Happy Birthday Kate! 15 things you didn't know about Britain's most famous model

Lauren Sharkey

16 January 2017 at 4:07 pm

Kate was discovered at the age of 14 in JFK airport by the founder of Storm Model Management, Sarah Doukas.

Kate has appeared on over 300 magazine covers in her 25 year career.

Kate is a bonafide tea addict and has admitted to drinking 10-15 cups a day.

Kate took matters into her own hands in 2008 when she bought her own engagement ring after fiance Jamie Hince couldn’t afford one.

Kate was turned into gold for the British Museum. The 18 carat statue is worth £1.5 million if you’re wondering.

Kate has graced the covers of Vogue over 30 times since her debut in 1993. She has also starred on more British Vogue covers than anyone else in history.

She has one specific jewellery rule: never mix silver and gold.

The supermodel is happily stuck in her ways, always refusing to take a selfie.

Kate’s naked form was also immortalised in a painting by Lucien Freud which sold for £3.9 million in 2005.

Kate’s beauty icon is none other than seventies supermodel Jerry Hall.

Kate hates social media but does have an Instagram account: “I couldn’t think of anything worse than people knowing what I’m doing all the time.”

Kate clearly has some DJ talent. The model is regularly asked to lend her skills at fashion parties and reportedly charges over £300,000 for 30 minutes work.

Kate’s fashion icon? Legendary rock ‘n’ roll figure Mick Jagger.

Kate’s favourite book, The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald, provided the inspiration for her wild 30th birthday party.

Kate was a dear friend of Alexander McQueen’s. She was also the designer’s muse for over a decade.

Today marks the 43rd birthday of one of Britain’s greatest exports: the inimitable Kate Moss. The supermodel has spent over 25 years in the fashion industry celebrating many highs (and a few major lows).

Since being scouted at the age of 14, Kate developed close relationships with the enfant terribles of the fashion world including Alexander McQueen and John Galliano. She reigned in the nineties and is still the queen of the industry to this very day, appearing on numerous Vogue covers and campaigns.

Here’s a few things you may not know about the publicity-shy icon.

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Happy Birthday Kate! 15 things you didn't know about Britain's most famous model

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