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Victoria Secret angel Karlie Kloss shows she isn’t just a pretty face as she enrols at Harvard.
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Karlie Kloss is proving that she’s got plenty of brains to contend with her beauty.

The 21-year-old Victoria’s Secret supermodel has decided that she’s not satisfied sitting pretty and making bank on the back of her enviable swimsuit figure and stunning face.

Kloss is following in the footsteps of other smarty pants celebrities like Meryl Streep, James Franco and Natalie Portman who have all attended elite Ivy League schools.

This week the American fashion model told her fans via Instagram that she had enrolled at the prestigious Harvard Business School taking on a course focused on business and media.

“I am very excited to be spending a few days here on the Harvard Campus in Cambridge for a class this week. I had to pay respect to Mr. John Harvard himself and rub his foot for good luck,” wrote Kloss on her social media.

Kloss joins other celebrity overachievers who have made big bucks in Hollywood but judging by their education would have been just as successful in other fields too.

Victoria’s Secret angel Karlie Kloss has announced she will be undertaking studies at Harvard Business School while balancing her lucrative modelling career.

James Franco attended Yale University.

Emma Watson has studied at Brown and Oxford universities.

Frances McDormand studied drama at Yale University.

Accomplished actress Laura Linney attended prestigious Brown University.

Jodie Foster has an IQ of 132 and graduated magna cum laude from her literature degree at Yale University.

Tyra Banks famously graduated from Harvard Business School in 2012 but the model did not achieve a full degree, only a certificate for a short course completion.

Maggie Gyllenhaal studied literature and eastern religions at Columbia University. She graduated in 1999.

Modern Family star, Julie Bowen studied at Brown University, where she majored in Italian Renaissance studies.

Anna Paquin attended Columbia University to take a break from acting but dropped out after one year after being lured back to the bright lights of Hollywood.

Fight Club star Edward Norton was a part of the 1991 graduating class at Yale where he finished with a degree in history.

Ashley Judd is not just a great person, she’s a smart one too. She has a masters from Harvard.

John Legend was reportedly sought after with scholarships to Harvard University, Georgetown University and Morehouse College. However, the talented singer chose to attend the University of Pennsylvania where he studied English and graduated in 1999.

Angela Bassett graduated from Yale University in 1980 with a degree in African-American studies.

Naomi Watt’s other half, Liev schreiber is an Ivy League graduate with an MFA from Yale’s School of Drama.

Legendary overachiever Meryl Streep was twice an Ivy League graduate with a BA in Drama at Vassar College and an MFA at Yale. She also received honorary degrees from Harvard and Indiana Universities.

Actress and comedian Rashida Jones got her degree from Harvard University.

David Duchovny already has a Bachelor’s degree from Princeton and a Master’s degree in English Literature from Yale but when the X-files star started his PhD, he never finished.

Actress Brooke Shields attended Princeton University where she graduated in 1987 with a degree in French literature.

Homeland star Claire Danes attend Yale university for two years before dropping out to go back to acting.

Oscar winner Natalie Portman has a psychology degree from Harvard University.

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