Fashion Model Statistics

The average age of runway models at major fashion weeks was 24.6 years in 2023 [1]

48.6% of castings at Fall 2024 Fashion Month were models of color [2]

0.8% of castings at Fall 2024 Fashion Month were plus-size models [2]

0.4% of castings at Fall 2024 Fashion Month were transgender or nonbinary models [2]

2.3% of castings at Fall 2024 Fashion Month were models age 50 and over [2]

45.6% of castings at Spring 2024 Fashion Month were models of color [3]

0.6% of castings at Spring 2024 Fashion Month were plus-size models [3]

0.9% of castings at Spring 2024 Fashion Month were transgender or nonbinary models [3]

1.5% of castings at Spring 2024 Fashion Month were models age 50 and over [3]

48.4% of castings at Fall 2023 Fashion Month were models of color [4]

0.6% of castings at Fall 2023 Fashion Month were plus-size models [4]

1.3% of castings at Fall 2023 Fashion Month were transgender or nonbinary models [4]

0.6% of castings at Fall 2023 Fashion Month were models age 50 and over [4]

43.5% of castings at Spring 2023 Fashion Month were models of color [5]

0.9% of castings at Spring 2023 Fashion Month were plus-size models [5]

0.4% of castings at Spring 2023 Fashion Month were transgender or nonbinary models [5]

0.8% of castings at Spring 2023 Fashion Month were models age 50 and over [5]

39.3% of castings at Fall 2022 Fashion Month were models of color [6]

2.34% of castings at Fall 2022 Fashion Month were plus-size models [6]

1.68% of castings at Fall 2022 Fashion Month were transgender or nonbinary models [6]

0.43% of castings at Fall 2022 Fashion Month were models age 50 and over [6]

43.8% of castings at Spring 2022 Fashion Month were models of color [7]

1.81% of castings at Spring 2022 Fashion Month were plus-size models [7]

1.53% of castings at Spring 2022 Fashion Month were transgender or nonbinary models [7]

0.44% of castings at Spring 2022 Fashion Month were models age 50 and over [7]

45.8% of Vogue covers in 2023 featured people of color [8]

17.5% of Vogue covers in 2023 featured plus-size representation [8]

2.5% of Vogue covers in 2023 featured transgender or nonbinary people [8]

10% of Vogue covers in 2023 featured people age 50 and over [8]

Female models in the U.S. earned a median hourly wage of $18.26 in May 2023 [9]

There were 3,090 models employed in the United States in 2023 [9]

California employed 590 models in 2023 [9]

New York employed 540 models in 2023 [9]

The mean hourly wage for models in New York was $25.10 in 2023 [9]

The mean hourly wage for models in California was $22.03 in 2023 [9]

Florida employed 260 models in 2023 [9]

The mean hourly wage for models in Florida was $18.78 in 2023 [9]

Texas employed 190 models in 2023 [9]

The mean hourly wage for models in Texas was $17.76 in 2023 [9]

Illinois employed 170 models in 2023 [9]

The mean hourly wage for models in Illinois was $16.17 in 2023 [9]

New Jersey employed 150 models in 2023 [9]

The mean hourly wage for models in New Jersey was $20.23 in 2023 [9]

Georgia employed 120 models in 2023 [9]

The mean hourly wage for models in Georgia was $14.55 in 2023 [9]

Washington employed 110 models in 2023 [9]

The mean hourly wage for models in Washington was $20.46 in 2023 [9]

Pennsylvania employed 90 models in 2023 [9]

The mean hourly wage for models in Pennsylvania was $15.85 in 2023 [9]

Massachusetts employed 80 models in 2023 [9]

The mean hourly wage for models in Massachusetts was $19.59 in 2023 [9]

North Carolina employed 70 models in 2023 [9]

The mean hourly wage for models in North Carolina was $15.22 in 2023 [9]

Ohio employed 60 models in 2023 [9]

The mean hourly wage for models in Ohio was $16.82 in 2023 [9]

Michigan employed 50 models in 2023 [9]

The mean hourly wage for models in Michigan was $15.49 in 2023 [9]

Models in the 75th wage percentile earned $28.53 per hour in 2023 [9]

