PEOPLE KNOWN FOR: modeling
American photographer, artist, and model
Lee Miller was an American photographer, Surrealist artist, and model. She might have been known primarily as the muse and lover of the Surrealist artist Man Ray had her son, Antony Penrose, not discovered...
Indian actress and model
Sushmita Sen is an Indian model and actress who made history by becoming the first Indian woman to win the Miss Universe international beauty pageant, in 1994, at age 18. In addition to featuring in television...
Canadian-born American model and actor
Pamela Anderson is a Canadian-born American model and actor who built a career largely based on her sex appeal and who has won praise for her resilience and grace. Her best-known role is as the lifeguard...
American model and television personality
Tyra Banks is an American fashion model and television personality best known as a face of the cosmetics company CoverGirl and the American lingerie, clothing, and cosmetics retailer Victoria’s Secret....
American fashion model
Cindy Crawford is an American fashion model and television personality who first gained fame in the 1980s and was among the first “supermodels.” Crawford grew up in DeKalb, Illinois, near Chicago, where...
British model
Naomi Campbell is a British fashion model and actress best known as one of the elite “supermodels” who dominated the fashion industry in the 1980s and ’90s. She was the first Black model to appear on the...
Somalian model, author, and activist
Waris Dirie is a Somalian fashion model, author, and women’s rights activist known for her efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation (FGM), also called female circumcision. Dirie was one of 12 children...
Indian-American fashion model, television personality, and author
Padma Lakshmi is an Indian-American fashion model, television personality, and author best known for her role as the host of the cooking competition show Top Chef (2006–23) and of the food and travel series...
Canadian fashion model
Linda Evangelista is a Canadian fashion model perhaps best known as a face of the cosmetics company Revlon and of the Versace fashion house. Evangelista was born to working-class Italian immigrants. Her...
American first lady
Melania Trump is a Slovenian American former fashion model who served as first lady of the United States during the administrations (2017–21; 2025– ) of her husband, Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th U.S....
American fashion model
Christy Turlington is an American fashion model best known as a face of the cosmetics company Maybelline and the Calvin Klein fashion house. Turlington appeared on more than 500 magazine covers and walked...
American fashion model
Niki Taylor is an American fashion model best known as a face of the cosmetics company CoverGirl. She is the sister of model Krissy Taylor (1978–95). Taylor walked the runways for the world’s top fashion...
Brazilian model
Gisele Bündchen is a Brazilian model who first gained fame in the late 1990s and who later became a “supermodel,” perhaps best known as a face of the American lingerie, clothing, and beauty retailer Victoria’s...
American model
Beverly Johnson is an American model who in the 1970s was the first Black woman to appear on the cover of numerous fashion magazines, including American Vogue and French Elle. She also acted in films and...
American actress
Zoë Kravitz is an American actress and director known for portraying multifaceted, quietly powerful women in a variety of roles, most notably Catwoman in The Batman (2022). Kravitz is the daughter of Lisa...
Haitian American model
Mama Cax was a Haitian American advocate for people with disabilities and a model with a rising career. She is perhaps best known for challenging the fashion industry’s standards by modeling with her crutches...
British fashion model
Twiggy is a British fashion model and actress whose gamine frame and mod look defined the fashion industry during much of the late 20th century. She is widely considered to have been one of the world’s...
British model
Kate Moss is a British fashion model whose waifish figure and natural look redefined the industry in the 1990s and who later became a cultural icon. Moss grew up in the London borough of Croydon. At the...
American fashion model
Krissy Taylor was an American fashion model perhaps best known as a face of the cosmetics companies CoverGirl and L’Oréal. She was the sister of supermodel Niki Taylor. Taylor walked the runways for the...
American model and business executive
Naomi Sims was an American model and business executive who shattered the barrier that had prevented Black models from achieving supermodel status when she appeared (1968) on the cover of Ladies’ Home...
German American model and businesswoman
Heidi Klum is a German American supermodel, television personality, and businesswoman who hosted Germany’s Next Topmodel and Project Runway. In 1992, while living near Cologne with her father, a cosmetics...
American model and actress
Christie Brinkley is an American model and actress who gained fame for appearing on hundreds of magazine covers, notably a series of Sports Illustrated (SI) swimsuit issues. She represented a new generation...
American fashion model
Bella Hadid is an American model best known as the face of the fashion company Dior. Bella Hadid was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Santa Barbara, California. She is the daughter of Mohamed Hadid,...
British model and actress
Lucy Gordon was a British model and actress best known as a “face” of CoverGirl cosmetics and for her appearance in Spider-Man 3 (2007). Gordon was raised in Oxford, Eng., and was bilingual in English...
British model
Christine Keeler was an English model who, as one of the central figures in the Profumo affair, contributed to the collapse of the Conservative government of Harold Macmillan. At age 16 Keeler left home...
Dutch-born fashion model and businesswoman
Wilhelmina Cooper was a Dutch-born fashion model and businesswoman who, with her husband, founded the modeling agency Wilhelmina Models Inc. In many eyes, Cooper epitomized the high society look of the...
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