The Kendall Effect

No doubt the model had a good year. She landed the coveted September cover of US Vogue and came in third on the list of highest earning models. We count the ways Kendall Jenner has slayed 2016.

- Sophie Hong

Once upon a time, we labelled the Kardashians as reality TV stars. But 12 seasons of their show and several launched careers later, no one can accuse the family of multi hyphenates of being talentless celebs who are only famous for being famous. Case in point: Kendall Jenner, who’s had more than her fair share of backlash when she made her major runway debut with Marc Jacobs’ Fall 2014 show, but is now one of the most iconic super models of our generation. Like the proverbial phoenix, the 20-year-old is rising from the ashes, and her ascent is nothing short of meteoric – and we have the receipts to prove it too.

Her career is at an all-time high

In the fashion world, to be on the cover of US Vogue’s September issue is A. Really. Big. Deal. In case you’re wondering what the big fuss is about, that issue heralds the start of a new fashion season and has the most amount of pages out of all the issues for the year; it’s such a big deal that there’s even a 2009 documentary about it, concisely called “The September Issue”.

So it’s understandable then, that Kendall cried upon seeing herself on the glossy cover, dressed in Gucci and posing next to a cover line that hailed her as “the face that launched a billion likes.”