Background and career
Karlie Elizabeth Kloss (born August 3, 1992) is an American supermodel and entrepreneur. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2013 until 2015, when she enrolled as a student at New York University. By 2019, Kloss had appeared on 40 international Vogue covers. She has signed with several top modeling agencies throughout her career, including Elite Model Management, Next Management, IMG Models, and The Society. From 2019 to 2020, she was the host of the reality competition television series Project Runway.
Apart from modeling, Kloss works to provide reproductive rights for women and supports programs for women in STEM fields. She founded "Kode with Klossy", a nonprofit which provides free coding camps for girls and non-binary teens. In 2022, Kloss launched Gateway Coalition, to provide support to abortion clinics in the Midwestern United States. The following year, she acquired i-D magazine and became its chief executive officer (CEO).
Karlie Elizabeth Kloss was born on August 3, 1992, in Chicago, Illinois to Tracy Kloss (née Fares), a freelance art director, and Kurt Kloss, an emergency physician. She has three sisters: an elder sister, Kristine, and twin younger sisters, Kimberly and Kariann. She moved to St. Louis, Missouri, with her family in 1994. Kloss attended Webster Groves High School in Webster Groves, Missouri, where she was a cheerleader during her freshman year and graduated in 2011. In 2013, the family moved to Goshen, New York to support her modeling career. In September 2015, she enrolled in the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University.
Kloss was discovered at a local benefit runway show in 2005. In 2006, at the age of 14, she posed for the photographer David Leslie Anthony in a cover and editorial spread titled "Almost Famous," for the June issue of Scene Magazine. Elite Model Management Chicago forwarded her tear sheets to their New York office, which signed her.
One of Kloss's first modeling stints was a shoot for Abercrombie Kids by Bruce Weber. In January 2008, she left Elite Model Management and signed with Next Management. She walked 31 runways in New York Fashion Week, walking as an exclusive for Calvin Klein, closing for Marc Jacobs, opening for Carolina Herrera, and occupying both spots at Doo.Ri. She walked 20 shows in Milan and 13 in Paris for the fall 2008 collections, totaling 64 shows in the 2008 season.
How Karlie Kloss makes money
In December 2020, Kloss and Kushner purchased a home in Miami, Florida, for $23.5 million. The pair also bought a 7,200-square-foot (670 m2) penthouse in the Puck Building in Manhattan for $35 million in 2021, and paid $29.5 million for the Wave House in Malibu, California, in August 2024.
