Like every year the Forbes magazine has published the ranking of the highest paid models. For the second year in a row Kendall Jenner, with his 22.5 million dollars, won the gold medal for the highest paid model of 2018. Already last year he had beaten the competition stealing the scepter to the wonderful Gisele Bündchen, on the podium for over 15 years.
Out of the podium, we find the super Gisele Bündchen, who shares the fifth position with colleague Cara Delevigne. Both this year, they earned 10 million dollars. The sisters Hadid, Gigi, and Bella receive respectively the seventh and the eighth position. The first with 9.5 million dollars earned, the second 8.5 million. Also, the Puerto Rican model Joan Smalls has received 8.5 million dollars this year.
The Winter Olympics 2022
The winter Olympics of 2022 will be held in Beijing. In addition to this, they will start on the 4th of February and will end on the 20th of February.
Beijing 2022, today, launched a global design competition for the mascots of the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, inviting people from around the world to come up with original designs for these important ambassadors of the Games. They are searching for a mascot that will represent Chinese culture.
On July 18, the IOC added 9 more sports to the event. They include Women’s Monobob, Short Track Speed Skating Mixed Team Relay, Ski Jumping Mixed Team, Freestyle Skiing Big Air (Women and Men), Freestyle Skiing Aerials Mixed Team, and Snowboard Cross.
Where have past Winter Olympics taken place?
Before Beijing, the Olympics were in:
Pyeongchang 2018
Sochi 2014
Vancouver 2010
Turin 2006
Salt Lake City 2002
Nagano 1998
Lillehammer 1994
Albertville 1992
Calgary 1988
Sarajevo 1984
Lake Placid 1980
Innsbruck 1976
Sapporo 1972
Grenoble 1968
Innsbruck 1964
Squaw Valley 1960
D’ampezzo 1956
Oslo 1952
St.Moritz 1948
Written by: Maddalena C.
Sources:
2022, Beijing. “Beijing 2022.” International Olympic Committee, IOC, 4 Oct. 2018, www.olympic.org/beijing-2022.
2022, Beijing. “Beijing Takes Over Olympic Flag at Closing Ceremony of PyeongChang 2018.” Beijing2022, Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, www.beijing2022.cn/en/.