Miranda Kerr is the third highest-earning model in the world and banked $7 million last year
DESPITE a tumultuous personal life, Australian model Miranda Kerr remains very bankable. How much did she earn and how does it rank against the world’s supermodels?
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SUPERMODEL Miranda Kerr’s personal life is a very public disaster of late, but work is giving the Australian beauty several million reasons to smile.
Attention yet again turned to her activities off the runway last month when she was at the centre of a physical feud between ex-husband Orlando Bloom and pop star Justin Bieber.
It culminated in a very public punch-up inside a restaurant in Ibiza last month after Bieber reportedly made a comment about sleeping with Kerr.
The beef between the men is said to be over Kerr’s rumoured hook-up with the pintsized Canadian pop star.
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For several months, Kerr has also been romantically linked to Australian billionaire James Packer.
Oddly enough, on the same day he threw a swing at Bieber, Bloom was photographed frolicking on a Spanish beach with Packer’s ex-wife, Erica.
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As if coping with all of that speculation wasn’t enough, she also finalised her divorce from English megastar actor Bloom.
But things on the professional front are far more positive for 31-year-old Kerr, who took home an impressive $7.5 million last year, according to new estimates from Forbes magazine.
Kerr rose to fame as a Victoria’s Secret runway angel but parted ways with the world-famous lingerie brand in early 2013.
Despite the loss of that very lucrative contract, thought to be worth in excess of $1 million per year, Kerr remains a very bankable model.
Back in Australia, she replaced Megan Gale in 2009 as the face and ambassador for department store David Jones until last year.
In the past year she has represented a stack of big brands from global clothing chain H&M to sports brand Reebok, and even lends her pretty face to Austrian crystal house Swarovski.
Despite increasing her earning power on the previous year slightly, it wasn’t enough to hang on to the number two spot.
Kerr was overtaken for that ranking this year by Dutch model Doutzen Kroes, who collected $8.6 million in the past year.
At the top once again is Brazilian beauty and modelling world giant Gisele Bündchen, who Forbes calculated took home a whopping $50 million.
Tying for equal third spot with Kerr were British modelling industry veteran Kate Moss, swimsuit favourite Kate Upton and Chinese rising star Liu Wen.
Originally published as Miranda Kerr is the third highest-earning model in the world and banked $7 million last year
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