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Katherine Moss was born on January 16, 1974, in Croydon, Surrey, England. She
has become one of the most recognized and highest paid supermodels in the World.
She's famous, rich and extremely successful, and a very sexy sensual woman. Her
parents divorced when she was 15 and she has one brother, Nick, who also models.
Kate's started in the fashion industry in 1988, when she and her family were in
JFK airport on their way back from a vacation in the Bahamas. She was then
14-years-old, and Kate caught the eye of Sarah Doukas , founder of Storm Agency.
This chance encounter was the launching pad of her hugely successful career.
Kate has become one of the most photographed models to date. Her first modeling
job was a topless appearance on the cover of the British magazine The Face. Kate
is presently signed with three different modeling agencies Women, in New York;
Marilyn in Milan; and the Storm agency in London. Kate has graced such magazine
covers as Allure and Harper's Bazaar in the US; Arena, Elle, The Face in the UK,
and Vogue in American, British, Australian, Italian, and Brazilian editions.
Calvin Klein ads have catapulted Kate to extreme stardom with a very
recognizable profile, to say the least. Kate has practically become a staple in
Calvin Klein ads, such as those for fragrances Obsession, CK Be and CK One. In
addition to Klein ads, Kate has also appeared in ads for Burberry, Cerruti 1881,
De Beers Simple Diamond, Dolce and Gabbana, Gianni Versace, L'Oreal, and Yves
Saint Laurent. Kate's also starring for the new Pirelli Calendar 2006.
Apart from that, Kate has also appeared on the TV screen in a documentary
entitled "Models Close-Up", "French and Saunders", a comedy series on the BBC,
and MTV's "Fashionably Loud" as well as "Choose or Lose" show, and in British
Mercury Mobile Phones ads, and of course Calvin Klein television ads. Kate has
also been keeping with the tradition of other supermodels, being cast in music
videos such as Linda Evangelista and Helena Christensen, and Kate wins the prize
for the most music video appearances. She also played roles in Johnny Cash's "Delia's
Gone", Primal Scream's "Kowalski" and Elton John's "The Way You Look Tonight".
Kate has been romantically linked to fellow partier Johnny Depp for four years,
and also dated Calvin Klein photographer Mario Sorrenti. Johnny Depp once sent
her a $100,000 BMW as a get well gift, during her stay at a private clinic for
substance abuse. It is reported that Kate made $2.2 million in 1994 and her
estimated worth in 2000 was $26.3 million. It is said that Kate charges at least
$10,000 per day of modeling. Kate completed one Calvin Klein contract worth $4
million for 100 days of work. She is now in ads for Yves Saint Laurent's perfume
'Opium'. She also markets a published picture book of herself called "Kate".
Storm Agency lists her as being 5'8" but it is widely known that she is shorter
than that, about 5'6"-5'7". Twiggy, a famous model during the 1960s who is 5'4"
even wrote in her autobiography that she and Moss are about the same height.
Kate keeps fully functional appartments in France and London, England, but her
home base is in New York City. Recently it is reported that Johnny Depp and Kate
bought an apartment on the Place Dauphine, in Paris.
In July 2005, Kate won a lawsuit against the British tabloid "The Sunday Mirror"
for "falsely claiming" that she slipped into a coma after consuming cocaine.
Unfortunately for Kate, in September 2005, the British newspaper "The Daily
Mirror" printed pictures of her sniffing cocaine with her (ex)-boyfriend Pete
Doherty, the frontman of the British punk band "The Libertines. As a result,
H&M, Chanel and Burberry have cancelled her contracts but since then she already
got many new offers and we are sure she will be back on stage very soon!
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