Shortest models revealed with one 5ft3in (it’s NOT Kate Moss) as Hailey, Emily and Sara make the list

Supermodels are generally considered to be around 6 feet tall, because the taller a woman is, the better the clothes fit on the body.

And many of them were tall: Karlie Kloss is 6 feet tall, while Jerry Hall and Elle Macpherson are 6 feet tall.

But not all models are tall. In fact, the average height today is about 6 feet.

That’s because many models become famous through Instagram, which is easy to manipulate.

That means if you are a small woman, you can stand next to an even smaller man or a small chair to appear taller. Camera angles also play a role.

And designers don’t mind using shorter models in their campaigns because they can also manipulate the images.

Here’s a look at more petite models like Hailey Bieber, Emily Ratajkowski, and Lily-Rose Depp.

Lily-Rose Depp25

5ft3in

The beautiful daughter Lily-Rose Depp of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis is 1.80 meters tall, but already a giant in the modeling world.

She has already worked for Chanel, walking in the French fashion house’s shows and appearing in advertisements for their beauty and eyewear campaigns.

Depp has appeared on quite a number of magazine covers, including Jalouse, LOVE, V Magazine, Vogue Paris, British Vogue, ELLE France, ELLE Greece and Vanity Fair France.

She is also an emerging actress with films like Yoga Hosers, Voyagers and Nosferatu to her credit.

Lila Moss, 22

5ft3in

Lila Moss is a nepo model as her mother is supermodel Kate Moss.

The blonde beauty is only 6 feet tall, but is sought after internationally for photo shoots.

After posing alongside her model mom Kate at the July 2016 edition of Vogue Italia, she was on her way to superstardom.

This was followed by jobs at Ermanno Scervino, Versace and Marc Jacobs and appearing on the magazine covers of British Vogue, Vogue Japan and Vanity Fair Italia, to name a few.

Devon Aoki, 42

5ft5in

Devon Aoki is one of the smallest fashion models in the industry.

The New York native is 6 feet tall.

But she has had a lot of success. In the late 1990s, she became the face of Versace and also posed for Chanel, Kenzo, Moschino, Fendi and many more.

Aoki also acted.

Her film roles include 2 Fast 2 Furious, Sin City, DOA: Dead or Alive and Mutant Chronicles.

Devon Aoki is married to James Bailey, and they have one son and three daughters.

Sofia Richie Grainge, 26

5ft6in

Sofia Richie Grainge has made a name for herself, which is not easy considering she is the daughter of Lionel Richie and the younger sister of Nicole Richie.

The star, who first dated Justin Bieber and then Scott Disick, rose to fame as a fashion model, even though she is 6 feet tall.

She is now considered a style icon.

Beauty was the basis of Complex, Wonderland, Town & Country.

And she has walked the catwalks of Dolce & Gabbana, Chanel, Yeezy and Philipp Plein and appeared in the pages of W, V Magazine, Vogue Japan and Seventeen, among others.

In 2023, she married 31-year-old Elliot Grainge and they have one child together.

Laetitia Casta, 46

5ft7in

This brunette bombshell was one of the biggest stars of the nineties.

Laetitia Casta from France had a glamorous movie star look that the fashion house couldn’t get enough of.

In her heyday, most stars like Claudia Schiffer were very tall. But Laetitia went her own way at just 6 feet tall.

She had a contract with L’Oréal Paris, a stint as a Victoria’s Secret Angel, covers for Vogue, ELLE, iD and modeling for Dolce & Gabbana, Givenchy, Roberto Cavalli, Vivienne Westwood and others.

In 1993 she became a GUESS? Girl too.

Casta has been married to actor and filmmaker Louis Garrel, 6 feet tall, since 2017.

Hailey Bieber, 28

5ft7in

Hailey Bieber is one of the biggest models today next to Gigi and Bella Hadid and Kendall Jenner.

And they are all best friends.

But Hailey is the shortest at 6 feet tall. But since most of her fame comes from social media, it makes no difference.

And her fame exploded when she married Justin Bieber, making no one think twice about her height.

She has worked for Dolce & Gabbana, Jeremy Scott, Prabal Gurung, Elie Saab, Tory Burch, Off-White, Zadig & Voltaire and Tommy Hilfiger.

She has done campaigns for Guess, Karl Lagerfeld, Tommy Jeans, Calvin Klein, Versace, Miu Miu and UGG.

In June 2022, she launched Rhode, a skin care line.

Emily Ratajkowski, 33

5ft7in

She looks like a very tall model because her proportions are perfect.

But Emily Ratajkowski is on the small side at 1.80 meters.

She got her start in the 2013 Blurred Lines music video and her sexy turn in the 2014 film adaptation of Gone Girl.

And she also had a role as the pretty girl opposite Amy Schumer in I Feel Pretty.

But Ratajkowski then turned to modeling while working for Miu Miu.

This was followed by Marc Jacobs’ Spring 2016 ad campaign and stints on the covers of CR Fashion Book, GQ Spain and British Vogue.

When she launched Inamorata lingerie and swimsuits, she became her own best model, flooding social media with pin-up photos of herself in her designs.

Kate Moss, 50

5ft7in

Kate Moss is often called the shortest supermodel.

And that was in the nineties when she worked with Elle Macpherson and Naomi Campbell.

But by today’s standards, she’s average. At 1.80 meters she is not really considered small anymore.

Katherine Ann Moss is an English model.

Moss rose to fame in the early 1990s as part of the heroin-chic fashion trend. Her collaborations with Calvin Klein brought her to the status of a fashion icon.

Since then she has worked for Chanel, Dior, Fendi and Versace. Vogue loves her.

Kate has a 22-year-old daughter named Lila Moss, who also models.

Sara Sampaio, 33

5ft8in

Sara Sampaio has a very strong modeling career.

She works for Balmain, Mugler, Elie Saab, Alberta Ferretti, Baja East, Marchesa, Tory Burch, Prabal Gurung and Tommy Hilfiger.

And she is a red carpet diva.

Her Instagram account is also impressive with beautiful bikini photos.

And she achieved all this by being only 6 feet tall.

Lately she has been making waves with lingerie for Victoria’s Secret.

This Portuguese woman is also dating a celebrity: since July 2023 she has been seeing Ray Nicholson, the son of Jack Nicholson and Rebecca Broussard, who worked in the film Smile 2.

Cara Delevingne, 32

5ft8in

Cara Delevingne is thin, which makes her look bigger than she is.

The blonde beauty from England is reportedly somewhere between 6 feet and 6 feet tall.

She worked for Burberry, Rage & Bone and Stella McCartney, and covered Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar.

But lately she has started specializing in acting.

Delevingne started her acting career with a small role in Joe Wright’s 2012 film adaptation of Anna Karenina.

Her most notable roles include Margo Roth Spiegelman in the romantic mystery film Paper Towns (2015), the Enchantress in the comic book film Suicide Squad (2016), and Laureline in Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017).

Another interesting thing about Cara is that she comes from old British money: her parents are property developer Charles Hamar Delevingne and his wife Pandora Stevens.