From Kendall Jenner to Chrissy Teigen: These were the highest paid models of 2018

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Kendall Jenner earnt a whopping $22.5 million in 2018.

The eye-watering amount was revealed in Forbes' annual list of the highest paid models of the year.

The 23-year-old took the top spot by a cool 10 million, thanks to her high profile contracts with the likes of Estee Lauder, Adidas, Tods and Calvin Klein, as well as numerous catwalk appearances and, of course, her 100 million Instagram followers.

In at number two with earnings of $13 million was Karlie Kloss. The 26-year-old bagged the largest pay cheque of her decade-long career.

Kendall Jenner is the highest paid model of 2018 (SplashNews.com)
Kendall Jenner is the highest paid model of 2018 (SplashNews.com)

Tied in joint third place on £10 million each were Chrissy Teigen and Rosie Huntington-Whitely, before a surprise appearance from Cara Delevingne at number five.

The model-turned-actress has only walked two catwalks this year: the first for Christopher Bailey's final Burberry show in February, the second for Balmain during Paris Fashion Week in September.

Cara Delevingne walking for Burberry in 2018 (AFP/Getty Images)
Cara Delevingne walking for Burberry in 2018 (AFP/Getty Images)

The latter half of the list includes Gigi Hadid, who took home $9.5 million, her little sister Bella Hadid wasn't far behind with $8.5 million and Doutzen Kroes rounded off the list at number ten with a solid $10 million.

Scroll through the gallery above to see the top 10 highest paid models of 2018