a model whose name is a household word, like Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, Kate Moss , Iman, and about a dozen others
a very famous and very successful fashion model
Any fashion model whose hourly wage is more than 10x that of a software guru. Predictive models and fashion models are fundamentally different and it is important not to confuse them, which is becoming more difficult as fashion models become spokespersons for technology companies.
A supermodel is a highly-paid elite fashion model who usually has a worldwide reputation and often a background in haute couture and commercial modeling.