The top 5 most powerful Insta models

For our winter issue, I am busy interviewing all the important modeling agents in the Netherlands. That issue has the theme of top model you need to know because the winner of Holland’s Next Topmodel will shine on our cover.

From every conversation with those agents, it appears that today's models almost have the size and status of Cindy, Naomi, Christy, Cindy, Karen, and Kate (because she was already there back then).

Thanks to the Internet, every model now has the chance to showcase themselves, and there is therefore an incredible amount of supply (a model from deep Russia had a much harder time getting scouted in the past than now), but through Instagram and Twitter, models can also profile themselves much more clearly.

Many agencies contractually stipulate that their model must engage in social media, and clients often first ask how many followers a model has before booking them for a job. Models are hot, and their following is therefore impressive. The top 5.

Her posse: Everything Cara does is a success. So her Instagram account is also a goldmine. She has 6.4 million followers. Cara takes us everywhere in her life, from woman-to-woman romance to the little model she makes say ‘you're fired’ to Karl Lagerfeld. Cara rocks and rules.

Her posse: Gisèle has 2.8 million followers. Gisèle is truly the biggest model of the moment. She earns three times more than the others, has contracts with CHANEL, Isabel Marant, Pantene, H&M, Balenciaga. And what do you think so many followers are worth? The model from Brazil will have no regrets about the nose job she had to get into this profession. It was worth it double and more.

Her posse: Miranda has 4.7 million followers, including undoubtedly Justin Bieber and Orlando Bloom, who recently had an old-fashioned tussle over Miranda. Miranda earns 5 million a year while she, as a girl practicing Nichiren Buddhism, is actually very happy with nothing.

Her posse: 1.7 million followers, of which we are of course a part. Doutzen shares intimate family photos and romantic sessions with Sunnery and left us trembling in disbelief when she showed her body during the Ice Bucket Challenge. That the woman had given birth three weeks prior is a miracle, a miracle. Doutzen is the pride of the Netherlands in every way.

Her posse: In light of the other models, a following of 554 thousand may seem a bit disappointing, but still. You would want to shake all their hands. You don't need to feel sorry for Joan. She ranks number two in the ‘new supers’ ranking of Models.com, earns over 2 million a year, and is the example for all colored girls who lie awake at night dreaming of a modeling life.