Presenting Kim Kardashian West as the face of ELLE's Confidence Issue. Order it today and get it delivered to your door!

Photo: Jean Baptiste Mondino

In an issue dedicated to self-belief, Kim is a poster-girl for what can be achieved when you have it: She has built a staggeringly influential business empire; she makes £2,000 an hour; she gets 20 new social media followers a minute; her new app made £27m in the first three months, and is one of the apps participating in Apple's (RED) campaign, donating proceeds of sales to the charity.

She has also, through her unerring self-belief, redefined our perception of body beautiful.

Kim Kardashian West is, without doubt, one of the most influential women in the world.

But most of all, Kim wasn't born confident. She had to work hard to achieve self-esteem, and the resilience to face her critics. She discusses this –  and Kanye, Kendall and the role her dad played in making her who she is today – in our exclusive cover interview. Pre-order it issue here.

We have produced three covers to celebrate Kim. The version above is available to purchase on this pager (widget at top), shippable anywhere in the world.

THIS cover is available on UK newsstands

And THIS cover is available to our subscribers.

And prepare yourselves for a film from the cover shoot, where celebrated photographer Jean Baptiste Mondino shot Kim wearing designers including Balmain (above), Louis Vuitton, Burberry and Balenciaga. It's smokin'. See the latest Kardashian Kollection

See our January issue collector cover with Eddie Redmayne