These days, you may be familiar with some of the top models working in the industry today—Kaia Gerber, Kendall Jenner, the Hadid sisters, and Emrata, just to name a few. But in the 1990s, supermodels weren’t just in, they were it, from the popularization of the Victoria Secret “Angels,” to the famous January 1990 American Vogue cover, to Cindy Crawford’s Pepsi commercial and George Michael’s “Freedom” video, just to name a few iconic moments. Most people were most familiar with the so-called Big Six (that’s Linda Evangelista, Claudia Schiffer, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, and Cindy Crawford), particularly Evangelista’s infamous joke that they didn’t get out of bed “for less than $10,000 a day.” But there were a ton of working models in the ’90s you may not be familiar with, particularly ones who were breaking boundaries and starting to bring a smidge of awareness to the fashion industry about diversity.
Keep scrolling to learn more about the most iconic ’90s supermodels that you may have forgotten about—and what they might be doing now.
Bridget Hall
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Hall, who hails from Texas, was discovered at 10 and made Forbes top 10 highest-earning models list by 1995 (when she was only 17). She graced ELLE, Cosmo, and Allure covers, as well as a number of campaigns and runways. She was still working in 2013 for Rag & Bone and for a feature in DuJour, but her life today seems low-key based on her Instagram.
Angela Lindvall
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Lindvall was discovered at 14 then skyrocketed to fame, appearing on magazine covers…
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