Working hard is awesome, but you cannot be a model if you are not pictureworthy. No problem at all for those Dutch girls. They are tall, they’re well formed and their beauty is an accesable and serene one. Proof in case: Doutzen Kroes. In the Forbes list of the world’s top-earning models she stands at number 5 with an estimated total of 6 million dollars, earned with her international L’Oreal and Victoria’s Secret contracts. Aside from those commercial contracts she is still doing the high fashion stuff also.
Doutzen Kroes for S/S 08 Calvin Klein White Label
And there are many more Dutch treats working their ways to the top. Runway favorite Kim Noorda scores all the shows season after season. Bette Franke shines in the Hugo Boss fragrance ads. Iekeliene Stange is this season’s face of Top Shop and works all the magazines. And the biggest contender right now has to be the inevitable Lara Stone, scoring Jil Sander and Givenchy for next season, 3 Paris Vogue covers in a year time and one for Italian Vogue. The list goes on.
Lara on the cover of March Paris Vogue
So the Netherlands has quite a prominent position in delivering topmodels. And the country of polders and windwills will remain a factory of beauty for a long time to come, with the next generation already lurking around the corner. Meet Cato van Ee, one of the recent Prada exclusives who is set to star in the upcoming cK Jeans ad by Steven Meisel. The factory keeps on producing.
Cato on the cover of April’s L’Officiel Paris
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