Note (September 2026): This list previously gave Kim Kardashian’s net worth as $900 million and called Woody Johnson the owner of Johnson & Johnson; Forbes now estimates Kardashian’s fortune at about $1.9 billion (September 2026), and Johnson is a Johnson & Johnson heir who owns the New York Jets. Other outdated details, including Chelsea FC’s ownership and Paris Hilton’s contradictory figures, have been corrected below.
The richest model in the world by Forbes’ September 2026 estimate is Kim Kardashian, worth about $1.9 billion, mostly through her stake in the shapewear brand SKIMS. Among career fashion models, Slavica Ecclestone (about $1.2 billion, largely from her divorce settlement) and Kathy Ireland (estimates of $360 million to $500 million) rank highest. Every figure is an unverified estimate.
Key Takeaways
- Kim Kardashian is the wealthiest name on this list: Forbes estimated her net worth at about $1.9 billion in September 2026.
- The biggest model fortunes rarely come from modeling fees alone; they come from owned brands (SKIMS, Kylie Cosmetics, Kathy Ireland Worldwide), inheritance (the Hearst and Guinness families) or divorce settlements (Slavica Ecclestone, Juanita Jordan).
- Gisele Bundchen topped Forbes’ annual list of the highest-paid models 14 times between 2002 and 2016; Kendall Jenner topped the last two lists Forbes published, in 2017 and 2018.
- Celebrity net worth figures are public estimates, not audited accounts, and they can change sharply after a funding round, a sale or a lawsuit.
At any point pondered who the richest models on the planet are?
Richest Models in the World – List of the Richest Models Across the World
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Models are famous for their extravagant ways of life, catwalks, and working with fashion designers everywhere. At the point when you investigate exactly how much some of them acquire it’s no big surprise.
This article is a rundown of 25 of the richest current and former models, with every figure treated as an unverified public estimate (most headline numbers date from February 2023 and are updated below where a reliable source exists), and the amount they’re worth
Slavica Ecclestone
Total net worth: $1.2 Billion
Slavica Ecclestone is a previous model from Croatia. A significant part of the family’s fortune was held in Slavica’s name in offshore trusts in Jersey. Ecclestone has worked with the best designers and models on the planet.
Slavica Ecclestone is often ranked as the richest career model, although by Forbes’ September 2026 estimate Kim Kardashian’s fortune is now larger.
As of February 2023, Slavica Ecclestone’s net worth was estimated at roughly $1.2 billion, a figure that traces back to her 2009 divorce from Formula One executive Bernie Ecclestone, when The Sunday Times Rich List estimated her settlement at about £740 million.
Kim Kardashian
Estimated net worth: about $1.9 billion (Forbes, September 2026; previously listed here as $900 million)
Kim Kardashian is an American reality star, model, and businessperson.
She previously earned respect when she started to show up on the reality show ‘Keeping up with the Kardashians’ along with her loved ones. From that point forward, Kim has most certainly become well-known in the style business.
As of February 2023, Kim Kardashian’s net worth was estimated at around $900 million. As of September 2026, Forbes estimates Kim Kardashian’s net worth at about $1.9 billion, most of it from her stake in SKIMS, which Forbes says was valued at $5 billion after a 2025 funding round.
Kylie Jenner
Estimated net worth: about $670 million (Forbes, June 2025)
Kylie Jenner is an American reality TV personality, model, socialite, and social media character. Jenner has featured in the ‘E!’ reality show series ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ from 2007 alongside her sisters.
Kylie Jenner is the founder of Kylie Cosmetics. She sold a majority stake to Coty and, according to Forbes, still owns an estimated 44% of the company; Forbes put her net worth at about $670 million in June 2025. Forbes named her a billionaire in 2019 but withdrew that status in 2020.
Kathy Ireland
Total net worth: $500 Million
Kathy Ireland is an American previous model, entertainer, and businessperson. She is the CEO of her very own fashion image organization. Kathy Ireland is the founder and CEO of the licensing company Kathy Ireland Worldwide, whose branded products have generated billions of dollars in retail sales.
As of February 2023, Kathy Ireland’s net worth was commonly estimated at $500 million. Forbes estimated $360 million in 2016, and in March 2026 Ireland and her husband sued their former business managers in Santa Barbara County Superior Court, alleging that her money was mismanaged; the allegations are unproven, but they mean her true current wealth is uncertain.
Cindy Crawford
Total net worth: $400 Million
Cindy Crawford is an American model and entrepreneur who was born in DeKalb, Illinois.
She was found when she was 16 years of age while she was working in an Illinois cornfield. Crawford later got sufficient positive input that by age 17 she entered Elite Model Management’s Look of the Year and won second place.
Cindy Crawford’s total net worth is generally $400 Million.
