Working in fashion is a dream of many women. It was not difficult for this lady to become a supermodel, as she attracts attention wherever she goes, thanks to her unique beauty. Besides, she is an entrepreneur and a fan of science – she is beautiful, smart and famous. In 2014, her face and figure were decorating the front page of the worldwide known “Vogue” journal next to other big names of fashion Cara Delevingne, Joan Smalls, Edie Campbell, Vanessa Axente, and others. Karlie Kloss is a regular part of human organizations that takes care of hungry children on the global level.
Find out more about this charming celebrity, her background, and her career.
Karlie Kloss Early Life
Karlie Kloss was born as a Lion by sign stars on the 3rd of August 1992. Her birthplace was Chicago, Illinois to mother Tracy and father Kurt. Her mother spent most of their professional career working as a freelance director, and her father dedicated his career to physiatry.
Her family has mixed roots – German, Danish, and Polish. She grew up next to three sisters, and two of them are twins – Kristine, Kariann, and Kimberly. They were all raised in St. Louis, Missouri since their parents decided to move house.
She went to “Webster Groves High School” in Missouri. At a young age, she was active in classes for a ballerina.
Career
In 2016 she was a part of a local fashion show organized by a charity organization in St. Louis. This is the place where a modeling agent first discovered her. Soon, she started receiving offers for the fashion industry, which tickled her and made her go with a flow with the career of a model. In the same year, her posing photography already ended up on the front page of the magazine “Scene Magazine.”
The photo shooting happened in Chicago by professional photographer David Leslie Anthony. Very soon, popular “Elite Modeling Agency,” noticed her photos and forwarded them to “Elite New York,” and this is how she got first offer letter to work in New York. This was her first time in front of the camera of the reputed photographer of the fashion industry Bruce Weber.
At the beginning of 2008, she changed the management agency from “Elite New York” to “NEXT Model Management.” This was a big step as she got a lot more walks in a season. The interest for her was growing, and famous designers were looking for her, like Carolina Herrera, Marc Jacobs, and Doo-Ri Chung.
She was traveling with them around Europe and worked in the most important centers of fashion, like Paris or Milan. The attractive young model posed for “Teen Vogue” magazine in 2008 for the first time next to Chanel Iman and Ali Michael.
A year later, her image ended up on the front page of the Italian edition of “Vogue”. Soon, she was decorating covers of “Vogue” in many other countries all over the world – Japan, Portugal, France, Turkey, Germany. In 2011 she already got the contract for the third season with global fashion house “Christian Dior” as their regular model. 2013 was a successful year for this young supermodel too.
She had cooperation with worldwide brands “Lacoste,” “Dona Karan,” and “Lanvin” for their advertisement campaigns. Later, she was a model for “Victoria Secret” for bikini collection, and she presented “Louis Vuitton” outfits too.
2014 for an equally productive year, she was being approached from “L’Oreal Paris” to do skincare advertisements, high-class perfumes also, such as “Coco Chanel Noir” and many others. Her popularity was growing by time.
Even some big names from music scenes were approaching her to act in their video. This young woman was living a dream.
Personal Life
Karlie got engaged in 2018 with entrepreneur Joshua Kushner, and in October, the same year, they got married. He is Jewish by the religion, and just before they got engaged, she converted and accepted his faith. They have been together since 2012.
At some point, she decided to take a pause with a modeling job so she can attend “Gallatin Scholl of Individualized Study” that is a part of “New York University.”
Karlie Kloss Net Worth 2024
As of 2024, Karlie Kloss has an estimated net worth of at least $25 million. Most of her fortune is an income from modeling.
The famous model and her husband sold one property in Manhattan for $6.6 million at the end of the last year, and they were looking for a new mansion to buy.
Besides, she sold her house in West Village for $2.75 million. We wish them good luck in finding a new home to settle in!
