

In addition to being known for her modelling work, Kate Moss is also an international fashion icon. What can you say? How many times can you say 'I'm not anorexic'?" It was a swing from more buxom girls like Cindy Crawford and people were shocked to see what they called a 'waif'. When questioned about her weight, Moss commented, "It was just the time. Her depiction in photographs also drew criticism from then-President of the United States Bill Clinton, who spoke out against the growing heroin chic trend. Moss ushered in the heroin chic look in 1993 Template:Citation needed (which prompted much speculation over her weight) with a highly publicised campaign for Calvin Klein. In July 2007, earning an estimated total of $9 million in the past 12 months, Forbes magazine named her second on the list of the World's 15 top-earning models list. In the 2009 Rich List, she was ranked as the 1,348th richest person in the UK, with a net worth of £40 million. She ranked as the 99th richest woman in Britain. She made her first appearance in the British women's Sunday Times Rich List in 2007, where she was estimated to be worth £45 million. In March 2007, Moss won the Sexiest Woman NME Award. She was presented on the November 1999 Millennium cover of American Vogue as one of the "Modern Muses". Men's magazine Arena named her as their Sexiest Woman in their 150th issue. Moss was voted 9th in Maxim's "50 Sexiest Women of 1999" and 22nd in FHM Template:'s "100 Sexiest Women of 1995". Moss then went on to become the "anti-supermodel" of the 1990s Template:Citation needed in contrast to the "supermodels" of the moment Template:Citation needed, such as Cindy Crawford, Elle Macpherson, Claudia Schiffer, and Naomi Campbell, who were known Template:Citation needed for their curvaceous and tall figures. Moss's career began when Corinne Day shot black-and-white photographs of her, styled by Melanie Ward, for British magazine The Face when she was 16, in a photo shoot titled "The 3rd Summer of Love". Moss was discovered in 1988 at the age of 14 by Sarah Doukas, the founder of Storm Model Management, at JFK Airport in New York City, after a holiday in the Bahamas. She was not noted for her academic success but she did excel at sports. She attended Ridgeway Primary School and Riddlesdown Collegiate, but most commonly known as Riddlesdown High School, in Purley. Template:Citation needed Moss' parents divorced when she was 13. Kate has a younger brother named Nick and a half-sister named Lottie (Charlotte) and half-brother. Moss was born in Addiscombe, Croydon, London to Linda Rosina (Shepherd), a barmaid, and Peter Edward Moss, a travel agent.
