It Status: 10 Things to Know About Jourdan Dunn

This It Girl is taking over!

Model of the Year - In just a few short years, a well-heeled Jourdan Dunn has climbed to the top of the fashion world, becoming the bona fide It Girl of the moment. Click ahead for 10 more reasons to love her! By Britt Middleton The 25-year-old is capping off her year with quite an honor. She won the prestigious Model of the Year title at the 2015 British Fashion Awards. In her acceptance speech, she shared, “Thank you to my mum and my son Riley, who wanted me to stay in bed and watch TV with him, tonight. This is for him.” (Photo: Anthony Harvey/Getty Images)

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Model of the Year

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She’s a Trailblazer

She’s Bankable - Last year, the 24-year-old earned an estimated $4 million and is now the 12th highest-paid model in the world, according to Forbes’s 2014 rankings. She's notably rocked the catwalks for designers including Moschino and Victoria’s Secret and landed print campaigns for Maybelline and Balmain. (And who could forget her cameo in Beyoncé's "Yoncé" music video?) She currently stars in Burberry’s Spring 2015 campaign with Naomi Campbell. (Photo: Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)

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She’s Bankable

She’s a Doting Mom - Jourdan is holding it down for the single working moms out there. Balancing her hectic schedule with raising her son Riley, 6, she proves that, as women, we can do and have it all. (Photo: Jourdan Dunn via Instagram)

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She’s a Doting Mom

She’s a Total Foodie - Yes, her figure is a major part of her profession, but don’t think she doesn’t throw down in the kitchen. She’s the host of her own cooking show, Well Dunn With Jourdan Dunn, on Jay Z’s Life+Times website, where she’s been known to whip up beer-steamed crab legs with 2 Chainz (yep, you read that right) and veggie curry with fellow It Girl and BFF Karlie Kloss. (Photo: JAY Z's Life+Times via Youtube)

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She’s a Total Foodie

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She’s Inked

She’s Got a Sense of Humor - The woman can transition from sexy siren to geek chic without a hitch. Be it on the red carpet or a silly pose for the ‘gram, she never seems to take herself too seriously. And it makes her all the more beautiful.  (Photo: Jourdan Dunn via Instagram)

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She’s Got a Sense of Humor

She’s Got an It Girl Posse - Fellow models Naomi Campbell, Sigail Currie, Joan Smalls, Cara Delevingne and Karlie Kloss are among her close circle of friends. Seriously, how amazing would it be to borrow from the closets of these beauties on the regular? (Photo: David M. Benett/Getty Images)

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She’s Got an It Girl Posse

She’s an Advocate - After her son was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia, a hereditary blood disorder that alters the shape of blood cells and their oxygen-carrying capacity, she’s worked to raise awareness about the disease. She is an ambassador for the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America. For her first campaign last year, Cell for a Cure, she designed a necklace representing a blood cell, with all proceeds donated to the SCDAA. (Photo: Jourdan Dunn via Instagram)

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She’s an Advocate

She’s Got Killer Style - She’s a fashion plate for good reason: girl knows how to work clothes like nobody’s business. She loves to keep things interesting on the red carpet (an edgy cocktail dress and sharp pumps one day, a flowing ball gown the next), and her street style — a mix of cute minis, sporty separates and sexy heels — is one we’ve more than once tried out on ourselves. So here's to you, Jourdan! We can't wait to see what the year brings for you next. (Photos from left: Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images,Thos Robinson/Getty Images for The Carlyle)

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She’s Got Killer Style