Technically the richest model in the world, Slavica Ecclestone's immense fortune has little to do with her fashion career. The Croatian-born catwalk star shone in the 1980s working for designers including Giorgio Armani, before meeting Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

The vast majority of her wealth stems from their 2009 divorce, which saw the former model walk away with an estimated $1.2 billion settlement, one of the largest in history. While her modeling career opened doors, it was her marriage to and subsequent split from the F1 billionaire that ultimately placed her in a financial league of her own.

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