14 May,2010 04:18 PM IST | | ANI
Gisele Bundchen tops the list for the second year running
Gisele Bundchen, the 29-year-old who is married to American football player Tom Brady, earned $25 million last year, making her the world's highest paid model for the second year running.
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In the Forbes' list, Heidi Klum came in second with $16 million in earnings, followed by style icon Kate Moss, also 36, who made $9 million, through modelling campaigns, her clothing range for Topshop, and her perfume.
It is the second year the same three models topped the list, reports The Telegraph.
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Steve Bertoni of Forbes said: "These contracts were written during the doldrums of the recession.
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"So when companies decided on the faces of their campaigns, they wanted to play it safe."
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Adriana Lima, 28, came in fourth with a $7.5 million salary.
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Dutch model Doutzen Kroes, 25, was placed fifth with $6 million.
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"These are the tried and true supermodels of the last decade ... the household names of the industry," Bertoni said.
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Carolyn Murphy, who is the face of Estee Lauder, Roberto Cavalli and Anne Klein, earned $3.5 million to grab the 10th spot.
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The list represents earnings made from June 2009 to July 2010.
