Gisele Bündchen

 

Gisele Bündchen

$42 million

Brazilian fashion model Gisele Bündchen, mother of two children with football player husband Tom Brady, claims modeling is only 40 per cent of what she does; the rest is contracting. Her biggest source of income comes from her lucrative merchandising partnerships, which include a lingerie line, multiple accessory collections and her globally popular Ipanema brand of flip-flops. According to a stock market analysis in 2007, when she terminated her agreement with Victoria's Secret, the stock of lingerie giant took a massive 31.5 percent plunge.