Gisele Bundchen is a top earner, drawing $57m in the past year.

This runway model is a runaway success, leagues ahead of her nearest rivals.

Forbes magazine has reported that Gisele Bundchen is the highest-paid model in the world with an earnings of a cool US$45 million (S$57 million).

The annual list, which was released on Thursday, covered models’ earnings from May last year to May this year.

The top 10 in the list had combined earnings of about US$100 million, New York Post reported.

The 31-year-old Brazilian bombshell’s earnings come from her contracts with Versace, Esprit and Pantene.

Bundchen, who recently announced she is expecting a second child with her husband, American football star Tom Brady, also earns a percentage of profits on products bearing her name, such as the Ipanema flip-flops.

A distant second is British supermodel Kate Moss, 38, with estimated earnings of US$9.2 million, driven by lucrative deals with Topshop, Rimmel and Mango.

Rounding out the top trio is Russian Natalia Vodianova with US$8.6million. The 30-year-old mother of three is the face of perfume campaigns for Calvin Klein and Guerlain, and also designs her own clothing line.

Others in the list include Victoria’s Secret models – 31-year-old Brazilian Adriana Lima (US$7.3 million) and 27-year-old Dutch Doutzen Kroes (US$6.9 million).

This article was first published in The New Paper.