# Betsy Gaghan

> American model who first drew attention with a Miu Miu debut in 2021, stepped away, and returned in 2025 to open Veronica Leoni’s first Calvin Klein Collection show. FashionUnited counted 74 shows for her in 2025, the highest total on its year-end list.

- Canonical: https://thecastindex.com/rising/betsy-gaghan
- Status: Emerging · Talent Watch (unnumbered)
- Nationality: United States
- Specialty: Runway
- Agency: Next Management · New York / Paris / London / Milan / Madrid; MIKAs · Stockholm
- Source: https://models.com/mdx/the-rise-and-return-of-betsy-gaghan/
- Editor: Kaiser Khan
- Sources reviewed: 2026-09-25

## Why she is on the watch

Her 2025 return was one of the season’s clearest casting stories: an opening slot at Calvin Klein, a Fall/Winter 2025 run that included Chanel, Givenchy and Saint Laurent, and a place in the BoF 500 before the year was out.

## Selected milestones

- 2025-02-07 — [Opened Calvin Klein Collection Fall/Winter 2025, Veronica Leoni’s debut for the house, New York](https://models.com/work/calvin-klein-calvin-klein-collection-fw-25-show)
- 2025-10 — [Named to the BoF 500 Class of 2025](https://www.businessoffashion.com/people/betsy-gaghan/)
- 2025-12-24 — [74 runway shows in 2025, the highest total in FashionUnited’s year-end count](https://fashionunited.com/news/fashion/top-10-female-runway-models-2026-bhavitha-mandava-and-more/2025122469776)

## Sources

- [Models.com — The Rise (and Return) of Betsy Gaghan](https://models.com/mdx/the-rise-and-return-of-betsy-gaghan/)
- [Models.com — Calvin Klein Collection F/W 25 show credits](https://models.com/work/calvin-klein-calvin-klein-collection-fw-25-show)
- [BoF 500 — Betsy Gaghan](https://www.businessoffashion.com/people/betsy-gaghan/)
- [FashionUnited — top 10 female runway models 2026](https://fashionunited.com/news/fashion/top-10-female-runway-models-2026-bhavitha-mandava-and-more/2025122469776)