Kate Moss

Women in Britain just keep getting richer, setting a record high in the Sunday Times Rich List.

The number of women in the top 1,000 wealthiest people in the country rose by 20 per cent this year to 92 regardless of the entry bar being raised to ¡ê70 million to account for what the newspaper describes as a "rising tide of wealth".

Another new entrant is Irina Abramovich, who reputedly made ¡ê155 million from her divorce from Russian billionaire and Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, landing her at 452nd place.

And despite predictions that her career was over when she was dropped by Chanel, Burberry and H&M following cocaine allegations in 2005, supermodel Kate Moss tops her spectacular come back with a first entry into the who's who of 100 wealthiest women.

The Croydon-born British Fashion Awards Model of the Year, whose new collection is expected to provoke a stampede in London's Oxford Street Topshop tomorrow, is thought to have earned ¡ê30 million in 2006 alone through lucrative contracts with giants such as Virgin Mobile, Longchamp, Stella McCartney and Calvin Klein.

She is valued by the Rich List at ¡ê45 million including property assets - among these a ¡ê2 million Cotswolds home - meaning she scrapes into the top 100 women at joint 99 with LK Bennett shoe boss Linda Bennett.

Other new entries into the women's top 100 wealthiest include Meena Pathak, the woman behind one of the country's most successful food companies - Patak, at 28 with ¡ê205 million; website Bebo founder Xochi Birch, at joint 43 with ¡ê150 million, and Champneys health farm head Dorothy Purdew, at joint 55 with ¡ê105 million.

The 19th annual Sunday Times Rich List, which describes itself as "the definitive guide to wealth in Britain and Ireland", is based on identifiable wealth such as land, property and other assets such as art and shares, but does not include bank accounts, which are confidential.