accolades, including the 2013 British Fashion Awards Special Recognition for her 25-year contribution to fashion.
In 2007, Moss launched a clothing collection with Topshop, which sold out rapidly, followed by a line of fragrances with Coty, including “Kate Moss,” “Vintage Muse,” “Lila Belle,” and “Love Blossoms.” She also designed handbags for Longchamp in 2010 and modelled for Supreme’s spring-summer collection in 2012.
Her influence extended into music, appearing in videos for Primal Scream, the White Stripes, and Paul McCartney, and providing vocals for songs by Primal Scream and Babyshambles, co-writing tracks on Babyshambles’ album before her split with Pete Doherty, whom she dated from 2005 to 2007. Previously, Moss was in a high-profile relationship with Johnny Depp from 1994 to 1998 and has a daughter, Lila Grace Moss Hack, with Jefferson Hack.
In 2011, Moss married Jamie Hince of The Kills, but later divorced in 2016, and she has since been in a relationship with Count Nikolai von Bismarck. Moss has actively supported charities such as War Child, Cancer Research UK, the Elton John AIDS Foundation, and the Hoping Foundation, and has participated in fundraising initiatives, including designing a Paddington Bear statue for the NSPCC. Despite backlash over her 2009 statement, “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels,” Moss expressed regret for the comment in later years. In 2016, she launched her own talent management agency, Kate Moss Agency, representing figures like Rita Ora and Jordan Barrett.
Financially, Moss consistently ranked among the top-earning models, earning \$9 million in 2007 and appearing on the Sunday Times Rich List as one of Britain’s wealthiest women. In 2012, Rizzoli Publications released “Kate: The Kate Moss Book,” a personal retrospective tracing her evolution from a teenage model to an enduring cultural icon, featuring photography from Arthur Elgort, Corinne Day, Juergen Teller, Mario Sorrenti, and others, capturing the essence of her career and her enduring impact on fashion. Moss’s ability to redefine beauty standards, maintain relevance across decades, and evolve into a businesswoman and mentor cements her legacy as one of the most influential models of all time.
Adriana Lima:
Adriana Lima, born on 12 June 1981 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, is a supermodel known globally for her work with Victoria’s Secret and high fashion brands. Raised by her mother, Maria das Graças Lima, after her father left when she was six months old, Lima initially planned to become a pediatrician before modelling found her. A friend convinced her to enter a modelling contest, leading Lima to win Ford’s “Supermodel of Brazil” at 15, and soon after, she placed second in Ford’s “Supermodel of the World” in 1996.
She moved to New York a year later and signed with Elite Model Management, debuting on the runway for Anna Sui at New York Fashion Week in 1997. Lima’s career quickly expanded, working for designers like Valentino, Prada, Dior, Versace, and Balmain, and appearing in campaigns for Maybelline, Armani, Versace, and Bulgari. Her first magazine cover was Marie Claire Brazil in 1998, followed by Vogue covers in Italy and Brazil in 2000. She became a GUESS? Girl in 2000 and maintained her presence in high fashion while establishing herself as a Victoria’s Secret Angel, a role she began in 2000 after walking in her first Victoria’s Secret runway in 1999 at age 17.
Lima became one of the brand’s most recognisable Angels, opening the show multiple times and wearing the Fantasy Bra in 2008, 2010, and 2014. In 2017, she was named Victoria’s Secret’s “most valuable Angel,” and in 2018, she walked her final show with the brand, closing an 18-year chapter of her career. Throughout her career, Lima worked with renowned photographers including Mario Testino, Steven Meisel, and Annie Leibovitz, and appeared on the covers of Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, GQ, and Esquire, with her 2006 GQ cover becoming one of the magazine’s best-selling issues.
She has ranked consistently among the highest-paid models globally, earning \$6 million in 2013 and \$9 million in 2015, and was listed on Forbes’ Celebrity 100 power list in 2012 for earning over \$7 million in a year. Lima continued to diversify her work, becoming the face of brands like Jason Wu, Calzedonia, Puma, and Desigual, and appearing in campaigns for Chopard, Miu Miu, and IWC. She has also starred in high-profile Super Bowl commercials, including spots for Teleflora and Kia Motors, with her 2008 Victoria’s Secret Super Bowl ad becoming the most-watched ad of the game. Apart from modelling, Lima has ventured into acting, making her debut in 2001 in BMW’s The Hire series and appearing in shows like How I Met Your Mother and Ugly Betty, and in the film Ocean’s 8.
