Current index status
#34 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
84.5
- Runway · 40%
- 81
- Campaigns · 30%
- 87
- Editorial · 20%
- 86
- Cultural aura · 10%
- 88
01 / Why they matter
What Quannah is known for.
Chanel and Gucci editorial and campaign visibility
02 / Career record
Early life and activism
Quannah Rose Potts ChasingHorse was born on 6 June 2002 in Tuba City, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation, to Jody Potts-Joseph, who is Hän Gwich’in, and Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse, whose Lakota family traces descent from Crazy Horse. Raised largely by her mother in a subsistence Alaska Native lifestyle of hunting, fishing and dog mushing, she lived in Arizona, Mongolia and New Mexico as a small child before moving to Alaska at six, growing up in Kenny Lake and Fairbanks.
Chasinghorse became a land-rights activist well before her modelling career: she is a fourth-generation protector of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, helped lobby the U.S. Congress in 2019 in support of legislation to protect the refuge from oil drilling, and co-authored a Declaration for Climate Change State of Emergency presented to the Alaska Federation of Natives.
03 / Career record
Entering fashion, 2020–2022
Chasinghorse’s first modelling job came in 2020, a Calvin Klein campaign tied to youth voting, and she signed with IMG Models that December. Her second major assignment was the cover of Vogue Mexico in May 2021. Her runway work has included Prabal Gurung, Gabriela Hearst, Chloé and Savage X Fenty; in May 2022 she attended the Met Gala in a Navajo-inspired outfit and walked her first New York Fashion Week runway the same week, a moment Refinery29 described as a breakout.
04 / Career record
Advocacy recognition and screen work, 2023–2025
Chasinghorse was named a USA Today Women of the Year honoree in 2023 for her environmental and Indigenous-rights advocacy. She has continued combining modelling with documentary work, appearing in and co-producing "Walking Two Worlds" (2022), which won Best Documentary Short at the Santa Monica Film Festival, and narrating "Bad River" (2024), which earned a Critics’ Choice Documentary Award nomination for Best Narration, and "The American Southwest" (2025).
05 / Career record
Recent record
Chasinghorse fronted Stella McCartney’s "Chapter Two" Summer campaign in 2024, continuing a client list that has also included Vogue Japan, V Magazine, Elle and Porter. She remains represented by IMG Models.
06 / At a glance
Quick facts.
- —Born 6 June 2002 in Tuba City, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation; Hän Gwich’in and Sicangu/Oglala Lakota heritage
- —A fourth-generation land protector for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge who helped lobby Congress in 2019 in support of Arctic Refuge protection legislation
- —First modelling job in 2020, a Calvin Klein youth-voting campaign, before signing with IMG Models that December
- —Fronted Vogue Mexico’s cover in May 2021 as her second major modelling assignment
- —Named a USA Today Women of the Year honoree in 2023 for environmental and Indigenous-rights advocacy
- —Narrated the 2024 documentary "Bad River," which earned a Critics’ Choice Documentary Award nomination for Best Narration
07 / Current index evidence
Why is Quannah Chasinghorse ranked #34?
- Chanel and Gucci editorial and campaign 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.
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