And the world's top (paid) model is…

Gisele Bundchen! (Great, she's gorgeous, dating hottie Tom Brady, and earned $33 million in the past year.)

Gisele's fat paychecks comes from "more contracts than any other model on the planet," Forbes.com reports, including Apple, Dolce & Gabbana, Roberto Cavalli, and Victoria's Secret. (Gisele left Victoria's Secret in May -- her contract expires at the end of 2007.)

The rest of the list includes:
2. Kate Moss ($9 million)
3. Heidi Klum ($8 million)
4. Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio (tied at $6 million each)
6. Carolyn Murphy ($5 million)
7. Natalia Vodianova ($4.5 million)
8. Karolina Kurkova and Daria Werbowy (tied at $3.5 million each)
10. Gemma Ward ($3 million)
11. Liya Kebede ($2.5 million)
12. Hilary Rhoda and Shalom Harlow (tied at $2 million each)
14. Doutzen Kroes and Jessica Stam (tied at $1.5 million each)