Gisele Bundchen rakes in $33 million a year, the new Forbes list of the top 15 richest supermodels says.

Kate Moss, 33, who comes in second to Bundchen, pulls in $9 million from her various contracts. Victoria’s Secret models Heidi Klum, Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio come next, earning between $6 million and $8 million annually.

Though supermodels earn more than ever, they don’t have the name recognition of the greats a decade ago, like Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell and Elle Macpherson. And, most, with the exception of Hilary Rhoda, 20, and Carolyn Murphy, 31, are from outside the U.S.

Models make money by scoring big ad campaigns and contracts. While runway shows may gain them recognition, they don’t pay as well ($250 an hour) and only happen a few times a year.

Bundchen is so successful because she stars in nearly 20 campaigns a year and licenses her name out to a Brazilian shoe company. She also is the lead model for cash cow Victoria’s Secret, which pays her $5 million a year to walk in their shows and pose in their catalogues.

Russian-born Natalia Vodianova, who made her name with Calvin Klein, earns $4.5 million. Czech Victoria’s Secret model Karolina Kurkova and Canadian Daria Werbowy - the bug-eyed face of Lancome - each make about $3.5 million. They are followed by the list’s youngest model, 19-year-old Gemma Ward, who pulls in $3 million.

Beauty & big bucks

Gisele Bundchen, 26: $33M

Kate Moss, 33: $9M

Heidi Klum, 34: $8M

Adriana Lima, 26: $6M

Alessandra Ambrosio, 26: $6M

Carolyn Murphy, 31: $5M

Natalia Vodianova, 25: $4.5M

Karolina Kurkova, 23: $3.5M

Daria Werbowy, 22: $3.5M

Gemma Ward, 19: $3M

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Gisele Bundchen to be a bride this summer? That’s the word from the folks at In Touch Weekly. Citing an unnamed fashion photographer as its source, the magazine claims the Brazilian supermodel may wed Tom Brady before football season starts. “It’s all anyone can talk about,” the shutterbug says. “It’s all secretive, but we know Gisele is working out all the details. It definitely will be a simple affair, that’s her style.” And where might the wedding take place? Brazil. “She wants to have a ceremony where all of her family and friends can share her special day with her,” says the photographer. Word is Brady and Bundchen, inseparable in recent months, will spend Bundchen’s 27th birthday at her place in Costa Rica.

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Gisele Bundchen at Versailles Palace for a special autumn/winter fashion show to celebrate British designer John Galliano’s 10th year at the creative helm of iconic fashion house Dior. The show was inspired by Impressionist and Modernist painters.

Thanks Jordana!  Check out W’s interview with John Travolta here!

Gisele Bundchen is the biggest international star on the runway during Rio’s Fashion Week, but she’s also making headlines for criticizing the Roman Catholic church’s opposition to condom use and abortion.

Bundchen, who paraded Tuesday night for the Colcci label, told the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper that the church’s take on contraception is hopelessly outdated because it was adopted when ”the women were virgins, the guys were virgins.”

”Today, no one is a virgin when they get married,” Bundchen said.

She made the comments less than a month after Pope Benedict XVI criticized government-sanctioned abortion laws and birth control during a five-day visit to Brazil, the world’s most populous Roman Catholic nation.

While most abortions are banned in Brazil, the government hands out more than 300 million free condoms each year to prevent AIDS and unwanted pregnancies.

”To prohibit condoms is ridiculous, just think of all the diseases transmitted without them,” the 26-year-old supermodel told the newspaper.

She added: ”How is it possible to not want people to use condoms and also not have abortions? It’s impossible, I’m sorry.”

Bundchen isn’t the first Brazilian celebrity to clash with the Roman Catholic church over contraception.

Popular singer Daniela Mercury was pulled from a 2005 Vatican Christmas concert over her participation in an anti-AIDS campaign promoting condom use.

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Am I the only one who does NOT think he’s cute?  He looks like an oaf to me.