Years active: 1966-present.
Known for: Supermodel.
Net worth: $50 million.
Back in the day being a supermodel was much more difficult. There was no social media to build a brand, fewer television shows to appear on, fewer designers to model for, and fewer people tied into the popular consciousness. Thus, when Twiggy rose to international fame, people took notice.
She was the most famous face of the sixties, with big bright eyes, dark lashes, and stylish hair – and all this despite only being sixteen. She became a famous teen icon and went on to enjoy additional success on the screen and stage.
Veruschka von Lehndorff
Years active: 1960-present.
Known for: model, actress.
Net Worth: $1 million.
The Prussian-born Verushka von Lehdorff has eyes that follow you around the room, and nobody has ever minded being in her gaze. Born to a count and countess, this sensual European model spent most of her early years on an estate in Prussia before being discovered in Prussia and modeling for the Ford Modeling Agency.
She was so popular artists such as Salvador Dali used her as a muse. In the seventies, she was earning ten thousand dollars a day, but a falling out with a Vogue editor led her to take a step back.
Edie Sedgwick
Years active: 1960's.
Known for: Andy Warhol's muse, model, actress.
Net worth: $5 million.
Edie's family was incredibly wealthy yet tumultuous. In the sixties, Edie took her trust fund and moved to New York City to pursue a modeling career, and struck up a friendship with pop-culture artist Andy Warhol.
She appeared in a number of Warhol's short films. She was named “The Girl of the Year” in 1965, being part of the elite Factory set. While certainly well-known in the States, and a media darling in and around New York, Sedgwick never became an international star.
Lee Radziwill
Years active: 1960-1970.
Known for: Public relations executive, interior decor.
Net worth: $50 million.
Lee Radziwill's sister Jackie was once the first lady of the United States, but little Lee found herself in the spotlight plenty of times herself. Lee's first venture, an acting career, never got off the ground, but she became a successful PR exec and also worked as an interior decorator.
In 1959 she married Prince Stanislaw Albrecht Radziwill, a famous Polish aristocrat, which afforded Lee the title “Her Serene Highness Princess Caroline.” Her Highness was also known for her many celebrity friends, including Mick Jagger. Lee, with Truman Capote, toured with The Rolling Stones in 1972. She passed away in 2019 at the age of 85.
Iman
Years active: 1970-present.
Known for: David Bowie's wife, fashion model, entrepreneur.
Net worth: $100 million.
One of the biggest models in the seventies, Iman had a rags-to-riches story that has to be seen to be believed. Born in Somalia, Iman was at her studies when a photographer spotted her. She moved to America and began modeling for Vogue, and before long was a top runway star.
She dated Warren Beatty in the late seventies and had a daughter with basketball star Spencer Haywood. She met British rocker Bowie in the early nineties, with which she had one daughter, and the two stayed together until Bowie's death in 2016.