Fashion Reverie’s Supermodel/Mom List

What better way to celebrate Mother’s Day then to give kudos to Supermodels who have managed to continue to stay at the top of the fashion/entertainment game while raising a family. Now, most moms don’t have these ladies physical assets, but like most moms these Supermodels not the challenges of managing career and family. They seem to do so effortlessly with grace and stunning beauty.

Tyra Banks, 42, is the newest member to the Supermodel mom clan. Between executive producing the new and revised “American’s Next Model,” Banks will have her hands full with her new bundle of joy (York Banks Asla) that arrived January 27, 2016. Banks does have some help with Norwegian photographer boyfriend, Erik Asla.

Supermodel Adriana Lima has two kids (Valentina Lima Jaric and Sienna Lima Jaric) but looking at recent cover and editorial in the February issue of Elle UK you would never know it. Though recently divorced from Marko Jaric, the 34-year-old Victoria Secret’s Angel continues her almost two decade long modeling career with both kids in two. Talk about Superwoman!!

Though she may have retired from the runway, as of 2015, according to Forbes magazine, Gisele Bundchen, 35, is still the top-earning Supermodel ($44 million.) Bunchen has two kids with New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.

Cindy Crawford, 50, ruled fashion runways in the 1980s and 90s as well as gracing the covers of countless magazines. Crawford is currently worked a miniseries about the fashion industry in the 80s while raising her two kids (Presley Walker and Kala Jordan) with former model Rande Gerber.

Starting young is the order of the day for 25-year-old Jourdan Dunn. Dunn has been modeling for 10 years and had her son at 18.  Being six-month pregnant did keep her from walking in Jean-Paul Gaultier’s spring 2010 show.

“More than anything, having a son has made me realize I have to make shit work: I’m his voice, I’m his lifeline, I have to be driven. I think he pushed me in the right direction. I’ve always been ambitious, but now I have more focus. I’m more hardworking.” In 2014 and 2015, Dunn appeared on Forbes magazine’s top modeling earning list.

Fashion designers may be in or out on “Project Runway,” but host/supermodel Heidi Klum is never out. Having four kids (Henry, Helene, Lou Sulola, and Johan) does not impede Klum’s trajectory, it only gives her more energy and motivation. At 42, Klum continues to be the host of “Project Runway” and recently launched a lingerie line.

She helped usher in the ugly/pretty era of fashion in the late 80s. And at 51, Kristen McMenamy is still going strong. Her shocking red hair and later androgynous look of short dyed black hair with shaved eyebrows made her favorite of Karl Lagerfeld, and her ugly/pretty look launched a new beauty aesthetic for Chanel. Having three kids has not really slowed McMenamy down and with her totally gray she fronted the Balenciaga 2013 fall/winter campaign.

What would this list be without Jerry Hall? At 59, Hall is still modeling and her daughter Georgia May Jagger is a top model. Recently, Hall shocked the fashion industry by marrying medial mogul Rupert Murdock, 86. In 2011, Hall shared an H&M campaign with daughter Georgia May. Hall shares four kids (Georgia May, Elisabeth, James, and Gabriel) with rock n’ roll superstar Mick Jagger.

—Staff