Milla Jovovich: World's richest model

The Forbes magazine has named Milla Jovovich as the highest paid model of the world. She topped the list with a gross earning of $10.5 million.

Milla's major advertising contracts include the one with cosmetics giant L'Oréal since 1998. She is also an actress with several Hollywood films under her belt. A lot of her earning comes from films too.

Milla's first cover was for the October 1987 edition of Italian magazine Lei. Since then Milla has been on countless more magazine covers and graced countless fashion show catwalks.

Milla sang and played electric guitar in her band Plastic has Memory. They played about a dozen shows in Los Angeles and New York City in 1999.

Milla Natasha Jovovich was born December 17, 1975 in Kiev, Ukraine, to Russian stage actress Gallina Loginova and Yugoslavian pediatrician Bogie Jovovich. She was married to director Luc Besson earlier, but is now divorced.

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