Kate Moss (born January 16, 1974), is an English model who was once the "Face of Calvin Klein." She was born in Addiscombe, London Borough of Croydon, England.

Moss was discovered at the age of 14 by Sarah Doukas (the founder of Storm Model Agency) in 1988, at JFK Airport in New York City. Moss then went on to become the anti-supermodel of the 90's. She ushered in the waif look (while prompting much speculation over her weight) with a highly publicized campaign for Calvin Klein, particularly for posing nude in ads for its perfume brand, Obsession. Storm Model Agency lists Moss as being 5'8" but it is widely known that she is shorter than that, about 5'6"-5'7". Twiggy, a famous model during the 1960s who is 5'4" even wrote in her autobiography that she and Moss are about the same height. Despite this apparent disadvantage, Moss charmed the fashion industry and has walked/campaigned for such elite houses as Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Louis Vuitton, Versace, Chanel, Missoni, and David Yurman. Now in her 30s, Moss has still been working and has become a "supermodel" in her own right. In September 2005, after she was filmed while allegedly cutting and inhaling cocaine, many of her sponsors disassociated themselves.

Moss has a long history of involvement in art and music, especially rock bands. She has appeared in a music video of the White Stripes and has sung tracks with Bobbie Gillespie/Primal Scream and Babyshambles. She has worked with various artists and sculptors including artist and photographer Chuck Close.

In February 2005, a nude portrait by Lucian Freud of Kate Moss while pregnant was sold for £3.93 million. Moss planned and posed for the portrait with Lila as her version of the Madonna - a full frontal nude.

April 2005 saw the launch of the spectacular Rimmel London Mascara Ad featuring a leather clad Kate Moss riding a motorbike through London, to the sound of the underground rock track 'Another Cold Beer' by Steven Crayn.

Moss has had campaigns with major Italian, French, New York, and British designers including Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel, Burberry, Rimmel, Missoni, David Yurman, and Calvin Klein. She just finished a shoot for Bulgari on November 22, 2005.

She has been featured in fashion spreads in most major fashion magazines including UK, US, and French Vogues (as well as other international Vogues), Another Man, the Face, and W. Moss has been on the cover of 17 issues of W, including one issue with nine different covers featuring the model. W even names Moss its "muse" (September 2003 issue). She has worked with the most well-known photographers in the fashion industry today, such as Mario Testino, Mario Sorrenti, Steven Klein, and Juergen Teller, and is a Peter L "trained" model.

In 1997, "Kate: The Kate Moss Book" was published. The book is a compilation of photos Moss herself had selected to represent her career in front of the camera.

The British tabloids and paparazzi often target Kate Moss. UK tabloid, the Sunday Mirror, was sued successfully by Moss earlier this year for claiming that she had slipped into a coma after taking large amounts of cocaine in Spain four years ago. It was also alleged by the media in September 2005 that Moss has had a long-standing lesbian affair with best friend Sadie Frost. Further allegations have been made that she has had sex with both Sadie and Sadie's then husband Jude Law several times, and that she has also been involved in lesbian threesomes with Sadie Frost and British TV star Davinia Taylor. Moss has been accused of almost everything from heroin to anorexia. British tabloids, particularly the Daily Mirror has long alleged that Moss habitually uses cocaine. In interviews, Moss has denied these claims and dismissed them as ridiculous.

On September 15, 2005, however, the Daily Mirror ran front page and interior photos of Moss allegedly snorting several lines of cocaine at a Babyshambles recording session.

Moss previously checked herself into rehab in 1998, claiming she was suffering from "exhaustion." She later admitted she'd been drinking and getting high before getting on the catwalk, but denied ever indulging in harder substances. This rehab visit had nothing to do with substances but was brought on by stress from brief estrangement from her steady boyfriend.

On 20 September 2005, the Swedish fashion retailer H&M announced they were dropping Moss from the advertising campaign of their autumn clothes range designed by Moss' good friend Stella McCartney. The contract was reportedly worth £4 million a year.

It is speculated that Kate’s high profile celebrity status might only have lasted a few more years without this exposure, and that far from bringing her down, the "Kate-gate scandal" actually improved Moss’ career in the long-term.

Despite the initial domino effect, Moss had raked in another £12m worth of modelling contracts within a month of returning to work in November 2005, and a priceless amount in publicity. The scandal also forced Kate to get herself into rehab, quit drugs, and to rid herself of no good boyfriend Pete Doherty.

The Kate-gate scandal forced the media to re-evaluate and re-emphasise Kate’s iconic cult status; French Vogue dedicated their entire Christmas issue to the model, in which she was also brought in as a guest editor. Nothing embodied the fashion industry’s enchantment and fascination with the supermodel more The December 2005 issue of French Vogue, exhibiting the massive army of designers, photographers and celebrities rallying to her defence.

Kate’s faster-than-lightning comeback was no doubt well orchestrated by her agency, yet it is a remarkable feat that in the seventeen years of her career Moss has never had a publicist or given interviews. Her recent struggle and the success of her return is proof that her status as an icon of British culture and style is unshakable.