"Bella Hadid has been named as the new face of Swarovski jewelry meaning the Palestinian-American model can add another high-profile brand to her already impressive list of contracts."
While both parties are remaining tight-lipped on how much money the deal is worth, as a famous face with 51.8 million Instagram followers, it is sure to be worth a pretty penny.
Despite the age-old cliche of modelling being a "brainless" pastime, in reality, it can be very lucrative with big-name models regularly picking up six-figure sums to head up a brand, resulting in net earnings that run into tens of millions of dollars. To give an idea of how much the top models actually earn, here are the five who earned the most over the past 12 months.
Bella's older sister Gigi has an estimated personal wealth of $29m, and has earned her money from fashion shows, a Maybelline campaign and being a Victoria’s Secret Angel, a gig that pulled in up to $1m per year.
Gigi has graced multiple magazine covers and is the go-to in the industry. In 2016, she was named International Model of the Year by the British Fashion Council and has since gone on to work with Guess, Tom Ford, Balmain, Missoni, Moschino and Isabel Marant.
That same year she collaborated on a clothing line with Tommy Hilfiger, and last month announced that her own clothing line will be unveiled soon. She is also taking on television work, and later this year will be a co-host on Queer Eye. She is estimated to have earned $9m in 2021.
The British model has an estimated fortune of $30m, built up from modelling and her long-running lingerie line with Marks & Spencers. The partnership has now expanded to cover perfume and swimwear.
While pregnant with her first child, Huntington-Whiteley also launched her own beauty line called Rose Inc, meaning that in addition to modelling for names such as Ralph Lauren and Bloomingdales, she is thought to earn in the region of $9m per year.
The English model-turned-actress is a wealthy woman with more than $37m in the bank. Since signing with Storm Management in 2009, Delevingne has worked with many high-profile brands, including Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, and Louis Vuitton, and was named Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards in 2012 and 2014.
In 2012, she branched out into acting and appeared in Suicide Squad and Valerian, among others. While Delevingne is more focused on acting than modelling these days, contracts with Tag Heuer, Burberry and YSL Beauty mean her earnings last year were more than $19m.
The Brazilian model is thought to be worth $95m, with much of that coming from her long-running contract with Victoria’s Secret, between 1999 and 2018.
In 2015 and 2016, she was named by Forbes as the second-highest-paid model, much of which came from being an ambassador to Puma, Maybelline, and IWC watches. In the past year, Lima earned just short of $30m.