Gender pay gap in modelling industry sees women earn 75% more than men

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While the BBC may be in hot water for the gender disparity highlighted in its recent salary report, there has been little said about the state of pay within the fashion industry.

A new study, however, has shed some light on the situation - and women come out on top.

Reportedly earning around 75% more than their male counterparts, women make up 9 of the top 10 highest earning models in British fashion.

Losing her place in the top spot is Kate Moss, who has been overtaken financially by friend and model 19 years her junior Cara Delevingne.

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Where? At JFK airport with her father Rex Features

Where? At the hairdressers Getty Images

Where? At a Miss Teen Niagara beauty pageant (that she didn't win) Getty Images

Where? On a skiing holiday in Colorado Getty Images

Where? Horse riding in Florida AFP/Getty Images

Where? After being photographed for a newspaper she received such positive feedback that she entered Elite Model Management's Look of the year competition

Where? Shopping in Covent Garden AFP/Getty Images

Where? She won a competition called Model 92 out of 250,000 contestants in Germany and was offered a contract immediately Getty Images

Where? Shopping in São Paulo, Brazil Getty Images

Where? She was a finalist in the Brazilian 'Elite Model Look' competition Getty Images

Where? She won a modelling contest for Dolly magazine when she was 13 years old Getty Images

Where? She was signed with modelling agency Profile after a stint of work experience there Getty Images

Where? Walking a charity fashion show in her hometown of Missouri Getty Images

Where? In a Primark store in Hammersmith AFP/Getty Images

Earning £8 million a year, Delevingne has the power of Instagram to thank for her £22,000 a day salary according to new research conducted by lingerie brand Bluebella based on catwalk day rates and commercial deals.

With over 40 million Instagram followers - compared to Moss's agency account's 631,000 - the 24-year-old model-turned-actress dominates a more influential arena on social media, rendering her more attractive to advertisers.

Landing the second spot was new mother Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, who reportedly earned £6.5 million last year with thanks, in part, to her 7.6 million Instagram followers.

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1/30 September 12, 2004 Backstage at the Chris Aire show Bowers/Getty

2/30 September 18, 2005 At the MAC Cosmetics London Fashion Week Cocktail Party Chris Jackson/Getty

3/30 February 9, 2009 At the Elle Style Awards Gareth Cattermole/Getty

4/30 February 23, 2010 At the Love Ball London at the Roundhouse Chris Jackson/Getty

5/30 November 10, 2010 Backstage before the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Jamie McCarthy/Getty

6/30 May 2, 2011 At the Met Gala in New York Larry Busacca/Getty

7/30 June 5, 2011 At the MTV Movie Awards Christopher Polk/Getty

8/30 June 16, 2011 Appearing on 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' Jason Kempin/Getty

9/30 June 23, 2011 Prior to the opening ceremony of the Moscow International Film Festival Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty

10/30 June 25, 2011 At the 'Transformers 3' European premiere in Berlin Sean Gallup/Getty

11/30 June 28, 2011 At the New York premiere of 'Transformers: Dark Of The Moon' in Times Square Jason Kempin/Getty

12/30 September 12, 2011 Unveiling the new Burberry fragrence in New York Jemal Countess/Getty

13/30 October 26, 2011 At the Burberry Body Launch event in California John Shearer/Getty

14/30 February 26, 2012 At the 2012 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty

15/30 October 27, 2012 At the LACMA 2012 Art + Film Gala Kevin Winter/Getty

16/30 July 8, 2013 At Sydney International Airport Marianna Massey/Getty

17/30 December 2, 2013 At the British Fashion Awards Stuart C. Wilson/Getty

18/30 March 2, 2014 At the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Pascal Le Segretain/Getty

19/30 May 5, 2014 At the Met Gala in New York Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty

20/30 May 20, 2014 At a photocall to launch the 25th anniversary Magnum short film Andreas Rentz/Getty

21/30 May 21, 2014 At the screening of the film 'The Search' during the Cannes Film Festival Valery Hache/AFP/Getty

22/30 May 22, 2014 At amfAR's 21st Cinema Against AIDS Gala Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty

23/30 January 29, 2015 Launch 'Rosie for Autograph' fragrance for M&S at Marks & Spencer Marble Arch Chris Jackson/Getty

24/30 May 4, 2015 At the Met Gala in New York Larry Busacca/Getty

25/30 May 7, 2015 At the premiere of 'Mad Max: Fury Road' in Hollywood Frazer Harrison/Getty

26/30 July 5, 2015 At the Atelier Versace show during Haute Couture Week in Paris Pascal Le Segretain/Getty

27/30 July 5, 2015 At the Amfar dinner during Paris Fashion Week Loic Venance/AFP/Getty

28/30 October 9, 2015 At Variety's Power Of Women luncheon at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel Jason Merritt/Getty

29/30 November 23, 2015 At the British Fashion Awards John Phillips/Getty

30/30 January 10, 2016 At the Golden Globe Awards Jason Merritt/Getty

According to the research, Moss took third spot and earns around £5 million.

1. Cara Delevingne: £8 million 2. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley: £6.5 million 3. Kate Moss: £5 million 4. David Gandy: £4 million 5. Naomi Campbell: £3million 6. Georgia May Jagger: £2.5 million 7. Edie Campbell: £2 million 8. Jourdan Dunn: £1.75 million 9. Erin O'Connor: £1.5 million 10. Lottie Moss: £1 million

Fourth place went to the first, and only, male model on the list. David Gandy reportedly makes £4 million, while fifth place went to 47-year-old Naomi Campbell who earns around £3 million annually.

Sixth place went to Georgia May Jagger - reportedly on £2.5 million - while Edie Campbell came in seventh on £2 million.

Jourdan Dunn came eighth place - reportedly on £1.75 million - ahead of Erin O'Connor's £1.5 million.

Taking tenth spot on the list is Kate Moss's younger half sister Lottie.

Signed to Storm Models, the same agency that discovered Kate, the 19-year-old is reportedly already on a salary of £1 million.

BruteEpaise on July 28th, 2017 at 11:31 UTC »

I'm fuck ugly, can I sue for discrimination? No model agency ever returned my calls.

ShineMcShine on July 28th, 2017 at 11:02 UTC »

I'd like to see the pay gap in porn industry.

YawDawg on July 28th, 2017 at 09:16 UTC »

LETS GO GET NAKED AND PROTEST!