Models in the 90th wage percentile earned $43.83 per hour in 2023 [9]

The mean annual wage for models in the United States was $48,240 in 2023 [9]

The global apparel market was valued at $1.79 trillion in 2024 [10]

The global luxury apparel market is projected to reach $111.50 billion in 2025 [11]

The global fast fashion market was valued at $150.82 billion in 2023 [12]

The global online fashion market is expected to reach $880.91 billion by 2025 [13]

The global women’s apparel market was valued at $930.3 billion in 2023 [14]

The global men’s wear market size was valued at $573.28 billion in 2023 [15]

The global children’s wear market size was valued at $279.40 billion in 2023 [16]

The global plus size clothing market size was valued at $311.44 billion in 2023 [17]

The global sustainable fashion market size was valued at $7.8 billion in 2023 [18]

The global apparel resale market reached $197 billion in 2023 [19]

The U.S. apparel market revenue is expected to reach $365.70 billion in 2025 [20]

China’s apparel market revenue is expected to reach $385.40 billion in 2025 [21]

The UK apparel market revenue is expected to reach $86.54 billion in 2025 [22]

India’s apparel market revenue is expected to reach $105.50 billion in 2025 [23]

The global sports apparel market size was valued at $230.41 billion in 2024 [24]

The global denim jeans market size was valued at $79.09 billion in 2023 [25]

The global lingerie market size was valued at $88.32 billion in 2023 [26]

The global bridal wear market size was valued at $68.74 billion in 2023 [27]

The global maternity wear market size was valued at $20.2 billion in 2023 [28]

The global adaptive clothing market size was valued at $302.10 billion in 2023 [29]

The global streetwear market was estimated at $185 billion in 2022 [30]

The global sleepwear market size was valued at $12.59 billion in 2023 [31]

The global workwear market size was valued at $18.29 billion in 2023 [32]

The global shapewear market size was valued at $2.88 billion in 2023 [33]

The global athleisure market size was valued at $358.08 billion in 2023 [34]

The global textile market size was valued at $1.84 trillion in 2023 [35]

The global knitwear market size was valued at $832.98 billion in 2023 [36]

The global outerwear market size was valued at $18.84 billion in 2023 [37]

The global women’s luxury footwear market size was valued at $31.65 billion in 2023 [38]

The global fashion face mask market size was valued at $1.75 billion in 2023 [39]

IMG Models launched in 1987 [40]

Elite Model Management was founded in 1972 [41]

Ford Models was founded in 1946 [42]

Wilhelmina was founded in 1967 [43]

NEXT Management was founded in 1989 [44]

Women Management opened its first office in Paris in 1988 [45]

DNA Model Management was founded in 1996 [46]

Storm Management was founded in 1987 [47]

Premier Model Management was founded in 1981 [48]

Major Model Management was founded in 1999 [49]

The Society Management was founded in 2013 [50]

Models 1 was founded in 1968 [51]

Select Model Management was founded in 1977 [52]

Marilyn Agency was founded in 1985 [53]

The Lions Management was founded in 2014 [54]

State Management was founded in 2018 [55]

Vision Los Angeles launched in 1999 [56]

One Management was founded in 2001 [57]

Supreme Management was founded in 1979 [58]

Muse Model Management was founded in 2007 [59]

Freedom Models was established in 1999 [60]

B&M Models was founded in 1983 [61]

Established Models was founded in 2000 [62]

Karin Models opened in 1978 [63]

Metropolitan Models was founded in 1986 [64]

Nathalie Models was founded in 1980 [65]

Viva Model Management was founded in 2000 [66]

MP Management was founded in 2005 [67]

Silent Models was founded in 1967 [68]

Option Model Agency was founded in 1987 [69]

Fashion production makes up 10% of humanity’s carbon emissions [70]

The fashion industry is responsible for 20% of global wastewater [70]

The fashion industry consumes 93 billion cubic meters of water annually [70]

One cotton shirt requires about 2,700 liters of water to produce [70]

A pair of jeans requires about 7,500 liters of water to produce [70]

The equivalent of one garbage truck of textiles is landfilled or burned every second [71]

