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Kate Moss: Britain's Model Model
Here's a lesson for the kids: Get blessed with preternaturally beautiful genes, date a recovering drug addict and keep your nose to the grindstone—or, you know, whatever—and you, too, can be named Model of the Year.
Just like catwalk comeback queen Kate Moss was Thursday night in London.
"Kate Moss is a fashion icon and, without doubt, one of the most prolific models in the industry," the British Fashion Council said, in bestowing the prize. "She has now been modeling for over 15 years and remains at the top of her game."
Unfortunately, the face of the moment—who beat out less controversial finalists Erin O'Connor and Alek Wek—couldn't quite be bothered to actually pick up the award, instead sending British punk fashion icon Vivienne Westwood to accept it on her behalf.
"I love Kate," the designer said at the British Fashion Awards. "She is true to whatever she believes in. She is absolutely brilliant."
And absolutely everywhere.
Moss' visage (along with a few other select body parts) has been a ubiquitous presence over the past year. The 32-year-old is currently featured in no fewer than 18 major ad campaigns and has plans to launch a line of clothing for British megaretailer Topshop early next year.
All this, just one year removed from a scandal that, at least initially, seemed poised to jeopardize her modeling prospects.
Last September, the professional strutter hit a career low after grainy photos of her appearing to snort cocaine were plastered on the cover of the Daily Mirror, sending fashion houses and lucrative advertisers scrambling to distance themselves from Moss' mug.
After a stint in rehab, a few tête-à-têtes with police and a brief uncoupling from her trouble-prone rocker beau Pete Doherty, Moss was back in fashion, bigger than ever and is currently earning more than triple what she did during her prescandal days, raking in an estimated $56 million this year alone.
Though not everyone in the industry is so keen on Moss' career resurrection.
"There is something about the fashion industry that finds this kind of rock 'n' roll dissolute lifestyle very chic, and it makes the whole industry look rather sick," said Jane Ennis, editor of Britain's Now magazine. "This puts her up as an even bigger role model than she is already and encourages people to think that you can live that kind of lifestyle without any consequences. Well, maybe you can—if you have a team of people behind you, picking up the pieces."
Moss' success in the wake of her drug scandal, including her most recent accolade, has also drawn the ire of a much more damning critic: the vice president of Colombia.
Francisco Santos lashed out at Moss during a trip to the U.K. this week, accusing her of glamorizing cocaine and contributing to his country's drug problem.
"To me, it's baffling that someone who helps cause so much pain in Colombia is doing better than ever, winning more contracts," Santos said, per reports. "I never once heard her say, 'I'm sorry,' when in Colombia, people die every day because of cocaine consumption. That hurts."
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