Claudia Maria Schiffer (German: [ˈklaʊdi̯a ˈʃɪfɐ] (listen); born 25 August 1970) is a German model and actress based in the United Kingdom.[2] She rose to fame in the 1990s as one of the world's most successful models, attaining supermodel status. In her early career, she was compared to Brigitte Bardot.[3] She has appeared on more than 1000 magazine covers[4] and holds the record for the model with the most magazine covers, listed in the Guinness Book of World Records.[5][6][7] In 2002, Forbes estimated her net worth to be around US$55 millionRead less