The rise of Gemma Ward, the world’s top 10 highest paid models, earning $3.9 million a year

November 18, 2007

WEST Australian model Gemma Ward has catwalked into the ranks of the world’s top 10 highest paid models, earning $3.9 million a year.

	Controversial … the picture of Gemma Ward that has fashion watchers claiming she’s ‘fat’.
	Childlike … West Australian model Gemma Ward, on the catwalk for French designer Olivier Theyskens for Rocha in Paris, is one of the top 10 earning models in the world / AFP Big bucks … the 19-year-old, pictured third from left for the cover of US Vogue, earns $3.9m a year / AP
	Nothing there … in an ad for Calvin Klein in 2005 / Image supplied
	Hot export … Viviens Model Management general manager Catherine McGill says Gemma, seen here on the cover of a Time fashion supplement, is Australia’s biggest international success in modelling today / File
	Long-limbed … in Milan in 2005 / Paul Burston
	New look … Gemma Ward was noticeably curvier on the catwalks in Paris this year, but she’s hardly the ‘thunder thighs’ of internet gossip / AFP
	Tangerine dream … in Jean Paul Gaultier for Hermes in 2005 / AFP
	Striking … modellling for Christophe Decarnie in the 2007 Spring/Summer collections in Paris / AFP
	Prep … getting ready for a Marc Jacobs show in New York / AP

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