Gisele Bundchen
Total net worth: $400 Million
Supermodel Gisele Bundchen is a Brazilian model, born on July 20, 1980, in Horizontina, Rio Grande do Sul. Bundchen topped Forbes’ annual list of the world’s highest-paid models 14 times between 2002 and 2016, before Kendall Jenner overtook her on the 2017 list. Bundchen has shown up in magazines like Vogue, GQ, ELLE, Flair, and Newsweek.
Today Gisele Bundchen’s total net worth is assessed to be $400 Million, making her the sixth richest model on the planet.
Petra Ecclestone
Total net worth: $400 million
Petra Ecclestone is an English model and style planner. Growing up, she generally needed to be a fashion designer and at 19 years old, she made the menswear label, FORM which was sold into retailers including Harrods from October 2008.
Petra Ecclestone’s total net worth is generally $400 million.
Rande Gerber
Total net worth: $400 million
Rande Gerber is an American nightlife entrepreneur and former model. Gerber established nightlife companies Midnight Oil and the Gerber Group. He is married to Cindy Crawford, another name on this list. In 2013 Gerber co-founded the tequila brand Casamigos with George Clooney and Mike Meldman, and in June 2017 Diageo agreed to buy it in a deal worth up to $1 billion.
Rande Gerber’s total net worth is $400 million.
Paris Hilton
Total net worth: $300 Million
Paris Hilton is an American model, reality star, style architect, and entertainer from New York City. Paris Hilton runs a wide range of businesses of her own, including a long-running fragrance line, product licensing, music, DJ work and her media company 11:11 Media. Hilton is the ninth richest model on the planet.
As of February 2023, Paris Hilton’s net worth was listed here as roughly $100 million, which contradicted the $300 million figure above. Public estimates as of September 2026 range from about $300 million to $400 million, the higher figure from Celebrity Net Worth.
Tamara Ecclestone
Total net worth: $300 Million
Tamara Ecclestone is an English socialite, model and TV personality, born on June 28, 1984, in Milan. She is the elder daughter of former model Slavica Ecclestone and Formula One executive Bernie Ecclestone. Tamara has her own TV program ‘Tamara Ecclestone’ (full title ‘Tamara Ecclestone: Billion $$$ Girl’), which aired on Channel 5 in 2011; ‘Tamara’s World’ followed on ITVBe in 2017.
As of February 2023, Tamara Ecclestone’s total net worth is generally $300 Million, making her quite possibly the richest model in the model business ever.
Irina Abramovich
Total net worth: $232 Million
Irina Abramovich is a previous model, who is most popular as the ex of a Russian tycoon, investor, and lawmaker Roman Abramovich. Outside Russia, Roman Abramovich was best known as the owner of Chelsea Football Club, which he sold in May 2022 to a consortium led by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital after putting the club up for sale following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Irina Abramovich’s total net worth is assessed to be generally $232 Million, making her the eleventh richest model on the planet.
Jane Holzer
Total net worth: $200 Million
Jane Holzer is an American former model, actress, film producer, real estate investor and art collector, born on October 23, 1940, in Palm Beach, Florida. During her modeling career in the 1960s she was widely known as ‘Baby Jane’ Holzer, and she became one of Andy Warhol’s first Superstars. She also helped finance films including the Academy Award-winning ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ (1985), ‘Spike of Bensonhurst’ and ‘Naked Tango’.
Today Jane Holzer’s total net worth is $200 million.
Jeffree Star
Total net worth: $200 Million
Jeffree Star is an American makeup artist, entrepreneur, former singer and model who has been among the highest-earning YouTube creators. Star is the founder of the makeup brand Jeffree Star Cosmetics.
As of February 2023, Jeffree Star’s total net worth is assessed to be $200 million.
Juanita Jordan
Total net worth: $200 Million
Juanita Jordan is a previous model who at present stands a great total net worth. Juanita Vanoy Jordan worked as a model and as an executive secretary at the American Bar Association. Most of her wealth comes from her 2006 divorce from basketball star Michael Jordan, a settlement widely reported at $168 million, one of the largest in sports history.
As of February 2023, Juanita Jordan’s total net worth is around assessed to be $200 Million, making her the fourteenth richest model on the planet.
Sofia Vergara
Total net worth: $180 Million
Sofia Vergara is a Colombian actress, model, TV host and businessperson. Forbes named her the highest-paid actress on US television for May 2011 to May 2012, when she earned an estimated $19 million, ahead of Kim Kardashian and Eva Longoria, thanks largely to her role in the sitcom ‘Modern Family’ and her endorsement deals.
As of February 2023, Sofia Vergara’s total net worth is assessed to be $180 Million.
