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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.
How supermodels were scouted - in pictures 16 show all How supermodels were scouted - in pictures 1/16 Kate Moss When? 1988
Where? At JFK airport with her father Rex Features 2/16 Twiggy When? 1966
Where? At the hairdressers Getty Images 3/16 Linda Evangelista When? 1981
Where? At a Miss Teen Niagara beauty pageant (that she didn't win) Getty Images 4/16 Elle Macpherson When? 1982
Where? On a skiing holiday in Colorado Getty Images 5/16 Christy Turlington When? 1983
Where? Horse riding in Florida AFP/Getty Images 6/16 Cindy Crawford When? 1983
Where? After being photographed for a newspaper she received such positive feedback that she entered Elite Model Management's Look of the year competition 7/16 Naomi Campbell When? 1986
Where? Shopping in Covent Garden AFP/Getty Images 8/16 Claudia Schiffer When? 1987
Where? In a nightclub AFP/Getty Images 9/16 Heidi Klum When? 1992
Where? She won a competition called Model 92 out of 250,000 contestants in Germany and was offered a contract immediately Getty Images 10/16 Gisele Bündchen When? 1994
Where? Shopping in São Paulo, Brazil Getty Images 11/16 Alessandra Ambrosio When? 1995
Where? She was a finalist in the Brazilian 'Elite Model Look' competition Getty Images 12/16 Miranda Kerr When? 1997
Where? She won a modelling contest for Dolly magazine when she was 13 years old Getty Images 13/16 Rosie Huntington-Whiteley When? 2003
Where? She was signed with modelling agency Profile after a stint of work experience there Getty Images 14/16 Karlie Kloss When? 2005
Where? Walking a charity fashion show in her hometown of Missouri Getty Images 15/16 Jourdan Dunn When? 2006
Where? In a Primark store in Hammersmith AFP/Getty Images 16/16 Cara Delevingne When? 2009
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.
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley - Style File 35 show all Rosie Huntington-Whiteley - Style File 1/35 September 12, 2004 Backstage at the Chris Aire show Bowers/Getty Images 2/35 September 18, 2005 At the MAC Cosmetics London Fashion Week Cocktail Party Chris Jackson/Getty Images 3/35 February 9, 2009 At the Elle Style Awards Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images 4/35 February 23, 2010 At the Love Ball London at the Roundhouse Chris Jackson/Getty Images 5/35 November 10, 2010 Backstage before the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images 6/35 May 2, 2011 At the Met Gala in New York Larry Busacca/Getty Images 7/35 June 5, 2011 At the MTV Movie Awards Christopher Polk/Getty Images 8/35 June 16, 2011 Appearing on 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' Jason Kempin/Getty Images 9/35 June 23, 2011 Prior to the opening ceremony of the Moscow International Film Festival Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images 10/35 June 25, 2011 At the 'Transformers 3' European premiere in Berlin Sean Gallup/Getty Images 11/35 June 28, 2011 At the New York premiere of 'Transformers: Dark Of The Moon' in Times Square Jason Kempin/Getty Images 12/35 September 12, 2011 Unveiling the new Burberry fragrence in New York Jemal Countess/Getty Images 13/35 October 26, 2011 At the Burberry Body Launch event in California John Shearer/Getty Images 14/35 February 26, 2012 At the 2012 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images 15/35 October 27, 2012 At the LACMA 2012 Art + Film Gala Kevin Winter/Getty Images 16/35 July 8, 2013 At Sydney International Airport Marianna Massey/Getty Images 17/35 December 2, 2013 At the British Fashion Awards Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images 18/35 March 2, 2014 At the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images 19/35 May 5, 2014 At the Met Gala in New York Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images 20/35 May 20, 2014 At a photocall to launch the 25th anniversary Magnum short film Andreas Rentz/Getty Images 21/35 May 21, 2014 At the screening of the film 'The Search' during the Cannes Film Festival Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images 22/35 May 22, 2014 At amfAR's 21st Cinema Against AIDS Gala Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images 23/35 January 29, 2015 Launch 'Rosie for Autograph' fragrance for M&S at Marks & Spencer Marble Arch Chris Jackson/Getty Images 24/35 May 4, 2015 At the Met Gala in New York Larry Busacca/Getty Images 25/35 May 7, 2015 At the premiere of 'Mad Max: Fury Road' in Hollywood Frazer Harrison/Getty Images 26/35 July 5, 2015 At the Atelier Versace show during Haute Couture Week in Paris Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images 27/35 July 5, 2015 At the Amfar dinner during Paris Fashion Week Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images 28/35 October 9, 2015 At Variety's Power Of Women luncheon at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel Jason Merritt/Getty Images 29/35 November 23, 2015 At the British Fashion Awards John Phillips/Getty Images 30/35 January 10, 2016 At the Golden Globe Awards Jason Merritt/Getty Images 31/35 February 26, 2017 Rosie Huntington-Whiteley attends the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images 32/35 February 26, 2017 Rosie Huntington-Whiteley attends the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images 33/35 April 8, 2017 Rosie Huntington-Whiteley attends the premiere of Universal Pictures' 'The Fate Of The Furious' at Radio City Music Hall in New York Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images 34/35 November 4, 2017 Rosie Huntington-Whiteley attends the 2017 LACMA Art + Film Gala Honoring Mark Bradford and George Lucas Neilson Barnard/Getty Images 35/35 January 16, 2018 Rosie Huntington-Whiteley attends the Stella McCartney Autumn 2018 womenswear collection and Autumn Winter 2018 menswear collection Valerie Macon/AFP/Getty Images
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.
qtyapa on February 8th, 2018 at 15:50 UTC »
I am sure it's much worse for porn industry.
EDIt:My highest rated comment is about a porn industry.
afl0ck0fg0ats on February 8th, 2018 at 15:47 UTC »
I mean, is that not similar to the pay gap in sports? Male athletes get paid more because they draw bigger crowds and more people want to see them. Same reasoning for female models?
Edit: Christ, getting so much flak from people on both sides, I don't really care one way or the other. Just making a comment. If this was about "average" people in general labor/service jobs with hourly pay I'd say it's a problem, but for people making way more than I'll see in my lifetime, I don't really care if they're making relatively less than someone else in the industry for any reason. For either sex.
hello_there247 on February 8th, 2018 at 15:15 UTC »
I mean it makes sense. Just like how certain times it makes sense on the opposite. Its a very grey area issue that people are trying to make black and white.