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Top 10 Most Entrepreneurial Supermodels

05/04/2007 by Forbes
Forbes has put together a list of the Top 10 Most Entrepreneurial Supermodels. Check out the list below.
1

Gisele Bundchen

Gisele Bundchen
Gisele BundchenDespite one of the heftiest modeling contracts in the business, the highest paid model in the world licenses her name to Brazilian footwear maker Grendene and collects a percentage of sales on Ipanema sandals. ***


2

Heidi Klum

Heidi Klum
Heidi KlumOne of the most business-savvy models out there, the Victoria's Secret beauty took a huge pay cut to launch her own reality show, Project Runway ***


3

Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks
Tyra BanksThe Victoria's Secret and Sports Illustrated ***


4

Kathy Ireland

Kathy Ireland
Kathy IrelandThe former Sports Illustrated ***


5

Christy Turlington

Christy Turlington
Christy TurlingtonThe former Calvin Klein fragrance model and yoga-enthusiast designs two lines of clothing marketed through sports apparel company Puma. The Nuala line has expanded from its original yoga-inspired look to one with more broad appeal and i ***


6

Lauren Hutton

Lauren Hutton
Lauren HuttonIn 2002, Hutton, one of the biggest faces of the 1970s, started her own cosmetics line for older women with $600,000 of her own money. The eponymous line, sold primarily through infomercials, now sells an estimated $30 million ***


7

Milla Jovovich

Milla Jovovich
Milla JovovichWhen the L'Oreal model's acting career didn't take off quite as planned, she took advantage of her sense of style (and fashion connections) to launch Jovovich-Hawk ***


8

Iman

Iman
ImanOne of the more famous models of the late '70s and early '80s, the Somalia-born beauty (now married to David Bowie) started her eponymous line of cosmetics for women of color in 1990 ***


9

Naomi Campbell

Naomi Campbell
Naomi CampbellThe diva of the runway markets an eponymous line of bath and beauty products as well as various fragrances. In 2002, Campbell launched her own branding and events firm, NC Connect. ***


10

Cindy Crawford

Cindy Crawford
Cindy CrawfordThe Pepsi and Omega watches model took a line out of the Kathy Ireland playbook and licensed her name to Rooms to Go, a furniture retailer. She also has three branded fragrances distributed by German-based Cosmopolitan Cosmetics. ***


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