Heidi Klum
Total net worth: $160 million
Heidi Klum is a German model, businesswoman, TV host and producer, born on June 1, 1973. She hosted ‘Project Runway’ from 2004 to 2017 and returned to the show for its 21st season. Klum appeared on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 1998, and in 1999 she became the first German model to be a Victoria’s Secret Angel.
As of February 2023, Heidi Klum’s total net worth is $160 million, making her the sixteenth richest model on the planet.
Amanda Hearst
Total net worth: $100 Million
Amanda Hearst is an American model and socialite from the family of publisher William Randolph Hearst, founder of the media company now known as Hearst Communications. Hearst founded Friends of Finn, an animal-welfare campaign against puppy mills. She has displayed for IMG and shown up in magazines including Cosmopolitan and International Harper’s Bazaar.
As of February 2023, Amanda Hearst’s total net worth is generally $100 million.
Chloe Green
Total net worth: $100 Million
Chloe Green is an English model, social character, and real character who is the daughter of Sir Philip Green, the retail tycoon whose Arcadia Group owned Topshop before it went into administration in 2020. Green appeared in the UK reality series ‘Made in Chelsea’ in 2011, and from 2017 she drew headlines for her relationship with model Jeremy Meeks, with whom she has a son born in 2018.
As of February 2023, Chloe Green’s total net worth is assessed to be $100 million.
Christie Brinkley
Total net worth: $100 Million
Christie Brinkley is an American entertainer, model, and businessperson who previously became well-known during the 1970s as a Sports Illustrated model. Brinkley then at last proceeded to become perhaps of the most well-known and most generously compensated models on the planet.
As of February 2023, Christie Brinkley’s total net worth is generally $100 million.
Iman
Total net worth: $100 Million
Iman is a Somali-American retired fashion model, actress and beauty entrepreneur. Iman was born Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid on July 25, 1955. She is expertly known as Iman which likewise signifies “faith” in Arabic. Iman was discovered in Nairobi, where she was a university student, by the American photographer Peter Beard. She was married to David Bowie from 1992 until his death in 2016.
As of February 2023, Iman’s total net worth is $100 million, making her the twentieth richest model on the rundown.
Lydia Hearst-Shaw
Total net worth: $100 Million
Lydia Hearst-Shaw is an American entertainer, model, and essayist who was born in Wilton, Connecticut. Lydia Hearst, a daughter of Patty Hearst, studied at Sacred Heart University before breaking into the fashion business. From that point forward, she has shown up in various magazines, including any semblance of Vogue Italia.
Lydia Hearst-Shaw’s total net worth is generally $100 million.
Sabrina Guinness
Total net worth: $100 Million
Sabrina Guinness is an English Socialite, entrepreneur, and previous model. She gained her total net worth as a beneficiary to the Guinness family. Her family is notable for its roles in brewing, banking, religious ministry and politics. She is a television producer and married the playwright Sir Tom Stoppard in 2014; he died in November 2025.
As of February 2023, Sabrina Guinness’ total net worth is assessed to be generally $100 million, making her the 22nd richest model on the rundown.
Sale Johnson
Total net worth: $100 Million
Sale Johnson is an American socialite and previous model who was born in St. Louis, Missouri to a rich family. Johnson started her initial career as a model and wedded Woody Johnson in 1977. Woody Johnson is an heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune and the owner of the NFL’s New York Jets; he does not own Johnson & Johnson, which is a publicly traded company. The couple divorced in 2001.
Sarah Murdoch
Total net worth: $100 Million
Sarah Murdoch is an English Australian model, TV character, and entertainer who is most popular for being the host of ‘Australia’s Next Top Model’. Sarah Murdoch is married to Lachlan Murdoch, chair of News Corp and executive chair and CEO of Fox Corporation. A September 2025 family settlement gave Lachlan sole control of the family trust that controls both companies.
Adriana Lima
Total net worth: $95 Million
Adriana Lima is a deeply grounded supermodel who has been the longest-running Victoria’s, Secret Angel. Lima has been a spokesmodel for Maybelline cosmetics. At 15 she won Ford’s Supermodel of Brazil contest, and in 1996 she placed second in Ford’s Supermodel of the World competition. She retired as an Angel in 2018 and returned to the Victoria’s Secret runway in 2024.
