Current index status
#14 in the live index.
The rating reflects current verified work and prestige weighting. It is an editorial assessment, not a judgement of personal worth.
Index Rating · Medium confidence · evidence reviewed
89.1
- Runway · 40%
- 86
- Campaigns · 30%
- 92
- Editorial · 20%
- 90
- Cultural aura · 10%
- 91
01 / Why they matter
What Jill is known for.
Chanel, Coperni and major runway visibility
02 / Career record
Early life and discovery
Jill Megan Kortleve was born on 5 November 1993 in Heerlen, Netherlands, with Dutch, Surinamese, Indonesian and Indian heritage. Her path into modelling was informal: she was discovered by her best friend, who went on to found the Amsterdam agency The Movement Models, which became Kortleve’s mother agency.
03 / Career record
A historic Chanel booking
Kortleve gained early visibility as an exclusive face of Alexander McQueen’s Spring/Summer 2019 show. The bigger moment came during Paris Fashion Week in 2020, when she walked for Chanel — the first plus-size model to do so since Crystal Renn in 2010 — a booking widely covered as a marker of the industry’s slow move toward broader size representation on its most exclusive runways.
04 / Career record
Runway and editorial record
Beyond Chanel and McQueen, Kortleve has walked for Michael Kors, Fendi, Jacquemus, Valentino, Mugler, Prabal Gurung, Simone Rocca and Kate Spade, and has covered Vogue France, British Vogue, Vogue Italia, American Vogue, Vogue Netherlands, Vogue Spain and Vogue Russia — a cover record matched by very few models working in the size-inclusive space specifically. She is represented by IMG Models in New York alongside Women Management in Paris and Milk Management in London.
05 / At a glance
Quick facts.
- —Discovered by her best friend, who went on to found The Movement Models agency in Amsterdam
- —Exclusive face of Alexander McQueen’s Spring/Summer 2019 show
- —First plus-size model to walk Chanel since Crystal Renn in 2010, at Paris Fashion Week 2020
- —Cover credits across French, British, Italian, American, Dutch, Spanish and Russian Vogue
- —Regarded as a pioneer of "midsize" representation on the international runway
06 / Current index evidence
Why is Jill Kortleve ranked #14?
- Chanel, Coperni and major runway visibility.
- Eligibility reviewed against work and public visibility in the 2021–2026 window; booking-level citations are maintained in the linked industry and biographical records.
Confidence: Medium confidence · evidence reviewed. Scores may change when a source is corrected or new work enters the current window.
Facts on this page are drawn from public work records and industry press, and summarised in our own words. This is an independent editorial profile — it is not endorsed by the subject, their agencies, or the brands named. Last reviewed 2026-07-14. Corrections: desk@thecastindex.com.