Top Supermodel with Staying Power by Kate Moss

NAME: Kate Moss
NATIONALITY: British
HEIGHT: 5'6" - 5'7" depending on who you ask.
MEASUREMENTS: 33-23-35
WEIGHT: 105 lbs
HAIR: Light Brown
EYES: Hazel
BORN: January 16, 1974 in Croydon, Surrey, England.

DISCOVERED: In a JFK airport when she was 14 (1988) on her way back to London, England from a family vacation in the Bahamas when Sarah Doucas from Storm Agency spotted her.

AGENCY: New York-Women, Paris-Marilyn, UK-Storm.

INCOME: Made approx. $2.2 million (U.S.) in 1994. Her estimated worth in 2000 was $26.3 million. Charges at least $10,000 per day.

RÉSUMÉ: One of the world's biggest supermodels ever. Had major Calvin Klein contract worth $4 million for 100 days of work. Was in ads for Yves Saint Laurent's perfume 'Opium'. The face of Chanel's perfume "Coco Mademoiselle". Major campaigns for Rimmel, Gucci, Fendi, etc. Has a picture book out (of her favourite photos of herself) called 'Kate. The Kate Moss story'. Hosted BBC documentary "Dazzled" about the pitfalls of the fashion industry (early 1999).

TATTOOS: Has a quarter-inch tattoo of a heart on her hand.

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Top Black Swimsuit Supermodel By Tyra Banks

NAME: Tyra Banks
NATIONALITY: American
HEIGHT: 5'10"
MEASUREMENTS: 36C-24-36
HAIR: Brown
EYES: Brown
BORN: December 4, 1973 in Los Angeles, California.

DISCOVERED: In 1991, Tyra was just weeks away from starting her freshman year at college when she was turned down by four agencies before Elite snatched up the 17-year-old. Instead of school, she headed to Paris for fashion shows.

AGENCY: IMG-New York

INCOME: Made approx. $7 million (U.S.) in 1994. Her estimated worth in 2000 is $8.8 million. Charges $30,000 per fashion show.

RÉSUMÉ: At 23, Tyra not only became the first black model to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, but she also survived the vicious eight month catwalk fight with Naomi Campbell that followed. Tyra published a book called 'Tyra's Beauty Inside & Out' with all sorts of beauty tips and info about what it's like being a supermodel. Tyra is also a regular models for Sports Illustrated magazine, Victoria's Secret and Cover Girl. Modeled for Ralph Lauren. Has her own calender and biography. Tyra starred in Coyote Ugly and she had major role in movie Higher Learning, in which she is killed. She appears in two music videos: George Michael's Too Funky and Michael Jackson's Black and White. She has also appeared in numerous episodes of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air', as Will Smith's love interest. She runs her own company Tygirl Inc. and supports numerous charities.

HOME: She has an apartment in New York City.

KNOWN FOR: She was the first African-American woman to appear solo on the covers of GQ, Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue and the Victoria's Secret catalog, but it was her Victoria's Secret ads and catalog work that made her famous.

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Top Swimsuit Supermodel by Heidi Klum

NAME: Heidi Klum
NATIONALITY: German
HEIGHT: 5'9.5"
MEASUREMENTS: 35-24-34
WEIGHT: 119 lbs
HAIR: Light Brown
EYES: Hazel
BORN: June 1st, 1973 in Hamburg, Germany but grew up in Bergisch Gladbach, a "small" large city within Cologne. Her father Gunther worked for a cosmetics company and her mother, Erna, is a hairdresser.

DISCOVERED: Heidi, then 18 years old, saw an ad in "Petra" magazine for a competition called "Model '92" and travelled to Munich to compete on TV. She won the competition.

When Heidi started, her card read: Heidi Klum, 1.76m , 89-65-92, green-brown eyes, light brown hair. (5'8", 35-26-36)

AGENCY: New York-Metropolitan

RÉSUMÉ: Victoria's Secret, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Calendars, Covers and Editorials. Heidi stars in the movie "Blow Dry" (2001).

KNOWN FOR: Her amazing body and the way guy's go gaga for her. Heidi critiques her smile.

HOME: Germany and New York City.