Less than 1% of material used to produce clothing is recycled into new clothing [71]

Clothing utilization has decreased by 36% compared to 15 years ago [71]

The average consumer bought 60% more clothing in 2014 than in 2000 [71]

The number of times a garment is worn has declined by 36% compared to 15 years ago [71]

87% of the total fiber input used for clothing is ultimately incinerated or disposed of in a landfill [71]

Washing clothes releases around half a million tonnes of microfibers into the ocean every year [71]

Textile production generates 1.2 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent annually [70]

35% of primary microplastics released into the environment are from synthetic textiles [72]

The fashion industry uses 215 trillion liters of water per year [72]

Fashion accounts for between 2% and 8% of global carbon emissions [72]

People bought 60% more garments in 2014 than in 2000 [72]

Garment production doubled from 2000 to 2014 [72]

Consumers keep clothing for half as long as they did 15 years ago [72]

Every second, the equivalent of one garbage truck of textiles is landfilled or burned [72]

The global fashion industry was valued at $1.7 trillion in 2023 in relation to sustainability discussions [72]

8% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions come from the textile and apparel industry [73]

20% of global industrial water pollution comes from textile dyeing and treatment [73]

85% of all textiles go to the dump each year [73]

The average American throws away 81.5 pounds of clothes each year [73]

It takes more than 200 years for polyester to decompose [73]

The equivalent of 50 billion plastic bottles are released into the ocean annually from textile washing [73]

Synthetic fibers made up 69% of all fibers produced in 2023 [74]

Polyester accounted for 57% of global fiber production in 2023 [74]

Recycled fibers represented 7.7% of global fiber production in 2023 [74]

Global fiber production reached 124 million tonnes in 2023 [74]

Kendall Jenner earned an estimated $40 million in 2024 [75]

Gisele Bündchen earned an estimated $33 million in 2024 [76]

Karlie Kloss earned an estimated $25 million in 2024 [77]

Chrissy Teigen earned an estimated $17 million in 2024 [78]

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley earned an estimated $16 million in 2024 [79]

Gigi Hadid earned an estimated $13 million in 2024 [80]

Cara Delevingne earned an estimated $10 million in 2024 [81]

Adriana Lima earned an estimated $10 million in 2024 [82]

Joan Smalls earned an estimated $10 million in 2024 [83]

Liu Wen earned an estimated $10 million in 2024 [84]

Kendall Jenner was the world’s highest-paid model with $22.5 million in 2018 [85]

Karlie Kloss earned $13 million in 2018 [85]

Chrissy Teigen earned $11.5 million in 2018 [85]

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley earned $11.5 million in 2018 [85]

Gisele Bündchen earned $10 million in 2018 [85]

Cara Delevingne earned $10 million in 2018 [85]

Gigi Hadid earned $9.5 million in 2018 [85]

Bella Hadid earned $8.5 million in 2018 [85]

Joan Smalls earned $8.5 million in 2018 [85]

Doutzen Kroes earned $8 million in 2018 [85]

Kendall Jenner had 101 runway appearances tracked on Models.com’s rankings page [86]

Liu Wen had 93 runway appearances tracked on Models.com’s rankings page [86]

Joan Smalls had 89 runway appearances tracked on Models.com’s rankings page [86]

Gigi Hadid had 64 runway appearances tracked on Models.com’s rankings page [86]

Bella Hadid had 75 runway appearances tracked on Models.com’s rankings page [86]

Adriana Lima had 18 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show appearances [87]

Heidi Klum walked in 13 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Shows [87]

Alessandra Ambrosio walked in 17 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Shows [87]

Candice Swanepoel walked in 10 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Shows [87]

Tyra Banks appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 3 times [88]

Elle Macpherson appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 5 times [89]

Kate Upton appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 4 times [90]

Christie Brinkley appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 3 times in a row from 1979 to 1981 [91]

Ashley Graham became the first curve model on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit in 2016 [92]

Naomi Campbell was 15 years old when she was discovered [93]

Twiggy was 16 years old when she became an international star in 1966 [94]

Gia Carangi died at age 26 in 1986 [95]