Karlie Kloss is trained in classical ballet, and credits her unique runway walk to her background. Designer Carolina Herrera once told Vogue that Kloss "moves like a cat."
Source: Vogue
Adriana Lima always dreamed of being a doctor. Lima said she got into modeling by mistake and was too young to know what she really wanted.
Source: GQ
Alessandra Ambrosio had cosmetic surgery at age 11. She was self-conscious about her large ears and had surgery to pin them back. In 2006, she told Tyra Banks she had suffered from complications.
Source: AskMen.com
Miranda Kerr used to be a competitive gymnast. She competed in her native country of Australia as a child, but had to quit because she became too tall.
Source: Vogue UK
Doutzen Kroes once worked as a magazine columnist. She wrote a monthly column about her life for the Dutch edition of Marie Claire from 2009-10 but stopped to focus on her fashion career.
Source: Victoria's Secret Facebook Page
Candice Swanepoel spent her childhood birthing cows ... her family owned a dairy and beef farm in South Africa.
Source: British GQ
Erin Heatherton almost turned down a modeling agency to go to basketball camp. She was a starter on her Chicago high school's team and didn't want to blunder her athletic career.
Source: Chicago Tribune
Lily Aldridge's partner is Kings of Leon frontman Caleb Followill. They met at Coachella in 2007 and have a daughter together, Dixie Pearl.
Source: Us Magazine
Behati Prinsloo is a minister's daughter. Her father was the head of a church in Namibia, where Prinsloo was raised.
Source: Fashionista.com
Lindsay Ellingson was studying biology at UC San Diego when she was discovered by a modeling scout.
Source: Shape