Being in Taylor Swift’s girl squad, we imagine, is the best – the holidays, sitting FROW, basically having the most powerful women in the world on speed dial… dreamy.
Oh yeah, and these girls are raking in some serious cash. Swift’s entourage contains three of the world’s highest-paid models, and between her and her crew, they earn an estimated $104.5m combined.
There also seems to be a correlation between how much you earn and how many followers on Instagram you have. According to Ivan Bart, President at IMG Models, ‘image visibility’ is becoming more significant, so much so that the more followers a model has, the higher fees she can demand.
For example, Victoria’s Secret model Martha Hunt has 1.1m followers and earns about $2m, compared to Karlie Kloss, who has 3.2m Instagram followers and cashes in $5m cheques. These girls definitely work their social media like they work the runway.
Here is a breakdown of some of Swift’s most prominent squad members (you know what you're thinking... #squadgoals):
Martha Hunt
Estimated earnings: $2m
Instagram followers: 1.1m
Lily Aldridge
Estimated earnings: $2m
Instagram followers: 2.6m
Gigi Hadid
Estimated earnings: $2.5m
Instagram followers: 6.1m
Kendall Jenner
Estimated earnings: $4m
Instagram followers: 36.8m
Karlie Kloss
Estimated earnings: $5m
Instagram followers: 3.2m
Cara Delevingne
Estimated earnings: $9m
Instagram followers: 19.5m
Swift herself earns $80m, which puts her in the top 10 list of Forbe’s highest-paid celebrities in the world, and has 46.7m followers.
Never doubt the power of the girl squad.
