Candice Swanepoel named ‘most influential lingerie model’

Candice Swanepoel has been crowned the ‘most influential lingerie model’ on Instagram.

The blonde bombshell – who boasts 11.8 million followers – beat compeтιтion from the likes of Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Alexis Ren and Dita Von Teese to be crowned the top earner.

The 29-year-old South African model – who is currently pregnant with her second child – can earn up to £50,000 for an Instagram post, Bluebella reports.

In 2015 and 2016, the blonde bombshell ranked in eighth place on Forbes Top Earning Models list, earning $million then $million annually.

The star failed to make the top ten for 2017,  but welcomed her first child in October 2016, and announced she was pregnant with her second in December last year.

She is one of Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit stars of 2018 and has racked up gigs with the likes of L’Oreal and Calvin Klein, and has now gained more than 11.5 million followers on Instagram.

Third place went to Ana Cheri, a 31-year-old American model with 11 million Instagram followers, whilst coming in fourth was Abigail Ratchford, a 25-year-old model from Pennsylvania, who has 8.2 million followers.

Marks and Spencer’s lingerie model Rosie came in fifth place, with the star only boasting an average of 80,000 likes for an Instagram post compared to Candice’s 300,000.

The mother-of-one still boasts 7.6million Instagram followers, however, and is the highest ranking Briton on the list.

Rosie, 30, welcomed son Jack in June and is engaged to Hollywood hunk Jason Statham, 50.

In sixth place was Russian model Viki Odintcova, 24, who boasts 4.5 million fans, while Canadian Natalie Gauvreau, 33, finished in seventh with 2.8 million followers.

The oldest model on the list, 45-year-old burlesque star Dita Von Teese came eighth with 2.1 million followers, followed by the youngest model, 20-year-old Californian model Sofia Jamora who has 1.4 million followers.

Rounding off the top 10 was British beauty Nyané Lebajoa, 23, who compiled the rankings.

Whilst she only boasts 768,000 followers, the star is not just a model but also a fashion designer.

The world’s top 10 ‘Queens of Lingerie’ was compiled by lingerie brand, Bluebella.

Kendall Jenner failed to make the list, despite being known for walking in the Victoria’s Secret show, boasting 86.3 million Instagram followers and topping Forbes list of highest paid models of 2017 by earning $22 million.