Can Marriage increase your net worth from $2 million to $200 million? Hailey Baldwin might have the answer

If the age old superstition that 'marriage can open the doors to endless fortune' is believed to be true, then Hailey Baldwin, for one, is sure to go by it. For her marriage to Justin Bieber in late 2018 is bound to make a 'belieber' out of people about how marriage can work wonders for some; in Baldwin's case, a ridiculous boom in her combined net worth from $2 million to over $200 in less than just two years into marriage.

A little backstory

Hailey Baldwin was never a stranger to the ins and outs of the world of showbiz. If the name Baldwin does not ring a bell yet for some of you, it should be revealed that Hailey comes from a background of widely famous and popular actors and entertainment personalities.

She is the daughter of the actor Stephen Baldwin, and her list of uncles include actor/producer William Baldwin, Daniel Baldwin and the most illustrious of them all, Alec Baldwin. Being surrounded by such celebrities since her childhood, it allowed her an early access into the fame industry.

The very first exposure Hailey Baldwin enjoyed at the start of her modeling career was when she received a stint from the New York based agency Ford Models in 2014. Soon after that she got to pose for popular magazines like Tatler, LOVE, V and i-D. This helped her create a buzz for herself which bought her the opportunity to appear in her first successful commercial campaign with the clothing line French Connection in the winter of 2014.

Baldwin put her first step on the runway in October 2014 for Topshop, featuring designs of the fashion designer Soniya Rykiel. She went on to appear in American Vogue, Teen Vogue in January 2015, and then her first ever magazine cover for Jalouse Magazine in April with male model Lucky Blue Smith. She followed that up with two more cover-shoots in the same month for L'Officiel Dutch edition and Wonderland Magazine. Her first major runaway gig took off as she participated in Ralph Lauren’s ad campaign. She landed some more gigs in runway for designers Tommy Hilfiger and Philip Plein. From there on she began to open up more opportunities for herself, not just in the world of fashion but also television, as she started co-hosting and announcing in award ceremonies like the 2015 MTV Europe Music Awards.

All this has supposedly gained Baldwin an enviable net income of about $2 million for someone so young and barely over 1 year of modeling experience.

Dating Bieber, Publicity, and The Wheel of Fortune

It was in late 2015 when Hailey Baldwin started dating Justin Bieber, although it lasted for just one month. The relationship brought Baldwin under spotlight like never before. With the increasing publicity came a more hefty work schedule as lucrative opportunities started to pour in. From high-profile festivals paying loud sums for getting Baldwin to influence her followers on Instagram, to clothing lines begging to collaborate with her, every possible entity in entertainment wanted to cash in on the publicity of the relationship, and was willing to pay ridiculously so.

Hailey Baldwin too knew how to play her cards right, and stacked up on the most profitable endorsements. The most successful of these were collaborations in 2016 with clothing brand The Daily Edited promoting a handbag capsule collection labeled as #theHAILEYedited collection and in the same year with footwear brand Public Desire. She also launched her own mak-up collection in 2016 in collaboration with Australian brand ModelCo.

Under this very same influence of publicity her modeling career was elevated. For the second time Hailey Baldwin was chosen for a Ralph Raulen ad campaign. She started featuring in more magazine shoots and editorials such as Self Magazine, Marie Claire, Glamour Magazine and Italian Vogue to name a few. Baldwin made increasing appearances in advertise campaigns for clothing brand H&M and GUESS advertising. She further appeared on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar and was featured in the editorial of French Elle.

It was as if the gift keeps on giving for Hailey Baldwin as she successfully bagged in more endorsement from UGG footwear campaign and a ‘style creator’ role from Adidas. Her runway career on the other hand also earned some achievement points as she got to be the face of Karl Lagerfield’s limited edition clothing line-Love From Paris.

In 2017, Hailey Baldwin became the host of the hit TBS show Drop the Mic, which features celebrities rapping and harmless trash talking.

Wedding Bells and Bank Cheques

After Baldwin reconciled with Bieber on May 2018, the couple got engaged in July and married in November. Once again there was all the media frenzy surrounding their marriage and both of them were smart to take advantage of it. While Hailey Baldwin would rake in endorsements from all directions, Biebet on the other hand was earning his shares from concerts, royalties and endorsements. According to Forbes, Bieber’s gross income between the year 2017 and 2018 is approximately $83.5 million.

As of 2019, Hailey Baldwin is one of the top models for IMG Models and continues to feature in fashion shows for Karl Lagerfield, Tory Burch, Dolce & Gabbana and more. She also scored a hosting opportunity for the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards. This led to Celebrity Net Worth sites estimating Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin's net worth to be approximately

$265 million.

As you can tell, while Baldwin and Bieber are not romancing, the are busy exploring every possibility to cash in their talent and fame for riches.