She also hosted and executive-produced Lifetime’s reality competition show American Beauty Stars, which premiered in 2017. In 2023, she was named a Global Fan Ambassador for the FIFA Women’s World Cup, although her appointment drew criticism from some for being “tone deaf.” Lima also executive-produced and appeared in the short documentary FIFA: A Love Letter To Rwanda, which premiered at the Taormina Film Festival.
Lima’s personal life has included a marriage to Serbian NBA player Marko Jarić in 2009, with whom she has two daughters, before their separation in 2014 and finalized divorce in 2016. In 2022, she welcomed a son with film producer Andre Lemmers, and in December 2024, announced their marriage. Lima, who is a devout Catholic, has spoken openly about her faith, often reading the Bible before shows and stating that her spirituality is central to her life.
She also pays tribute to Yemanjá, reflecting her connection to her Afro-Brazilian heritage. Lima has engaged in charity work, supporting the orphanage Caminhos da Luz in Salvador and participating in initiatives for children’s hospitals in Turkey. She also appeared on the Turkish version of Deal or No Deal in 2009, donating her winnings to children with leukemia. Today, Lima remains a symbol of resilience, versatility, and longevity in the modelling industry, maintaining her influence across fashion, entertainment, and philanthropy while continuing to represent the beauty and diversity of Brazil on the global stage.
Iman Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid
Iman, born Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid in Mogadishu, Somalia, was renamed “Iman,” meaning “faith” in Arabic, by her grandfather, who believed the name would bring her prosperity. She was born to Mariam, a gynecologist, and Mohamed Abdulmajid, a diplomat and Somali ambassador to Saudi Arabia, and was the first girl born into her family in six generations, growing up with four siblings in a family that valued education and discipline.
Iman spent her early years living with her grandparents before being sent at age four to boarding school in Egypt, where she spent much of her childhood and teenage years. Political unrest in Somalia led her family to relocate to Kenya, where Iman briefly studied political science at the University of Nairobi in 1975 before being discovered by photographer Peter Beard, who encouraged her to move to the United States to pursue modelling.
Fluent in Somali, Arabic, Italian, French, and English, Iman also became an American citizen in her twenties. At 18, Iman married a young Somali entrepreneur, Hassan, but the marriage ended a few years later when she moved to the U.S. to pursue her modelling career. In 1977, she dated actor Warren Beatty before becoming engaged to basketball player Spencer Haywood later that year. The couple married and had a daughter, Zulekha Haywood, in 1978, before divorcing in 1987.
In 1990, Iman met English musician David Bowie on a surprise blind date arranged by a friend in Los Angeles. They quickly connected, and Bowie even named his 1991 instrumental piece “Abdulmajid” after her. The couple married privately in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 24 April 1992, with a formal ceremony in Florence, Italy, on 6 June.
They welcomed their daughter, Alexandria Zahra Jones, in 2000, and Iman became stepmother to Bowie’s son, Duncan Jones. The family lived between Manhattan and London, maintaining a close-knit private life until Bowie’s passing in 2016, after which Iman paid tribute, writing, “The struggle is real, but so is God,” reflecting her deep Islamic faith, which she credits for guiding her through difficult times. Iman’s modelling career redefined beauty standards in the industry, with her long neck and elegant presence catching the eyes of designers and photographers worldwide.
She worked with major fashion houses and graced the covers of top magazines, becoming a muse for Yves Saint Laurent, who dedicated a collection to her, and appearing in campaigns that broadened the representation of Black women in fashion. In 2010, she received the Fashion Icon lifetime achievement award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), presented by her friend Isabella Rossellini, honouring her signature style and influence on the fashion industry. Wearing a gown by Giambattista Valli and diamond bracelets, Iman thanked her parents for “giving me a neck longer than any other girl on any go-see anywhere in the world.”Beyond modelling, Iman ventured into acting, appearing in films such as “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country,” where she played a shapeshifting alien, “House Party 2,” and “Exit to Eden.”
