Top HF Runway Model Ranks

Here you find the official Not So Swedish High Fashion Runway Model Rankings. This is based on a point system, with each show being worth a certain number of points depending on the brand's overarching importance. What makes a brand important? Well, I'm not entirely sure, but seeing as Paris is the undisputed fashion Mecca, it seems only appropriate that what is considered "important" be determined by the fashion gods at Vogue Paris. Or, more specifically, the biannual Vogue Paris Collections.

Now, this is all well and good, but there are hundreds of shows each season, and I simply don't have time to follow the hundreds of models walking in each of these shows. So the field has to be narrowed immediately. So, for the Fall/Winter 2011 season, this is achieved with one condition: In order to be considered in the race, a model must have walked for at least three ready to wear Fall/Winter 2011 shows presented by official members of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture for that calendar year.* This ensures that the models included in the ranks are truly high fashion models, and consistently so. This is not to say that those excluded for not meeting the three-show requirement are necessarily NOT high fashion (for example, we don't need a ranking system to tell us that Mariacarla Boscono is the epitome of couture).

Each CSHC Member show walked earns a model 100 points. If they open OR close the show, 50 additional points are awarded. If the model opens AND closes the show, her open/close points for that show are doubled and added to the total. For example, Valerie Lemercier walked for Jean Paul Gaultier this season (100 points), and she opened (50 points) and closed (50 points) the show as well. Her total points from the JPG show alone would be 300 points (Valerie did NOT walk 3 CSHC shows however, so she was disqualified).

All other shows are broken down into three further categories: (a) former CSHC Members; (b) Blue Chips; and (c) Others. For walking these shows a model receives 80, 50, and 20 points, respectively. For opening or closing these shows, they receive 40, 25, and 10 points. As with the CSHC Member shows, if a model opens AND closes the show, her open/close points for that show are doubled.

There are also bonus points, because hard workers and world travellers should be compensated in some way (even if it is small). Thus:

  • +50 points for every 20 shows walked
  • +50 points for opening or closing in two cities
  • +100 points for opening or closing in four cities
  • +100 points for walking four cities
  • +1000 for most shows walked in total
  • +500 for greatest number of opens and/or closes

Based on these criteria, I have narrowed down the list of eligible models. Of the eleven CSHC Members, eight produced RTW collections for Fall/Winter 2011.** A total of 180 different models walked across these eight shows. However, of these, only 34 met the prerequisite of walking for three CSHC Members. With the points from CSHC Member shows awarded, the rankings stand as such:

  1. Julia Saner............................................550
  2. Magdalena Frackowiak........................500
  3. Mirte Maas...........................................500
  4. Monika "Jac" Jagaciak..........................500
  5. Sigrid Agren.........................................500
  6. Anja Rubik...........................................450
  7. Ruby Aldridge......................................450
  8. Arizona Muse.......................................400
  9. Daphne Groeneveld..............................400
  10. Freja Beha Erichsen..............................400
  11. Frida Gustavsson..................................400
  12. Kasia Struss.........................................400
  13. Liu Wen...............................................400
  14. Patricia van der Vliet.............................400
  15. Candice Swanepoel..............................350
  16. Coco Rocha.........................................350
  17. Karlie Kloss.........................................350
  18. Aline Weber.........................................300
  19. Alla Kostromichova..............................300
  20. Caroline Brasch Nielsen........................300
  21. Caterina Ravaglia..................................300
  22. Caterina Michaelis.................................300
  23. Daria Strokous......................................300
  24. Ginta Lapina..........................................300
  25. Jacquelyn Jablonski...............................300
  26. Joan Smalls...........................................300
  27. Josephine Skriver..................................300
  28. Julija Steponaviciute..............................300
  29. Karmen Pedaru.....................................300
  30. Sasha Pivovarova..................................300
  31. Shu Pei Qin...........................................300
  32. Siri Tollerod..........................................300
  33. Sun Fei Fei............................................300
  34. Zuzanna Bijoch......................................300

The final ranks are now up:


  1. Caroline Brasch Nielsen........................4265
  2. Arizona Muse.......................................4050
  3. Sigrid Agren.........................................3210
  4. Jac Jagaciak.........................................3090
  5. Kasia Struss.........................................2905
  6. Zuzanna Bijoch.....................................2860
  7. Karmen Pedaru....................................2855
  8. Mirte Maas..........................................2695
  9. Ruby Aldridge......................................2570
  10. Jacquelyn Jablonski..............................2510
  11. Josephine Skriver.................................2490
  12. Daria Strokous.....................................2485
  13. Sun Fei Fei..........................................2440
  14. Daphne Groeneveld.............................2260
  15. Liu Wen..............................................2220
  16. Siri Tollerod........................................2160
  17. Julia Saner...........................................2130
  18. Joan Smalls.........................................2125
  19. Frida Gustavsson................................1925
  20. Ginta Lapina.......................................1660
  21. Caterina Ravaglia................................1575
  22. Magdalena Frackowiak......................1555
  23. Aline Weber.......................................1550
  24. Patricia van der Vliet...........................1540
  25. Colinne Michaelis................................1525
  26. Anja Rubik.........................................1475
  27. Karlie Kloss.......................................1450
  28. Shu Pei Qin........................................1430
  29. Alla Kostromichova............................1390
  30. Julija Steponaviciute............................1370
  31. Freja Beha Erichsen............................1130
  32. Candice Swanepoel..............................800
  33. Coco Rocha.........................................900
  34. Sasha Pivovarova.................................505


*The official list for 2011 consists of: Adeline André, Anne Valérie Hash, Atelier Gustavolins, Chanel, Christian Dior, Christophe Josse, Franck Sorbier, Givenchy, Jean Paul Gaultier, Maurizio Galante, and Stéphane Rolland. There are also three foreign correspondents: Elie Saab, Giorgio Armani, and Valentino.
**These were Anne Valérie Hash, Chanel, Christian Dior, Elie Saab, Giorgio Armani, Givenchy, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Valentino.  

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