With a number of lucrative modelling contracts under belt and the accolade of Model of the Year from the British Fashion Awards, the style pack have been hailing her as the new Kate Moss since she signed for the same agency, Storm, in 2009.
But the 20-year-old famed for her bushy eyebrows recently told Vogue UK that her rise to become model of the moment has come as something as a shock to her - and she 'can't believe' she's so in demand in the world of fashion.
Runway star: Cara Delevingne at London Fashion Week for Burberry, left, and Matthew Williamson, right
In demand: The model with designer Daniella Helayel at the Issa London show
Already photogenic: Cara as a baby
For as Alison Boshoff wrote in Daily Mail last year: 'Apart from her beauty, there is another thing which Delevingne likes to play down: her status as a high-society sweetheart.
'For while Moss is from Croydon, and Naomi Campbell from Streatham, Delevingne hails from Chelsea, via Belgravia.'
On her mother, Pandora's, side, Cara's grandfather is the former English Heritage chairman Sir Jocelyn Stevens, founder of the 1960s pirate radio station Radio Caroline.
Meanwhile her father Charles, a property-developer, had a grandfather who was a politician (Hamar, 1st Viscount Greenwood) and his aunt, Doris Delevingne, was a society beauty who was friends with Winston Churchill.
They were all privately educated with Cara attending Frances Holland School for Girls near Sloane Square then the boarding school Bedales.
It was while she was at school her potential to become a supermodel was clocked by Sarah Doukas, the CEO of Storm Model Mangagement who once plucked Moss from obscurity. Her daughter happened to be Cara's best friend.
Privileged background: With her older sisters,
Poppy, left, also a model, and Chloe, who were all privately educated at
Britain's top schools
Doukas also marked Cara's older sister Poppy for success and her modelling career took off first.
While Cara did the odd modelling job in her youth, Storm didn't officially sign her until 2009, when she was aged 17.
By that time Poppy, six years her senior, had already made a name for herself and had starred in campaigns for Anya Hindmarch, Agent Provocateur, Diesel, Chanel and Louis Vuitton.
Cara's break out campaign was for Burberry where she posed alongside another rising star - Les Mis actor Eddie Redmayne. She then became the face of Burberry in 2012.
Rising stars: One of her first campaigns was for Burberry with actor Eddie Redmayne
Now everywhere the model goes, cameras are sure to follow, as she parties with her friends such as Rihanna and Rita Ora and is usually happy to strike a kooky pose. Speculation on her love life is also rife with rumored romances with One Direction's Harry Styles and musician Jake Bugg.
Carmen Borgonovo, fashion director at online boutique my-wardrobe.com explains Cara's appeal: 'She has this unique striking look, which is almost part Brigitte Bardot, but then mixed with an elfin quirkiness. There's a rarity about her look, which has put her on the map and into countless campaigns and runways.'
Kooky: When not working, the 20-year-old is known for her dressed down style and larking around
But while she's currently the most sought after face in fashion, Cara has admitted she has other ambitions - acting. So while for now she's dominating catwalks and covers, it might not be long till she's also a regular on the silver screen.
Eyebrows have it: Cara has been described as
having 'an edgy beauty that marks her out from the general pool of
beautiful models'
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