Kate Moss’s earnings doubled after coke expose

Kate Moss has doubled her earnings since she was accused of taking cocaine in a tawdry tabloid expose, according to her modelling agent Sarah Doukas.

The supermodel managed to hold on to a number of lucrative sponsorship deals after pictures of her apparently snorting lines of white powder with her then boyfriend Pete Doherty appeared on the front page of the News of the World in 2005.

It was later revealed her annual profits went up from £2m to £4 million.

Speaking to Kirsty Young on Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, Doukas said the scandal succeeded in turning Moss into a household name.

"All press is good press in this world we live in," said Doukas, who has managed Moss at the Storm modelling agency since she spotted the Croydon teenager at JFK airport in 1987.

When asked if Kate’s fee had actually risen after the scandal Doukas said: "It didn't go down, it didn't go down."

In the immediate aftermath of the scandal Moss kept a hold on her deals with Christian Dior and Rimmel, and won back two contracts with Burberry and Chanel just a year after the incident.

"I just thought she will be fine," said Doukas. "They said 'we are in your capable hands, we will stick by her' - and they did."

Moss went on to win contracts with Louis Vuitton, Calvin Klein and Virgin Mobile and has also made a reported £3m from her design partnership with Topshop.

While things turned out well for the supermodel, the same can't be said of her ex-boyfriend Pete Doherty who was back in court last month charged with possession of cocaine.

Doherty was arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs to documentary-maker Robin Whitehead, who died of an overdose at her flat in Hackney, London.

He is due to appear with two other men at Thames Magistrates Court on October 18. ·