Born in Sydney and raised in Brisbane, Australia, Miranda Kerr kick-started her modeling career in her early teens. Spurred on by the encouragement of her family and friends, Miranda fortuitously decided to enter the Dolly/Impulse Modeling Competition in 1997 when she was just 13 years old. She shocked everyone, including herself, when she won the competition, but she was completely surprised by the backlash that immediately followed her appearance in the Australian teen magazine Dolly.

The media quickly turned Miranda Kerr's winter-clothing pictorial into a debate regarding pedophilia and the acceptable age at which girls should start modeling. Nonetheless, Miranda gracefully handled the controversy and parlayed her newfound notoriety into a burgeoning career.

Miranda Kerr spent the next several years working nonstop, appearing in advertisements for companies such as Levi's and Baby Phat. She became a fixture within the pages of such illustrious publications as Elle, Harper's Bazaar and Vogue, and she built a reputation as one of the most reliable and hardworking models on the scene.

When she landed a coveted gig as one of the faces of Maybelline, Miranda Kerr's profile was given a significant boost. Her star only continued to rise when she was chosen as the first Australian to model on the runway for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, and when she appeared opposite Kanye West and Pharrell Williams in the music video for "Number One."

In 2007, Miranda Kerr became the face of fashion retailer Arden B. and Clinique Happy. She also made a small-screen appearance in the comedy How I Met Your Mother

Shot by infamously risque photographer Terry Richardson of Vice magazine fame, the 2010 Pirelli calendar features a topless Miranda Kerr, along with models like Lily Cole and Ana Beatriz Barros doing extremely erotic things with milk and the occasional banana. Don't leave that last sentence up to your imagination; be sure to check it out, if you haven't already.