‘90s Bombshell Who Vanished From Spotlight Makes Comeback at 57

frederic meylan / Sygma via Getty Images Karen Mulder, one of the highest-paid supermodels of the 1990s, has resurfaced almost two decades after stepping out of the spotlight.

An original Victoria’s Secret Angel who walked runways alongside Naomi Campbell and posed for Vogue with Linda Evangelista, Mulder, 57, is the new cover star of Vogue Germany .

Three decades after her last Vogue cover, the Dutch fashion icon posed for the camera, showing off her high cheekbones and blond-bombshell blowout.

She leaned on a car with one hand behind her head, her 5-foot-10 frame draped in a red gown.

Mulder, once known as “The Blonde with Class,” stopped modeling in the early 2000s, made one runway comeback for Dior in 2007, and then disappeared from the limelight.

In 1985, when she was just 15, Mulder entered the fashion world after her friend signed her up for a modeling contest in the Netherlands.

After placing second in the competition’s Paris finals, she signed with Elite Model Management, the agency that represented supermodels Campbell, Evangelista, and Cindy Crawford .

From there, Mulder walked all the biggest runways, graced the covers of hundreds of magazines, and even won a “Model of the Year” title in 1996.

She was also one of the first Victoria’s Secret Angels, walking alongside America’s Next Top Model host and legendary model Tyra Banks.

In the interview, Mulder said she came up with the idea of putting wings on the models and pitched it to executives after seeing the TV series Charlie’s Angels .

But Mulder’s career took a sharp turn in 2001, when she appeared on the French talk show Tout le monde en parle… , which translates to Everyone is talking about… She told the host about the dark side of the modeling industry, mentioning threats, sexual abuse, and drugs.

The episode was never broadcast, but host Thierry Ardisson later said the model screamed and collapsed during the taping, according to Vogue Germany.

Mulder repeated the same stories to the police and the French magazine VSD .

A few days later, she was admitted to a psychiatric facility for several months, after which she retracted her accusations and stated that she had “fabricated” them.