Gisele is top-earning model

Gisele Bundchen has been named the world's highest-earning model, according to a new ranking.

The Brazilian bombshell pocketed £17.5 million last year - more than double the income of number two on the list, Heidi Klum, who earned £7 million.

Financial publication Forbes, who conducted the ranking, said of Gisele: "The 27-year-old continues to bag new contracts, noticeably with Pantene and a cosmetics giant yet to be named. Her face graces ads for Disney, Nivea, Vogue eyewear and Aquascutum, the UK-based luxury line.

"Her line of Grendene sandals, Ipanema by Gisele, banks her about $6 million a year. And her romance with New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady keeps her in the tabloids."

British supermodel Kate Moss ranked fourth on the list, as she earned £3.75 million in 2007, followed by Adriana Lima with £3.5 million and Dutch-born Doutzen Kroes who made £3 million.