Australian Miranda Kerr began her professional modelling career after winning a 1997 contest for the teen girl magazine Dolly. She was a skinny thirteen-year-old at the time, and her win added to the ongoing debate over what’s age-appropriate in fashion; the dust-up helped boost Kerr’s career and she has since modelled for designers, magazines and catalogs. A multi-racial and dimpled brunette, Kerr gained a higher profile in 2006 when she signed on with Maybelline cosmetics and was picked to model lingerie for Victoria’s Secret.

Extra credit: According to Chic Management, Kerr is 5′9″ tall… Some sources list her birthday as 20 February, some as 23 February… Kerr plays a pretty girl in the video for the song “Number One” by Pharrell and Kanye West.