Karlie's career has always confused me.
I don't think she was beautiful or striking enough to be a top model. In my opinion, she is/was more on the weird-looking side, but that still doesn't explain how she's had such a good career, because those models tend to be popular for a few seasons as novelty value, then they disappear.
She is taller than most models too, where agencies usually don't want girls/women taller than 5'10", 5'11" at the very maximum. I don't think her looks justified the exemption for her height that she got (unlike outstandingly beautiful, taller models like Lais Ribeiro and Toni Garrn).
She's had a lot of plastic surgery too and fillers too, she looked completely different when she first started out.
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I wonder if she is where she is today because of her connections (e.g. the link to Taylor Swift and their rumoured relationship), rather than her appearance and talent.