Our highlights and best-of lists for the year. Wishing everyone a very happy new year!
Some of our favorite models.com stories of the year
Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty at the Met
Made in Brazil #4 Launch (over 6,000 Facebook Likes!)
Vivienne Westwood in Shanghai
Love issue 6 Launch
Viktor & Rolf S/S 12 teaser video stop motion (viewed over 985,000 times!)
Gareth Pugh S/S 12
Run Ming Run!
Lane Crawford campaign by Mert & Marcus exclusive launch on models.com
2011 in numbers:
2011 was another year of very strong growth for models.com, and not just in the US or Europe, but with now over 100,000 visitors per month from China alone.
Total visitors worldwide (entire year): 24 million
Total page views (entire year): 190 million
But more than page views the explosion of social media makes for some interesting insights into our readers favorite models, photographers and stylists. See below the top 20 list of the most Facebook Liked of each, with two very surprising models coming on top!
Top 20 most Facebook Liked female models:
| Name | FB Likes |
| Tara Lynn | 3206 |
| Freja Beha Erichsen | 965 |
| Lara Stone | 568 |
| Anja Rubik | 520 |
| Karlie Kloss | 415 |
| Barbara Palvin | 409 |
| Jac Jagaciak | 403 |
| Sasha Pivovarova | 384 |
| Abbey Lee Kershaw | 367 |
| Coco Rocha | 329 |
| Daphne Groeneveld | 295 |
| Frida Gustavsson | 289 |
| Adriana Lima | 277 |
| Lindsey Wixson | 265 |
| Rosie Huntington Whiteley | 262 |
| Gisele Bundchen | 257 |
| Kasia P | 255 |
| Natasha Poly | 234 |
| Emily DiDonato | 227 |
| Magda Roman | 218 |
Top 20 most Facebook Liked male models:
| Name | FB Likes |
| Andrej Pejic | 4812 |
| Francisco Lachowski | 1906 |
| Baptiste Giabiconi | 971 |
| Ash Stymest | 814 |
| Marlon Teixeira | 765 |
| Jon Kortajarena | 723 |
| Sean O’Pry | 591 |
| Simon Nessman | 530 |
| Josh Beech | 463 |
| Yuri Pleskun | 383 |
| Ben Hill | 349 |
| David Gandy | 287 |
| River Viiperi | 257 |
| Vladimir Ivanov | 243 |
| Cole Mohr | 221 |
| Noah Mills | 193 |
| Sebastian Sauvé | 191 |
| Alexander Johansson | 178 |
| Danny Schwarz | 177 |
| Nikola Jovanovic | 173 |
Top 20 most Facebook Liked photographers:
| Name | FB Likes |
| Steven Meisel | 793 |
| Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott | 518 |
| Terry Richardson | 199 |
| Damon Baker | 141 |
| Mario Testino | 140 |
| Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin | 134 |
| Patrick Demarchelier | 125 |
| Mario Sorrenti | 109 |
| Sølve Sundsbø | 100 |
| Ellen von Unwerth | 83 |
| Alasdair McLellan | 69 |
| David Urbanke | 67 |
| Tim Walker | 67 |
| Francesco Carrozzini | 66 |
| Peter Lindbergh | 65 |
| Miguel Reveriego | 62 |
| Cuneyt Akeroglu | 59 |
| Jason Kim | 59 |
| Paolo Roversi | 58 |
| Boo George | 58 |
Top 20 most Facebook Liked fashion editor/stylists:
| Name | FB Likes |
| Grace Coddington | 144 |
| Kyle Anderson | 102 |
| Lori Goldstein | 86 |
| Nirave Sanchez | 57 |
| Panos Yiapanis | 43 |
| George Cortina | 39 |
| Marie-Amélie Sauvé | 36 |
| Bodo Ernle | 33 |
| Edward Enninful | 32 |
| Geraldine Laiz | 32 |
| Melanie Ward | 29 |
| Katie Shillingford | 28 |
| Nicola Formichetti | 27 |
| Carine Roitfeld | 26 |
| Joe McKenna | 26 |
| Mel Ottenberg | 26 |
| Harry Lambert | 21 |
| Patti Wilson | 19 |
| Carlyne Cerf De Dudzeele | 19 |
| Robbie Spencer | 19 |
In the animation: Nyasha Matonhodze on the Love issue 6 cover | The Freak editorial by Sølve Sundsbø in V Man | Sui He on W’s art issue cover by Max Vadukul | Daphne Groeneveld and Lindsey Wixson in the Versace for H&M campaign by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott | Candice Huffine, Robyn Lawley & Tara Lynn on the Vogue Italia June 2011 cover by Steven Meisel | Karen Elson and Raquel Zimmermann in the Lanvin F/W11 video by Steven Meisel | Garage Magazine cover by Damien Hirst, photo by Hedi Slimane | Kristen McMenamy in the F/W11 Gareth Pugh video by Ruth Hogben | Karlie Kloss on the Dec 2011 Vogue Italia cover by Steven Meisel | PRADA S/S 11 campaign by Steven Meisel