She also starred alongside Bowie in “The Linguini Incident” in 1991 and made a cameo with him in the video game “Omikron: The Nomad Soul,” where players could reincarnate as her character. Iman is also a successful entrepreneur, founding her cosmetics company, Iman Cosmetics, which focuses on makeup for women of colour, addressing a long-standing gap in the beauty industry. Iman’s commitment to philanthropy is as significant as her impact on fashion.
She serves as CARE’s first-ever Global Advocate, working to end global poverty and support dignity for all people. She is a spokesperson for the Keep a Child Alive program, an Ambassador for Save the Children, and collaborates with the Children’s Defense Fund. Iman has actively sup…
Gisele Caroline Bündchen
Gisele Caroline Bündchen was born on July 20, 1980, in Horizontina, Brazil. She grew up in a Catholic family with five sisters, including her twin, Patrícia. Her dad, Valdir, was a university professor, and her mom, Vânia, worked at a bank. Gisele wanted to play volleyball, but in 1993, her mom signed her and her sisters up for a modelling course to help their confidence. On a trip to São Paulo, she was spotted by Elite Model Management, and she placed second in a modelling contest.
At 14, she moved to São Paulo to start modelling and walked her first New York Fashion Week in 1996. Although she was rejected many times, her big break came in 1998 when she walked for Alexander McQueen in London. From there, she worked with brands like Versace, Ralph Lauren, Valentino, and Dolce & Gabbana, and was on the covers of Vogue and other major magazines. By 2000, she had appeared on 37 Vogue covers and was a top model in the industry.
That same year, she signed with Victoria’s Secret, wearing the \$15 million Red Hot Fantasy Bra, the world’s most expensive lingerie. She became one of Victoria’s Secret’s most famous Angels before leaving in 2007 because she was no longer comfortable posing in lingerie. Gisele also appeared in the movies “Taxi” and “The Devil Wears Prada” and was often featured in magazines like Time and Vanity Fair.
She launched her own sandal line, Ipanema, and a skincare brand, Sejaa. She worked with brands like Chanel, Pantene, Louis Vuitton, and H\&M, and Forbes named her the world’s highest-paid model for years. Her book “Lessons: My Path to a Meaningful Life” became a bestseller and added to her influence in fashion and business. Gisele is also known for her work to protect the environment. She became a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme in 2009, helped with tree planting projects in Brazil, and supported campaigns against wildlife trafficking. She co-produced the documentary “Kiss the Ground” about protecting the planet and used her platform to encourage others to care for the environment.
In her personal life, Gisele dated Leonardo DiCaprio from 2000 to 2005. In 2006, she started dating NFL quarterback Tom Brady, and they married in 2009. They have two children together, and Gisele is also stepmother to Tom’s son from a previous relationship. They were married for 13 years before divorcing in October 2022. In 2023, she started a relationship with Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructor Joaquim Valente, and they welcomed a son in early 2025.
Gisele practices Transcendental Meditation and eats a mostly plant-based diet. She continues her jiu-jitsu training and received her purple belt in 2023. She now resides in South Florida, where she focuses on her family, health, environmental projects, and select modeling work, continuing her role as one of fashion’s most prominent names and an environmental advocate.
Cara Delevingne
Cara Delevingne was born on 12 August 1992 in Hammersmith, London. Her dad, Charles, is a property developer, and her mum, Pandora, worked in society circles. She grew up in Belgravia with her sisters, including Poppy, and a half-brother. Her family is well-connected in the UK, and her grandmother, Jane Sheffield, once worked for Princess Margaret.
Cara went to Bedales School in Hampshire but found school hard because she has dyspraxia. At 15, she struggled with depression and anxiety, which she has spoken about openly to help others understand mental health. Cara started modelling as a teenager and became famous for her thick eyebrows and lively energy on the runway. She worked with many fashion brands and designed collections for DKNY and Mulberry, making bags and clothing that matched her style.