Richest Models Compared: Net Worth Estimates at a Glance
The table below compares the figures in this list with the most recent estimates that could be verified as of September 2026. All figures are unverified public estimates.
| Name | Main source of wealth | Figure in this list | Latest verified estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Kardashian | SKIMS stake, TV, endorsements | $900 million (2023) | About $1.9 billion (Forbes, September 2026) |
| Slavica Ecclestone | 2009 divorce settlement | $1.2 billion | Roughly $1.2 billion (widely repeated estimate) |
| Kylie Jenner | Kylie Cosmetics (about 44% stake) | $700 million | About $670 million (Forbes, June 2025) |
| Kathy Ireland | Kathy Ireland Worldwide licensing | $500 million | $360 million (Forbes, 2016); disputed in a 2026 lawsuit |
| Paris Hilton | Fragrances, licensing, 11:11 Media | $300 million / $100 million (contradictory) | About $300 million to $400 million |
| Juanita Jordan | 2006 divorce settlement | $200 million | Settlement reported at $168 million |
| Rande Gerber | Nightlife, Casamigos sale | $400 million | Casamigos sold to Diageo for up to $1 billion (2017), shared by three founders |
How Do Models Become So Rich?
The richest models in the world rarely built their fortunes from runway and campaign fees alone. Modeling pays well at the very top, but the largest fortunes on this list come from four other routes.
- Owning a brand: Kim Kardashian (SKIMS), Kylie Jenner (Kylie Cosmetics), Kathy Ireland (Kathy Ireland Worldwide) and Jeffree Star (Jeffree Star Cosmetics) own companies rather than being paid only to promote them.
- Selling a business: Rande Gerber co-founded Casamigos tequila, which Diageo agreed to buy in 2017 for up to $1 billion.
- Inheritance: Amanda Hearst, Lydia Hearst, Sabrina Guinness and Chloe Green come from families with established fortunes in media, brewing and retail.
- Divorce settlements: Slavica Ecclestone, Juanita Jordan, Irina Abramovich and Sale Johnson received large settlements after marriages to billionaires or near-billionaires.
For comparison, see how reality TV money built the wider family fortune in this Kris Jenner net worth and business profile, and read the full Kim Kardashian net worth breakdown.
Who Is the Highest-Paid Model?
The highest-paid model and the richest model are not the same thing. Earnings measure one year’s income; net worth measures total assets minus debts.
Forbes published an annual ranking of the world’s highest-paid models until 2018. Gisele Bundchen topped it 14 times between 2002 and 2016, and Kendall Jenner topped the 2017 and 2018 lists, the last two Forbes released. Forbes has not published a comparable models ranking since, so any newer “highest-paid model” list is an estimate by another outlet.
A new generation of models is building wealth through campaigns and social media reach; see the profiles of supermodel Winnie Harlow and Anok Yai’s modeling career.
How Reliable Are Celebrity Net Worth Figures?
Celebrity net worth figures are estimates built from public information such as company valuations, reported deals, property records and court filings. Private individuals do not publish audited accounts, so two reputable sources can differ by hundreds of millions of dollars.
Three examples from this list show why figures move:
- Valuations change: Kim Kardashian’s estimate rose as SKIMS raised money at higher valuations, reaching $5 billion in 2025 according to Forbes.
- Methods change: Forbes called Kylie Jenner a billionaire in 2019, then withdrew the status in 2020 after reviewing her company’s finances.
- Lawsuits reveal gaps: Kathy Ireland’s March 2026 lawsuit against former business managers alleges that money she believed she had was not there; the claims are unproven.
Treat every number on this page as an approximate, dated estimate rather than a bank balance. Similar caveats apply to the site’s lists of the richest actresses in the world.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the richest model in the world?
Kim Kardashian is the richest person on this list, with Forbes estimating her net worth at about $1.9 billion in September 2026. Among people known mainly as fashion models, Slavica Ecclestone is usually ranked first, at roughly $1.2 billion, most of it from her 2009 divorce settlement.
Is Kim Kardashian a billionaire?
Yes, according to Forbes. Forbes estimated Kim Kardashian’s net worth at about $1.9 billion in September 2026, driven mainly by her roughly one-third stake in SKIMS, which Forbes says was valued at $5 billion after a 2025 funding round.
Is Kylie Jenner a billionaire?
No. Forbes estimated Kylie Jenner’s net worth at about $670 million in June 2025. Forbes had called her a billionaire in 2019 but withdrew that status in 2020.
Who was the highest-paid model of all time on Forbes’ list?
Gisele Bundchen topped Forbes’ annual highest-paid models list 14 times between 2002 and 2016. Kendall Jenner topped the final two lists, in 2017 and 2018.
How do models make most of their money?
The richest models make most of their money outside modeling: by owning beauty, fashion or lifestyle brands, licensing their names, selling businesses, or through inheritance and divorce settlements. Campaign and runway fees matter most early in a career.
Are these net worth figures accurate?
No celebrity net worth figure is exact. The numbers on this page are unverified public estimates, dated where possible, and they can change after funding rounds, sales, divorces or lawsuits.
A note on the figures: net worth for a public figure is an estimate, assembled from reported earnings, visible assets and a good deal of inference. It is not an audited financial disclosure, published sources routinely disagree, and the number changes over time. Treat it as an indication of scale rather than an exact amount.
