Chrissy Teigen reveals she was paid just £140 a show in early modelling days: ‘C-class Naomi Campbell coming through’

msn.com:

Chrissy Teigen has opened up about her unglamourous modelling past, revealing she received just $200 (£146) per show when she worked Miami Fashion Week in 2010.

Describing herself as a "C-class Naomi Campbell", Teigen told her fans that she would spend five to six hours sitting on the floor waiting to go on stage and shared a room with five other girls.

In a post to her Instagram, Teigen, who was 24 at the time, revealed that most of her pay packet was swallowed up by agency fees.

She wrote: "Was talking about my days of Miami fashion week and how it was basically my equivalent of walking Paris couture. "200 bucks a show minus agency and I’d wait 5/6 hours sitting on the floor of the Mondrian [hotel] to be seen. "Booking a show at the Setai.