Claudia Schiffer was born on 25 August 1970

She is a German model and actress, who reached the peak of her popularity during the 1990s, initially due to her resemblance to Brigitte Bardot

Schiffer is one of the world's most successful models, having appeared on over 500 magazine covers

Forbes estimated her net worth at about $55m (£38m)

She completed her education and then began to work as a model. She flew out to Paris for a trial photo shoot and soon after she appeared in the cover of French Elle after being well received in Paris.

chiffer went on to become world-famous, recognizable with her blue eyes, blonde hair and tall figure, standing at 1.80m

In the early 1990s, she starred in highly publicised Guess? jeans adverts in North America which created essential publicity for Schiffer.

Schiffer joined Thomas Zeumer's Metropolitan Models[8

Schiffer has done catwalk modelling for Versace, Jil Sander, Dolce & Gabbana, Ralph Lauren and Valentino. Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, The New York Times and People all saw Schiffer as the first model to make their covers

She has also appeared many times on covers of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Tank Magazine and Time.

Schiffer dated magician David Copperfield for about five years from 1994 until 1999

On 25 May 2002, she married the film producer Matthew Vaughn in Suffolk.