January 16th, 2006 - Happy Birthday Kate Moss!

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Katherine Moss (born January 16, 1974), known as Kate Moss, is an English supermodel who is known for her waifish figure, high-profile relationships and iconic advertising campaigns. She has appeared on over 300 magazine covers.

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Moss was born in Addiscombe, London Borough of Croydon, England. She attended Ridgeway Primary School, then Riddlesdown High School but she was not noted for her academic success though she did excel at sports. According to Vermorel's book Addicted to Love: Kate Moss she earned one C (in Science) and Ds, Es, and Us in all others at GCSE level.
She was discovered at the age of 14 by Sarah Doukas (the founder of Storm Model Management) in 1988, at JFK Airport in New York City, after a vacation in the Bahamas. Moss's career began when Corinne Day shot black and white photographs of her for British magazine The Face when she was 15, in a photo shoot titled "The Third Summer of Love". Moss then went on to become the anti-supermodel of the 1990s in contrast to the supermodels at the time, such as Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, and Naomi Campbell, who were known for their curvaceous and tall figures.

She ushered in the waif look in 1993 (which prompted much speculation over her weight) with a highly publicised campaign for Calvin Klein, including posing nude in ads for its perfume brand, Obsession. Moss charmed the fashion industry despite being unusually short for a runway model, and has worked for such elite houses including Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Louis Vuitton, Versace, Burberry, Chanel, Missoni, Dior, Longchamp and David Yurman. Now in her 30s, Moss is still working and has become a supermodel in her own right.
She has a daughter, Lila Grace, born on 29 September 2002, with Dazed & Confused editor Jefferson Hack. She is rumoured to have married Pete Doherty in 2007.

A Bit of Trivia:

In February 2005, a nude portrait by Lucian Freud of Moss while she was pregnant sold for £3.93 million. Moss planned and posed for the portrait as her version of the Madonna as a full frontal nude.

In 2006, "Sphinx", a sculpture of Moss in a complicated yoga position was unveiled by controversial British sculptor Marc Quinn. The pose itself was modelled by a more experienced woman, though the body, hands, and feet are cast in Moss' exact measurements. Quinn's representation of Moss is meant to show "a mirror of ourselves, a knotted Venus of our age."

In March 2006, the women's lifestyle magazine Female First reported Kate Moss as adopting Buddhism after briefly reading about its philosophy during rehab to get through an alleged drug addiction. According to Britain's Grazia Magazine, she is contemplating doing charity or volunteer work to achieve good karma.

In March 2003, Moss gave a rare, lengthy interview to Penny Martin on website Showstudio. She replied to the topic of the media singling her out on the debate on body image with: "It was just the time. It was a swing from more buxom girls like Cindy Crawford and people were shocked to see what they called a 'waif'. What can you say? How many times can you say 'I'm not anorexic'?"

Moss is godmother to the two sons of The Clash member Paul Simonon.

Moss also appears in the cartoon series Family Guy in "A Picture is Worth a 1,000 Bucks" as Chris Griffin's two dimensional girlfriend, when he becomes a famous bohemian artist in New York.

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Barbara Lynn-Singer 65
Ronnie Milsap-Country Singer 64
Jim Staffprd-Country Singer 63
Laura Schlessinger-Talk Show Host 60
John Carpenter-Director 59
Debbie Allen-Actress/Dancer 57
Sade-Singer 48
Maxine Jones-Singer/En Vogue 41
David Chokachi-Actor/Baywatch 39
Richard T. Jones-Actor/Judging Amy 35