She became one of the world’s top models and was often featured in magazines like Vogue. She was also one of the most-searched models online and built a strong following on social media. Cara moved into acting and took roles in films like Kids in Love, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Tulip Fever, and London Fields. She also starred in the series Carnival Row with Orlando Bloom and joined Only Murders in the Building in its second season in 2022. Besides acting, Cara loves music. She has sung and played guitar, drums, and recorded songs with Pharrell Williams and Will Heard. She also sang “I Feel Everything” for the Valerian movie soundtrack.
In 2017, Cara wrote a young adult book called Mirror, Mirror, which talks about friendship and identity. In 2020, she and her sisters launched a vegan prosecco brand called Della Vite. She also made a documentary series called Planet Sex in 2022, where she explored topics around sexuality and gender in different countries. In 2024, Cara prepared to make her stage debut in the musical Cabaret in London, playing the role of Sally Bowles for 12 weeks.
This was a new step in her career, showing her love for performing in different ways, from modelling to acting and music. Cara has always been open about her mental health struggles and shares her journey to help others feel less alone. She has also spoken about her sexuality and supports LGBTQ+ visibility. She likes to stay active and practices mindfulness to help her well-being. In March 2024, Cara’s house in Studio City, Los Angeles, caught fire while she was away. Her two cats were rescued, but a firefighter and a person inside were hurt.
The fire was found to be caused by an electrical issue, and the house was destroyed, but Cara was thankful her pets survived and thanked the firefighters for their help. Cara Delevingne continues to work in fashion, film, and music while using her platform to speak about mental health and support causes she cares about, showing her strong and creative spirit.
Kendall Nicole Jenner
Kendall Nicole Jenner was born on November 3, 1995, in Los Angeles, California, to Caitlyn Jenner, who was known as Bruce Jenner at the time, and Kris Jenner. Her middle name, Nicole, was chosen to honor her mother’s close friend Nicole Brown Simpson.
Kendall grew up in a large blended family with her younger sister Kylie, three older half-brothers, Burt, Brandon, and Brody, and a half-sister, Casey, from Caitlyn’s side, as well as her Kardashian half-siblings Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, and Rob from her mother’s side. She spent her childhood in Calabasas, where she attended Sierra Canyon School before choosing homeschooling to focus on modeling, graduating in 2014. At just 18, she purchased her own two-bedroom condo in Los Angeles, showing her independence early on.
Kendall’s life became public in 2007 when her family started filming Keeping Up with the Kardashians, which showed their personal and professional lives and became a hit on the E! network. She grew up in front of cameras, making appearances on various spin-offs like Kourtney and Kim Take Miami, Kourtney and Khloé Take the Hamptons, and Life of Kylie.
After twenty seasons, the show ended in 2021, but the family returned with The Kardashians on Hulu in 2022, bringing fans back into their lives and keeping Kendall in the spotlight alongside her sisters and mom. While many people know Kendall from the family’s reality shows, she worked hard to build her modeling career, starting at a young age.
She walked for big brands like Chanel, Calvin Klein, and Victoria’s Secret and became the face of major campaigns, including Mango and Estée Lauder. She reached a significant milestone when Forbes named her the world’s highest-paid model in 2017, overtaking Gisele Bündchen, who had led for over a decade.
She also became the creative director for FWRD, showing her influence in fashion beyond the runway. In 2022 and 2023, she starred in campaigns for brands like Gucci and Tommy Hilfiger, and in 2024, she returned for a Calvin Klein campaign, proving her staying power in the industry. Kendall also explored business ventures with her sister Kylie, launching the Kendall + Kylie fashion line, collaborating with brands like PacSun, Topshop, and Steve Madden, and even creating a swimwear collection.
