Katherine Ann "Kate" Moss (born 16 January 1974) is an English model. Born in Croydon, Greater London, Moss was later discovered in 1988 at the age of 14 by Sarah Doukas, the founder of Storm Model Management, at JFK Airport in New York City.
Moss rose to fame in the early 1990s as part of the heroin chic fashion trend. She is known for her waifish figure, and role in size zerofashion. Moss would later go on to have campaigns for a variety of designers including Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Calvin Klein, Chaneland Rimmel. Kate Moss received a Special Recognition award in December at the 2013 British Fashion Awards to acknowledge her contribution to the fashion industry during her 25-year career.
Aside from modelling, Moss has embarked on numerous ventures, both fashion related and non-fashion related, which include her own clothing line and involvement in musical projects. Moss has won numerous accolades for her modelling career, in 2007, TIMEmagazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Moss has also been used as inspiration in a large amount of cultural depictions including a £1.5m ($2.8m) 18 carat gold statue was made of Moss in 2008 as part of a British Museumexhibition.
Moss's private life has received fervent media attention. Moss began dating Jefferson Hack in the early 2000s with whom she has a daughter, Lila Grace Moss Hack. Moss later dated musician Pete Doherty. Moss is currently married to Jamie Hince, guitarist for The Kills. Moss has received media scrutiny for her party lifestyle, and drug use. Drug allegations began in late 2005 which led to Moss being dropped from a large number of fashion campaigns. Moss was cleared of all drug charges and resumed her modelling career. In 2012, she came second on the Forbes top-earning models list, estimated to have earned $9.2 million in one year.
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