supermodel
nounEtymology From super- + model. First written example dates from 1942 in the English language, in common use since the late 1980s. Sometimes incorrectly attributed to supermodel Janice Dickinson.
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A highly paid, famous fashion model.
- Kendall Jenner first earned the title of the "world's highest paid supermodel" in 2018 when Forbes released an article asserting that she had raked in $22.5 million that year.2022 March 11, Sophie Lee, “How Kendall Jenner Became the Highest Paid Supermodel in the World”, in L'Officiel:
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Dated A technological improvement over an invention's previous model.
- Derived terms
- supermodeldom, supermodelesque, supermodelish
- Related terms
- model, fashion model