SWEETIE: She was married hairstylist Ric Pipino from 1999 to 2002. Heidi had child (a girl named Leni) with Formula One tycooon Flavio Briatore. Heidi split from Briatore when she was six months pregnant after it emerged he was having an affair with another younger model. She began dating the singer Seal (real name Sealhenry Samuel) shortly after and wanted to marry him after only a few months, but her Victoria's Secret contract forbade her to. She has since given birth to Seal's child.

SCANDAL: According to Vogue, the millionaire German supermodel has a $2.5 million contract with Victoria's Secret that bans her from "altering her image" in any way - which getting married would do. Victoria's Secret bosses regarded Klum's pregnancy and the birth of her daughter Leni as equally "image hurting" and she was forced to work off the extra pregnancy pounds for a fashion shoot just 34 days after giving birth, or risk losing the contract.

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Top Lingerie Supermodel By Laetitia Casta

NAME: Laetitia Casta

NATIONALITY: French
HEIGHT: 5'7"
MEASUREMENTS: 35C-24-35
HAIR: Brown with light brown streaks
EYES: Blue
BORN: May 11, 1978 in Pont-Audemer, Normandy, France. Grew up in Corsica.
AGENCY: Paris-Madison



INCOME: Her estimated worth in 2000 is $5.3 million.

DISCOVERED: In Laetitia's own words "In August of 1993, when I was fifteen, I was playing with my little sister, Marie-Ange, on the beach at San Ambrogio in Corsica. A photographer named Frederic Creceaux, who was also on vacation there, noticed me and suggested to a friend from the Madison Models Agency in Paris, who was there with him, that they talk to my father about doing a test with me." Laetitia says, "I thought, 'Are they honest or are they weird?' Of course, he was suspicious, but when he found out they were for real, he took me to see them in Paris three weeks later so we could do some test photos. I was a bit nervous, but I guess it turned out okay. The rest, as they say, is history!"

RÉSUMÉ: Models for Givenchy, Victoria's Secret, Chanel, Ralph Lauren, Pantene, L'Oreal, Yves Saint Laurent and Guess. Laetitia her own calendar and is a Sports Illustrated model. She has appeared on all of the major magazine covers. She recently released her own photo book simply entitled Laetitia Casta. Stars in the French film called The Blue Bicycle.

HOME: She has apartments in New York City, London and Paris.

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Top Male Supermodel Tyson Beckford

NAME: Tyson Beckford
NATIONALITY: The child of a Jamaican father and Chinese-American mother, Tyson is an American citizen but grew up in Jamaica and Rochester, New York.
HEIGHT: 6'2"
HAIR: Shaved
EYES: Brown
BORN: December 1971 in New York.

DISCOVERED: Tyson was scouted by an editor from hip-hop magazine 'The Source' in 1991. Through that connection, he hooked up with a New York agency, and within months, Beckford was before the lenses of Herb Ritts and Bruce Weber. It was Weber who first brought the model to Lauren, who nabbed him for the company's sport, fragrance and body lines. By 1995, Beckford was on the covers of major magazines, including Paper and Essence and multiple-page spreads in Vogue, GQ, the New York Times and Details.

RÉSUMÉ: Ralph Lauren hired him in 1993 to represent his Polo Sport line exclusively. It was photographer Bruce Weber who introduced Tyson to Ralph Lauren, who immediately hired him to represent the company's fragrance and body line, 'Sport'. By 1995, Beckford was on the covers of major magazines, including Paper and Essence and multiple-page spreads in Vogue, GQ, the New York Times and Details.

KNOWN FOR: His unusual good looks and his eyes. He was named 1995 Model of the Year at the VH1 Fashion Awards and one of People's 50 Most Beautiful People.

HOME: Harlem, New York City and Jamaica.

TATTOOS: He has eight. His goal is to have more than Dennis Rodmann.

OTHER: He grew up in Jamaica and Rochester, New York and was involved in gangs, drugs and theft when he was a teenager. In fact, he says, he'd likely be in jail or dead today if he hadn't been plucked off the street in 1991 by an editor from the hip-hop magazine The Source.
Tyson wants to start acting and is taking lessons, in the mean time he's strutting the runways, working on a new exercise video and posing for a series of calendars.

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