They released a mobile app and co-wrote the novel Rebels: City of Indra, followed by its sequel, Time of the Twins. Kendall also worked with brands like Proactiv and launched a teeth-whitening pen with Moon, expanding her reach into beauty and lifestyle products. In 2021, she launched her tequila brand, 818 Tequila, which became popular but also drew some criticism for cultural appropriation during its campaign. Beyond her professional life, Kendall has shown a caring side through philanthropy. She has raised funds for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles by auctioning clothes on eBay, participated in charity yard sales, visited children’s hospitals during the holidays, and joined charity sports games to raise money for different causes. She also launched a birthday campaign to support Charity: Water and used her Zaza World brand to help raise funds for COVID-19 relief efforts.
Kendall practices Transcendental Meditation to manage stress, a habit she adopted after feeling overwhelmed by her busy lifestyle. In her personal life, she has had high-profile relationships, including with Harry Styles, NBA players Ben Simmons and Devin Booker, and, most recently, with rapper Bad Bunny until 2024. Despite public scrutiny, Kendall remains focused on her career, family, and self-care.
From a young girl growing up in front of cameras to becoming one of the top models in the world, Kendall Jenner’s journey has been a mix of reality TV fame, hard work in the fashion world, and expanding into business while keeping her personal interests and health in mind. Her story shows her ability to balance her public image with building a strong, independent identity, making her one of the most recognized faces of her generation.
Lauren Hutton
Lauren Hutton was born as Mary Laurence Hutton on November 17, 1943, in Charleston, South Carolina. Her parents, Lawrence and Minnie, divorced when she was very young, and she grew up with her mother in Florida, not knowing her father, who died when she was just 12. Lauren has said that never meeting him was the most painful part of her life.
She carried his letters from the war, learning about his hopes for her and the world through his words. Lauren took her stepfather’s last name, Hall, for a time and graduated from Chamberlain High School in Tampa in 1961. She then attended the University of South Florida and later Newcomb College in New Orleans, earning her degree in 1964. After college, Lauren moved to New York City, working as a Playboy Bunny before deciding to pursue modeling.
She changed her name to Lauren Hutton and was told to hide the gap in her front teeth, but she chose to embrace it, making it part of her unique look. Her confidence and fresh beauty helped her land major modeling jobs, including appearing in a Chanel ad in 1968. In 1973, she signed a groundbreaking contract with Revlon worth \$250,000 a year, the biggest modeling deal at that time, and worked with them for 10 years. She appeared on the cover of Vogue a record 26 times, cementing her place as one of the top models of her era. Hutton also made her mark in acting, appearing in films like Paper Lion (1968), The Gambler (1974), American Gigolo (1980), and Once Bitten (1985).
She worked in television too, starring in Paper Dolls and Central Park West, and even had her own talk show, Lauren Hutton and…, in the late 1990s. In 2009, she returned to film in The Joneses alongside Demi Moore and David Duchovny, bringing her charm and depth to a new generation of viewers. Beyond modeling and acting, Lauren became known for living life on her own terms.
She loved travel and adventure, often taking trips to Africa and Antarctica, which she described as experiences that made her love life again. She is also a passionate scuba diver and was inducted into the Women Divers Hall of Fame in 2007 for her work promoting marine conservation, especially the protection of sharks. In 2000, Lauren survived a serious motorcycle accident near the Hoover Dam while riding with actors Dennis Hopper and Jeremy Irons. She suffered multiple injuries but made a full recovery, showing the same resilience she brought to her career. Lauren also used her platform to encourage women to embrace aging with confidence, even posing nude at 61 for Big magazine to challenge societal expectations about beauty and aging.
In addition to her modeling legacy, Lauren launched her own cosmetics line, Lauren Hutton’s Good Stuff, focusing on products for mature women.
She continued to work in fashion, modeling for brands like J.Crew, Mango, and Calvin Klein and walking the runway for designers like Tom Ford and Bottega Veneta well into her 70s. Her style inspired designers, and her presence in campaigns proved that beauty is timeless. Lauren has lived in Manhattan’s NoHo neighborhood and in Taos, New Mexico, where she enjoys a quieter life while continuing to inspire with her adventurous spirit.
She has spoken about writing her memoir, potentially titled Smile, reflecting on a life shaped by exploration and courage. From her groundbreaking modeling contracts to her fearless approach to life, Lauren Hutton remains a symbol of individuality, resilience, and embracing one’s true self at every age.