Happy Birthday, Karlie Kloss! A Look Back at the Model's Epic Year

April 2024 · 2 minute read

Today, supermodel Karlie Kloss turns 23 years old, and although she’s had a pretty spectacular couple of years, this one’s been particularly impressive.

Not only has the 6-foot-one beauty continued her fashion domination with campaigns for Marc Jacobs, Diane von Furstenberg, and Kate Spade, but she also convinced any doubters that she was more than just a pretty face (and a killer pair of legs) with the news that she’s headed to NYU, the growing of her healthy cookie biz Karlie’s Kookies, and the fact that she launched a scholarship for young girls who are interested in coding.

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She also became a legit household name this year, thanks to the fact that she’s besties with Taylor Swift, appearing alongside the pop singer (and a clique of their other BFFS) in almost every paparazzi shot, and also on the March cover of Vogue.

Take a look at her milestones from the last 12 months below, and join us in wishing this very modern supermodel a happy birthday!

August 2014
Lands in Vogue’s “Insta Girls” issue and shares this soon-to-be iconic snap of a new generation of supermodels (and appears on the cover.)

September 2014
Beautiful and charitable: heads to Haiti with Every Moment Counts.

October 2014
Supports BFF Taylor Swift ahead of her “1989” album launch.

November 2014
Reveals her newest Kookie flavor, Coco, and announces proceeds will benefit the CFDA.

December 2014
Yep, she’s a Victoria’s Secret Angel again.

January 2015
Karlie kicked off the new year by bagging a Mac Jacobs campaign—not bad!

February 2015
Covers Vogue alongside BFF Taylor.

March 2015
Speaks at panel at the South by Southwest festival about how technology colonized Fashion Week.

April 2015
Starts a scholarship that teaches young women to code.

May 2015
Officially becomes part of Swift’s A-list-filled “Bad Blood” video.

June 2015
Threw out a pitch at a Saint Louis Cardinals game. Pretty epic!

July 2015
Posts the Instagram that went viral—and outed her friends’ romances.

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