4. Kati Nescher
Age: 28. Agency: DNA. Provenance: Germany.

This mother of one, and former German/Russian translator appeared almost out of nowhere last year making a huge splash at the Spring 2012 shows. Kati made her first appearance in British Vogue‘s February issue in a multi-girl editorial by Daniel Jackson, and since then has steadily increased her profile with repeat appearances in the German, Paris and US editions. Vogue Paris actually featured her three times in their November issue, two of which were only-girl editorials by Inez & Vinoodh and David Sims. Slow down, Kati! Save some for next year. We definitely want to see more of you in 2013.