Biography for Kate Moss

Kate Moss

Date Of Birth : 16 January 1974

Place Of Birth : Addiscomb, Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

Name : Kate Moss

Sign : Capricorn

Height : 5'7''

Hair colour: brown [1]

Eye colour: hazel

Dress size: UK 6 - US 2 - EU 34 [1]

Shoe size: UK 6.5 - US 7 - EU 39 [1]

Agency: Storm Model Management
D'management Group
Marilyn Model Agency
IMG Models

Education : Some College.

Occupation : Actress, Model

Fan Mail : UK Agency: Storm Model Agency 1st Floor,
5 Jubilee Place,
London SW3 3TD


Biography:

Kate Moss was born on 16 January 1974 in Addiscombe, Croydon, London to Linda Rosina (Shepherd), a boutique manager, and Peter Edward Moss, an airline clerk. She attended Ridge way Primary School and Riddlesdown High School. She was not particularly noted for her academic success, although she did excel at sports. According to Fred Vermorel's Addicted to Love: Kate Moss, "Out of eight GCSEs she scraped through with one C (in Science) and all the rest were Ds, Es and Fs".

In 1988, Kate Moss was discovered by Sarah Doukas, the founder of Storm model agency, at JFK airport at the age of just 14, as she prepared to board a flight home to London with her father. After a series of shoots for teenage magazines, it was Harper's Bazaar that finally launched her into the international arena. In 1992, she became the Face of Calvin Klein.

Moss originally spearheaded the controversial ''waif'' look which critics claimed encouraged anorexia in impressionable teenagers. The girl from Croydon, who once said she ''might've been a bank manager'' now divides her time between London and LA, where she is often seen at The Viper Rooms, the controversial club owned by her one-time actor boyfriend Johnny Depp. She has appeared in several notable documentaries about the fashion world and in 1995, released a hard-back book of pictures entitled simply ''Kate''. In London she is still represented by Storm.



Trivia:

Dated Billy Zane. [1999]

Estimated wealth $26.8 million dollars. [April 1998]

Net worth 2.2 million dollars. [1994]

Was engaged to Johnny Depp.

Was on the cover of George magazine (April 1998).

Was on the first issue of Russian Vogue.

Although she is one of the world's top fashion models, she did not arrive with the first wave of supermodels of the 80's. The original five supermodels were Claudia Schiffer, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, and Linda Evangelista.

Has a tiny heart tattooed on her hand.

Kate and boyfriend Jefferson Hack welcomed first child daughter Lila Grace on September 29, 2002. The baby weighed 6 1/2 lbs.

Worked on Calvin Klein campaign nicknamed "Heroin Kids" with Chay White, Dolce Lauren, Michelle Duffy, Trey Ridley and Dante LaTreche. [1996]

Is a vegan.

Measurements: 33A-23-34 (source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).

Mentioned in Jewel Kilcher's song Intuition.

Is best friends with actress/designer Sadie Frost, model Frankie Rayder, and designer Stella McCartney.

Is the face of famed perfume Coco Mademoiselle, Yves Saint-Laurent Opium, and is the first face of Rimmel cosmetics.

Modelling agencies: New York: IMG models; Paris: Marylin; London: Storm.

She has released her own picture book called Kate: The Kate Moss Story.

Her naked portrait painted by Lucien Freud was sold for 3.9 million pounds (US$7.2 million) by Christie's in London in Feb 2005.

She was named the world's best dressed woman by Britain's Glamour magazine, beating out 8,000 other nominees. [February 2005]

In 1995, she received the "Fashion Personality of the Year" award and she won "Model of the Year" at the VH1 Fashion Awards in 1996.

She was discovered at the age of 14 by Sarah Doukas of the Storm Agency at the JFK airport while returning to England after a family holiday in the Bahamas.

At the age of 30 she was declared the sexiest woman of all time according to a poll conducted by men's magazine "Arena" to mark its 150th issue.

Her friendship with best friend Sadie Frost ended because Frost didn't approve of Moss' relationship with rock-singer Pete Doherty.

Was named "The world's greatest supermodel" by the fashion industry and other supermodels on Channel 5's search for "The world's greatest supermodel".

Engaged to rock singer Pete Doherty. [September 2005]

Her working partners H & M, Burberry, H Stern and Chanel fired her from her contract due to her cocaine scandal. [September 2005]

Topped Vogue's list of "Best Dressed Personalities in 2005". Her former fiancée Pete Doherty ranked #2 in the mens' list (29 December 2005).

Godmother of Jude Law's and Sadie Frost's daughter Iris

Sadie Frost is the godmother of her daughter Lila

She is the best paid model in the world according to Forbes magazine in 2006

Net worth is estimated at 50 million. (2005)

Is a good friend of actor Daniel Craig.

Engaged, again, to Pete Doherty [October, 2006].

Godfather of her daughter Lila is Bobby Gillespie. (Originally, Lila's godfather was Jude Law, but when he got divorced from Moss' close friend Sadie Frost Kate relieved Law of his duties).

Presented boyfriend Pete Doherty with a helicopter flight for his 28th birthday.

Good friends with Irina Lazareanu, who was drummer for her fiancé Pete Doherty's band Babyshambles.

On May 1, 2007 a collection of clothes, designed by Moss exclusively for the TopShop chain, were launched across the UK in the chain's 225 stores. A Kate Moss "countdown to launch" board filled a window of the company's flagship Oxford Street store and on April 30, Moss launched the clothing line at Topshop in Oxford Street, where she briefly appeared in the shop window modeling a red dress from the clothing collection just before the shop was opened.

Has one brother named Nick.

Her parents divorced when she was 15.

Godmother of Davinia Taylor's and Dave Gordon's son Grey.

In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated her earnings for the year at $9 million.

Named Best Dressed woman by Glamour magazine [April 7, 2008].

Girlfriend of Jamie Hince [2009].