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Kate Moss (born January 16, 1974), is an English model. She has appeared on over 300 magazine covers. She is known for her tiny frame, uncommon modeling height for a fashion model, and appearing in many advertising campaigns. She is also notorious for her high-profile relationships and party lifestyle. She came 2nd on the Forbes top 15 richest supermodels list, estimated to earn 9m in one year.
Moss was born in Addiscombe, Croydon, London to Linda Rosina (Shepherd), a boutique manager, and Peter Edward Moss, an airline clerk. Kate has a younger brother named Nick and a half sister and brother. Moss’ parents divorced when she was 13. She attended Ridgeway Primary School and Riddlesdown High School. She was not particularly noted for her academic success, although she did excel at sports. According to Fred Vermorel’s Addicted to Love: Kate Moss, “Out of eight GCSEs she scraped through with one C (in Science) and all the rest were Ds, Es and Fs”.
Moss was discovered at the age of 14 by Sarah Doukas (the founder of Storm Model Management) in 1988, at JFK Airport in New York City, after a holiday in the Bahamas. Moss’s career began when Corinne Day shot black and white photographs of her, styled by Melanie Ward, for British magazine The Face when she was 15, in a photo shoot titled “The Third Summer of Love”. Moss then went on to become the anti-supermodel of the 1990s in contrast to the supermodels of the moment, such as Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, and Naomi Campbell, who were known for their curvaceous and tall figures.
Moss was voted 8th in Celebrity Sleuths 25 Sexiest Women of 2004, 8th in Maxims 50 Sexiest Women of 1999 and 22nd in FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 1995. Men’s magazine Arena named her as their Sexiest Woman in their 150th issue. In March 2007, Moss won the Sexiest Woman NME Award.[6] She made her first appearance in the British women’s Sunday Times Rich List in 2007, where she was estimated to be worth £45 million. She ranked as the 99th richest woman in Britain.
In July 2007, earning an estimated total of $9 million in the past 12 months, Forbes magazine named her second on the list of the World’s 15 top-earning supermodels. A lifesize nude by Lucian Freud portraying the a waif-like Kate as a physically imposing woman was sold for £3.5m pounds to an unknown buyer rumored to be Moss herself.
Style
Moss ushered in the waif look in 1993 (which prompted much speculation over her weight) with a highly publicised campaign for Calvin Klein, including posing nude in ads for its perfume brand, Obsession. Her depiction in photographs also drew criticism from then President of the United States, Bill Clinton who spoke out against the growing heroin chic trend. Moss charmed the fashion industry despite being unusually short for a runway model and has worked for many elite fashion lines. Now in her 30s, Moss is still working and has become a supermodel in her own right. In 2005, she came second on The Biggest Comeback Stars List – she lost to singer of pop Mariah Carey.
In addition to being known for her modelling work, Kate Moss is also an international fashion icon. She has garnered many awards for her style including the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s fashion influence award and a place on the Vanity Fair’s international best-dressed list. She appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair’s September 2006 style issue. In the year of 2005~ 2006, her style was influenced by Rock and Roll. Due to her reputation, she is credited for setting numerous trends. In recent years she has popularised denim cutoff shorts, Ugg boots, ballet flats, Vivienne Westwood Pirate Boots, skinny jeans, waistcoat, Alexander McQueen’s skull scarf, Louis Vuitton’s Sprouse Leopard Cashmere Scarf, and the Balenciaga handbag, as well as recently bringing high-waisted styles and waist-cinching belts back into popularity.
Personal life
After previously having long-term relationships such as those with Mario Sorrenti and Johnny Depp, Moss had a daughter, Lila Grace Moss, born on September 29, 2002, with Dazed & Confused editor Jefferson Hack. She is also godmother to the two sons of The Clash member Paul Simonon and to the daughter of Sadie Frost and Jude Law.
Kate Moss has long been linked romantically with former Libertines member Pete Doherty. On April 11, 2007, Pete Doherty announced Moss as his fiancée during one of his concerts in London, at which Moss also performed. Doherty planned to marry Moss during the summer 2007. However, in July 2007 Moss and Doherty split. A removal van arrived to take away Doherty’s possessions out of Moss’s home after they had a series of rows and arguments. Doherty is reported to have said “It’s like living with a fucking stalker.” Moss had also changed the locks to the gates allowing access into her house. She was due to model on the catwalk for John Galliano with Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Lily Cole and Gisele Bündchen but was too distraught with her break-up to participate.
Moss currently lives with her daughter Lila in a 9 million pound townhouse in St John’s Wood, London. Tabloids and gossip magazines frequently report on her status, and since Doherty, Moss has been dating Jamie “Hotel” Hince, guitarist for The Kills. The Sun reported on March 26 2008, that Moss was due to marry Hince after becoming engaged during a trip to Amsterdam, however various British tabloids report that the Sun article was false.
Kate Moss statue
A £1.5m ($2.8m) 100% gold statue has been made of supermodel Kate Moss as part of a British Museum exhibition. Entitled Siren, the 50kg hollow statue was made by Marc Quinn, who described Moss as “the ideal beauty of the moment”. The statue is said to be the largest gold statue to be created since the era of Ancient Egypt. Other notable gold statue of celebrity was that of Gorgias in 4 c. B.C.
