More than just good looks: models with higher education

There is a prejudice among people that girls are divided into smart and beautiful. It would be difficult to find a more offensive and baseless stereotype. They especially like to say about models that they are all stupid. So radical and about everyone. Most likely, this opinion arises because a modeling career begins at a young age; many do not have time to complete their studies. But we know models who not only built a stunning career, but also managed to graduate from university.

One of the most popular and successful supermodels of the 90s. The famous designer Karl Lagerfeld said about her: “She combines classic beauty and the girl of every American's dreams.” In addition to her career, Cindy’s life also had a place for education: she graduated from school with honors and easily entered Northwestern University, where she began studying chemistry. True, she had to leave her studies for a modeling career, but they say that she still received a diploma.

Muscovite Sasha Pivovarova dreamed of drawing since childhood, and her parents supported her in this. After school, Sasha entered the Russian State University for the Humanities, Faculty of Art History. She never dreamed of becoming a model until photographer Igor Vishnyakov photographed her and sent photos to a modeling agency.

Tyra showed by her example that it is never too late to learn. Having already become a famous model, she decided to study at Harvard University Business School. “Studying at business school changed my life!” — the model never stops repeating.

Christie began her modeling career at the age of 14. She achieved dizzying success, but this did not stop her from taking a break at the peak of her career and enrolling at New York University to study the Faculty of Religion and Eastern Philosophy.

A successful model with an extraordinary appearance became popular just when she was studying at the university. But this did not stop her from successfully graduating from Cambridge. The girl received a degree in art history.

Iman speaks five languages - Somali, Arabic, French, Italian and English. She studied at a school where Soviet teachers taught. Moreover, the educational institution was located on Lenin Street (in the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu). Then the girl studied political science at the University of Nairobi.

Sasha dreamed of going to Cambridge, she often spoke about this in her interviews. And she succeeded - she prepared for the entrance exams to the Faculty of Literary History in between shows.

Shields graduated from Princeton with a bachelor's degree in French literature.

Edie Campbell graduated with honors from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, where she studied art history, despite the enormous amount of work that came with her final year of study.