Forbes announces World's Top-Earning Models

Forbes.com has released the 2008 list of the World's Top-Earning Models. The fifteen models on the list were selected and ranked by estimated earnings over the last year, although when necessary, prestige and relevancy of campaigns, editorials, fashion magazine covers and the opinion of industry insiders were also taken into consideration.

Gisele Bündchen still has a monopoly on the number one spot, with an estimated $35 million in earnings.

The top 5 is as follows.

1. Gisele Bündchen ($35 million)
2. Heidi Klum ($14 million)
3. Kate Moss ($7.5 million)
4. Adriana Lima ($7 million)
5. Doutzen Kroes ($6 million)

Others on the list were Victoria's Secret angels Miranda Kerr and Selita Ebanks, at Nos. 10 and 12, respectively.