A model's wages

We've all thought its an all-play-and-no-work-type-job, but model's who are paid lucratively in fees are only done so if they are truly the best. In a poll of the highest-earning beauties, Amazonian Gisele Bündchen tops the list. According to The annual Forbes magazine list, the Brazilian-born model is ahead of Briton Kate Moss having earned approximately $33m a year, much of it from the Victoria's Secret deal that ended in the spring.

According to WGSN her earnings are not likely affected with the model licensing her name to a Brazilian footwear firm and being in demand for almost 20 high-paying ad campaigns annually. Bündchen is the Guinness World Record holder as far as supermodel earnings are concerned and is believed to have amassed a $150m fortune during her career. Other models on the list also earned handsomely from Victoria's Secret deals with third-placed Heidi Klum, 34, fourth-placed Adriana Lima, 26, and fifth-paced Alessandra Ambrosio, also 26, earning $6m-$8m each.

Kate Moss, 33, ahead of them in second place, earned $9m and saw a boost in earnings on her comeback after a drugs scandal two years ago. She regularly models for brands from Rimmel to Dior and Burberry and also launched her own fashion line this year in a deal with Topshop. Natalia Vodianova, 31, earns $4.5m, while Prada and Lancôme face Daria Werbowy, 22, earns $3.5m, as does Victoria's Secret model Karolina Kurkova. The youngest model on the list, Gemma Ward, 19, earns $3m.