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See If You Can Recognize Even ONE Of The World's Highest Paid Male Models

In the rare industry where women make more than the men.
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Men's Lifestyle Editor, The Huffington Post

Is there more to life than being really, really ridiculously, good looking?

If you're one of these guys, there's a bunch of money in it. But fashion is just about the only industry where women make exponentially more than men; the highest paid male models pale in comparison to their female colleagues in the same bracket.

For example, according to a recent Forbes article using data from 2013 and 2014, Sean O'Pry, the highest earning male on the list, made $1.5 million, compared to Gisele Bundchen's $47 million.

As New York Fashion Week wraps up, we look at the fashion world's top earning male models (you know, the guys all over the ads in the front half of your favorite magazines):

1. Sean O'Pry: $1.5 Million
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Here's a career trajectory for you: Go to your high school prom, take pictures, post them to MySpace, get noticed by Nolé Marin and in seven short years you become Vogue's 5th top male model of all time (and a millionaire). "The only thing I've had to work on so far is not talk as much," he told the New York Times' Guy Trebay.
You Might Know Him As:Taylor Swift's "Blank Space" boyfriend
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2. David Gandy: $1.4 Million
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After David Gandy was entered into a modeling contest on the British ITV program "This Morning" in 2001 and won, it wouldn't be long before Dolce & Gabbana noticed and wanted him for his brawny shape and Caribbean-blue eyes. Now he's an entrepreneur and writer across the lifestyle industry, from style and fitness mobile apps to writing columns on cars for The Daily Telegraph and British GQ.
You Might Know Him As: That oiled up guy lounging in a boat with the blue eyes on all the D&G "Light Blue" magazine ads.
3. Simon Nessman: $1.1 Million
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Simon Nessman was discovered by a Canadian agency in 2006 and is now seen at every runway show from Milan to New York -- one of the busiest models in the industry.
You Might Know Him As: the pouting lips of Giorgio Armani's Acqua di Giò Essenza.
Courtesy Georgio Armani
4. Arthur Kulkov: $905,000
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Arthur Kulkov was discovered in college in his accounting class, and now he's seen in Tommy Hilfiger ads and editorials for fashion magazines such as GQ, Glamour and the late Details (RIP, Details).
You Might Know Him As: the guy in the catalog for Banana Republic, etc.
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Courtesy Tommy Hilfiger
5. Noah Mills: $740,000
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Gap, H&M, Neiman Marcus, the guy who kisses on Halle Barry's neck in Revlon ads. Canadian Noah Mills' face can blend into any campaign and still somehow avoid ubiquity.
You Might Know Him As:another pretty dude Samantha hooks up with in "Sex And The City 2"
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Courtesy Revlon

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