Kate Moss

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Katherine Moss (born January 16, 1974), most people know her as Kate Moss, is one of the most famous models worldwide.

She attended Ridgeway Primary School, then Riddlesdown High School but she was not noted for her academic success. She was found at the age of 14 by Sarah Doukes of the Storm Modeling Agency in 1988 while in an aiport. Kate's career began when Corinne Day shot black and white photographs of her for British magazine The Face, in a photo shoot titled "The Third Summer of Love".

Moss starred in a series of Calvin Klein in the 1990s, spurring a period of waify "heroin chic" in the modelling world. Moss was photographed with a blank face, as if stoned or exhausted.

Moss charmed the fashion industry despite her height and has modeled for such elite houses including Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Burberry, Chanel, Missoni and Dior.

Moss checked herself into a psychiatric centre in 1998, claiming she was suffering from "exhaustion." She was suffering from depression over her separation from longtime boyfriend, actor Johnny Depp who was along with her from 1994 to 1998.

On September 29, 2002 Lila Grace her daugther with Dazed & Confused editor Jefferson Hack was born.

On 15 September 2005 photos were shown in newspapers that seemed to show Kate snorting several lines of cocaine. Moss lost major modeling contracts with several international companies.

She was able to continue her career after a detoxication and was on both the 2005 and 2006 list of Forbes The Celebrity 100.