Players strike it rich.......as models tap into assets

IT’S not enough that they are sickeningly beautiful, but most of the world’s top models are also multimillionaires — with the top five raking in $70 million (€45m) between them last year.

But the competition on the catwalk is hotting up with some of the modelling world’s best-known names being pushed aside by the youngsters.

Names like Heidi Klum and Kate Moss are still among the top five but hot on their heels in six-inch stilettos are newcomers Adriana Lima and Doutzen Kroes.