Born in Australia · Nationality Australian — Modelling / cosmetics

Miranda Kerr

Also known as: Miranda May Kerr

Celebrities, influencers and social media Business and billionaires

Australian model and entrepreneur born in 1983, former Victoria’s Secret Angel and founder of KORA Organics.

Miranda Kerr is an Australian model and entrepreneur. In 2013, she responded to criticism about a digitally altered Instagram image. In 2017, she handed US authorities jewellery given by Jho Low amid the 1MDB scandal; reporting explicitly stated that she was not accused of wrongdoing.

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Profile No. 6077 · Updated on 8 November 2026

1Documented controversy

2Sources

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I. Documented controversies

June 2017

2017: jewellery surrendered in the US 1MDB investigation

Civil / administrative proceedings — against Jho Low et autres personnes visées dans l’affaire 1MDB

Protagonist not prosecuted — these proceedings are not counted in their formal charges or convictions.

In the US inquiry into allegedly misappropriated 1MDB funds, authorities identified roughly $8 million of jewellery given to Kerr by financier Jho Low in 2014. Kerr surrendered the gifts to US officials in June 2017. Reuters expressly reported that she was not accused of wrongdoing.

State of the evidence: Surrender confirmed by her representative; the underlying misappropriation allegations concerned the giver, not Kerr.
Legal status — source text: 1MDB-related asset recovery proceedings; no charges against Miranda Kerr identified.
Attribution: No wrongdoing alleged against Kerr; the 1MDB investigation concerned Jho Low and others.
Person targeted by the proceedings: Jho Low et autres personnes visées dans l’affaire 1MDB
Role of the person profiled: Protagonist not prosecuted

Sources · 2

[1]
ReutersMiranda Kerr returns jewelry gifted in alleged Malaysian scheme27 June 2017News agencyHigh reliability
[2]
ABC News USMiranda Kerr turns over $8M in jewelry to the Justice Department27 June 2017MediaHigh reliability

Last verified: 8 November 2026

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