The 30 Hottest Supermodels Over 30

Age: 36
Carolyn Murphy’s resumé reads like every aspiring model’s dream. She was named Vogue’s “Model of the Year” in 1998, she was the face of Tom Ford in 2010 and she got to mingle with rock stars by starring in Incubus’ video for “Are You In?” Not to mention, she still has the looks to pull off major editorials.

Age: 39
Klum isn’t simply the most prolific model today, with Project Runway and several endorsements and partnerships on her plate, she’s also one of the least demure of them all. At almost 40, Klum isn’t shy about posing nude—just check out the May 2012 issue of Allure.

Age: 47
Forget that she’s been on 600 magazine covers and that she was recently shot by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel’s latest eyewear campaign. Nothing in her career was quite as memorable as what she told Vogue in 1990 about her and her fellow supermodels: "We don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day.”

Age: 33
After Anna Wintour launched her career in 1999, Kass has worked with all of the most exclusive high-fashion desingers, namely Marc Jacobs, Valentino, and Versace, among others. Over a decade later, Kass is still being enlisted to walked the runway and become the spokesperson for fashion powerhouses, most recently Michael Kors and Etro.

Age: 38
Before diving into movie roles such as Hitch and taking a recurring role on the ABC TV drama Revenge, Valletta was the face of Armani, Gucci and Versace in the 1990s. Most recently, Valletta posed for an editorial in Vogue, the same publication who named her a “Modern Muse” in 1999.

Age: 39
Herzigova doesn’t look one year over 29, but the model has been working in the industry for two whole decades. In the span of her career, she’s been requested for a Vogue editorial by Steven Meisel, she's been the face of Louis Vuitton and she posed for Playboy.

Age: 56
At 56, Iman, who’s currently fronting her own cosmetics line and still occasionally poses for editorials, has the same stunning look that made her so intriguing in the 70s and 80s. Not to mention, Mrs. David Bowie will forever have the distinction of being the muse of Halston, Gianni Versace, Calvin Klein, Issey Miyake, Donna Karan, and Yves Saint-Laurent.

Age: 34
Aside from covering Elle and modeling for Dolce and Gabbana, Elsa Benitez became famous for landing the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Her most recent work in the industry was hosting the first two seasons of Mexico’s Next Top Model.

Age: 34
The French model has worked consistently since the age of 15, after she was discovered by photographer Frederic Cresseaux while on a family vacation. Since then, she’s worked for Yves St. Laurent, Miu Miu, Victoria’s Secret, among every other well-known brand. This year, she posed for an an editorial in Vogue Paris’ May issue and will star in the upcoming film Arbritrage.

Age: 31
Alessandra Ambrosio is veteran Victoria’s Secret Angel amidst a bunch of twentysomethings clamoring for her top spot, but she’s shown no signs of relinquishing her throne. In addition to hitting the V.S. runway each year, Ambrosio works with other lines, including Colcci and Oscar de la Renta.

Age: 38
Before being touted as the next Oprah with her now-canceled talk show The Tyra Banks Show, Banks was most famous for being the first African American model on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Now, her connections to the industry are most prominently seen on America’s Next Top Model.

Age: 41
The German model became a household name in 1990s, which is no surprise, considering she has appeared on over 700 magazine covers, including being the first model on Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, and The New York Times. Recently, after helping make Guess? a brand recognized worldwide in the 90s, she posed for the brand’s 30th anniversary.

Age: 42
Nowadays, Naomi Campbell’s criminal record may proceed her (she was accused of assault ten times), but in the 1990s, she was known as one-third of “The Trinity,” along with Christy Turlington and Linda Evangelista, who were celebrated as the most in-demand models of their generation. Despite her run-ins with the law, however, Campbell is still a successful working model.

Age: 36
Forget those incessant Resident Evil movies, Milla Jovovich is first and foremost a model. She was reportedly Gianni Versace’s favorite supermodel, she was the top earning model in 2004 (raking in $10.5 million) and, most recently, she posed for the 2012 Pirelli Calendar.

Age: 36
The Argentine model has built a career around teasing magazine readers. She’s been on the cover of GQ, Maxim and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. But she’s not just memorable for her bikini body, she’s also the first Latina to be the spokesperson of CoverGirl.

Age: 33
Miller’s prestigious career has been dubbed “the return of the great American supermodel.” She became a Victoria’s Secret Angel in 2007 and appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 2008. Beyond being gorgeous, Miller has busied herself being a badass by surfing, riding her Harley (Miller is Harley Davidson’s first spokesperson), and filming commercials, namely for Guitar Hero: World Tour, which was “too sexy to air” in 2008.

Age: 30
Alexander Wang’s former muse has appeared in numerous advertising campaigns, including Michael Kors, Tiffany & Co, and H&M, and she walked the runway for Victoria’s Secret in 2007. Her latest endeavor, however, was showing off her talent for acting by playing the sexy blood sucker Vadoma in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

Age: 43
Although Helena Christensen has worked with every brand from Reebok to Karl Lagerfeld, her most notable contribution to pop culture was rolling around on the beach in one of the sexiest videos of all time, Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game.”

Age: 46
In the 1990s, you couldn’t say the word model without conjuring up an image of Cindy Crawford. Although she left the runway in 2000 to focus on other projects, such as starting her own furniture line, she returned to modeling by posing on the cover of Vogue Mexico.

Age: 33
Before Nemcova teased television audiences with a fox trot on Dancing With the Stars in 2011, she was appearing in bikinis for five consecutive years in Sports Illustrated, including her cover in 2003. Nowadays, in addition to actively modeling, she’s rumored to be cozying up with Hollywood Lothario, Sean Penn.

Age: 32
You might only recognize her from her role in Rush Hour 3, but Noemie Lenore is actually a popular international model. Hailing from France, Lenoir’s no snob. She’s modeled for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Victoria’s Secret, Gucci and GQ.

Age: 38
The waifish model was the poster child for the “heroin chic” era of modeling in the mid 90s. Even to this day, Moss, who is currently appearing on ads for the Supreme’s Spring/Summer collection, is still known as a hipster’s most admired trendsetter.

Age: 32
The current highest-paid supermodel in the world, who turned in her Victoria’s Secret Angel wings in 2007, is credited with having ended the heroin chic era of modeling and bringing on the “return of the sexy model” that had marked the 1980s to mid 1990s.

Age: 30
Ana Beatriz Barros has always been that model whose exotic appeal is difficult to pull away from, and major brand and publications have always capitalized on that. She’s been featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue seven times, walked the runway for Victoria’s Secret and, most recently, covered Elle Brazil’s February 2012 issue.

Age: 31
Adriana Lima is almost every guy’s favorite Victoria’s Secret Angel, even though she’s older than about ninety-five percent of the rest of the girls on the roster. And we can’t say we’re an exception—she definitely topped our list.