6. Miranda Kerr – earned $5.5 million in 2015
Like many of her contemporaries and various other highest paid models on this list, Miranda Kerr rose to fame through modelling for Victoria’s Secret.
Kerr, who is Australian, has modelled for various Australian brands and has also had a great deal of exposure in the Asian market. She then broke into the US market in 2004, gaining a contract with Maybelline and featuring in a music video with Kanye West and Pharrell.
Alongside her modelling career, Kerr has written a self-help book called Treasure Yourself.