Here’s How Much Victoria’s Secret Angels Actually Make in a Year

December 9, 2015

How much does it pay to be a Victoria’s Secret Angel?

Becoming an Angel isn’t an easy job to land and you can’t forget the annoyingly sexist questions that reporters always ask the women.

Contracts with Victoria’s Secret reportedly start around $100,000, according to Page Six, but the top earners for the iconic lingerie brand aren’t doing too bad for themselves, according to Forbes, mostly because they juggle multiple modeling gigs all year.

Here’s how much money the most successful Victoria’s Secret Angels made in 2015:

Adriana Lima — $9 Million

Lima has been with Victoria’s Secret since 2000, making her the most senior Angel in the company’s history. The 34-year-old Brazilian makes most of her money from modeling contracts with Marc Jacobs, H&M, Desigual, Maybelline, and Vogue Eyewear.

Joan Smalls — $5.5 Million

Smalls makes the majority of her money modelling for dozens of brands including Estée Lauder, H&M, Joe Fresh, Calvin Klein and Marc Jacobs. The 27-year-old Puerto Rican was also the first Latina model hired by Estée Lauder.

Alessandra Ambrosio — $5 Million

Ambrosio makes most of her money from modeling contracts with Schutz and Dafiti. The 34-year-old Brazilian mother of two also has her own swimwear line, a clothing line with Planet Blue, and recently debuted in the Brazilian soap opera “Verdades Secretas”, or “Secrets and Lies”.

Candice Swanepoel — $5 Million

The 26-year-old South African made most of her money this year from contracts with Max Factor make-up, Versace fragrance, and by appearing in ads for Givenchy and Free People.

Kendall Jenner — $4 Million

Aside from modeling for Victoria’s Secret, the 20-year-old daughter of reality television’s most popular family makes her money from contracts with Estée Lauder cosmetics and Calvin Klein as well as by doing ads for Fendi, Marc Jacobs and Karl Lagerfeld eyewear. Jenner’s impressive 43.3 million Instagram followers ensures that any promotional gigs will be lucrative and she plans to launch a fashion line with Topshop along with her sister, Kylie.

Gigi Hadid — $2.5 Million

Hadid, 20, is now one of the most recognized models today thanks to her close association to Taylor Swift. The model makes her millions from contracts with Maybelline, Guess and Australian bikini brand Sea Folly.

Lily Aldridge — $2 Million

The 30-year-old model makes her money as the face of Michael Kors and Carolina Herrera.

Martha Hunt — $2 Million

The 26-year-old make her millions from contracts with Free People, Juicy Couture, Albion Cosmetics.

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