Gisele BunchenGisele Caroline Nonnenmacher Bündchen born July 20, 1980, is a Brazilian supermodel who is arguably regarded as the most famous and the highest-paid model in the world (according to Forbes magazine she made $30 million between June of 2005 and June of 2006). Gisele has appeared on countless billboards, print and TV ads and magazine covers since her introduction on the fashion scene during the 1990s. She is currently the spokesperson of more than 20 brands internationally from countries like United States, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, Italy, France, Korea, Turkey and Switzerland. She was also included on the Guinness Book of Records as the "world's richest supermodel", with a net worth of $150 million.Early life and careerGisele was born in the southern Brazilian town of Três de Maio in Horizontina, Rio Grande do Sul. Her parents are Valdir and Vânia Bündchen, both of German descent. She has five sisters - Raquel, Graziela, Gabriela, Rafaela and her fraternal twin Patrícia (Gisele's junior by five minutes).
Originally, she wanted to be a professional volleyball player and considered playing for the Brazilian team, Sogipa. While in school, Bündchen was so thin that her friends used to call her "Olívia Palito" (Portuguese for Olive Oyl, Popeye's skinny girlfriend), and "Saracura" (a type of Brazilian shorebird). An oft-told story of Bündchen's "discovery" is that she was scouted by a modeling agent at the age fourteen while eating a Big Mac at a local McDonald's. (
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Prior to that, in 1993, a then-13-year-old Bündchen joined a modeling course with her sisters Patrícia and Gabriela at her mother's insistence. The course, instructed by Dilson Stein, was designed for teenagers aspiring to become models. The following year, Stein took Bündchen, along with some other girls to São Paulo to give them an opportunity to walk in a big city and to be evaluated by Brazilian Elite agents. She was subsequently selected for a national contest, Elite Look of the Year, in which she placed second ? Claudia Menezes, from Bahia, took first place. Bündchen placed fourth in the world contest, held in Ibiza, Spain. In 1996, Bündchen moved to New York City to begin her modeling career, debuting at Fashion Week.
Modeling careerAfter winning the prestigious VH1/Vogue Model of the Year award in 1999, she went on to co-host the ceremony in 2000, along with actor Cuba Gooding, Jr.. Vogue named her the "model of the millennium" and has referred to her as the "return of the sexy model".[citation needed] In 2000 she was the fourth model in history to grace the cover of Rolling Stone, when she was named "the most beautiful girl in the world".
Since her debut, she has been the face of a variety of advertising campaigns including several seasons of Christian Dior, Balenciaga, Dolce & Gabbana, Missoni, Versace, Céline, Givenchy, Bvlgari, Lanvin, Guerlain, Valentino, Ralph Lauren, Earl Jean, Zara, Chloé, Michael Kors, and Louis Vuitton. Bündchen is also the face of several Brazilian brands like Vivo, Brazil's leading mobile company, Multiplan, Colcci and Credicard. After Brazilian clothier C&A hired her and started their television commercials, C&A sales had an increase of 30%.
In May of 2006, Bündchen signed another multi-million dollar deal, this time with American giant Apple Computer. She starred in an advertising campaign to promote the new Macintosh line through the Get a Mac advertisements.
She has her own line of sandals with shoes company Grendene, called Ipanema Gisele Bündchen, which have sold more than 100 million pairs since 2001. [6] She is also the owner of a hotel in the south of Brazil, the Palladium Executive. [7]
Bündchen consistently works with photographers, like Mario Testino, Steven Meisel, Nick Knight, Mert and Marcus, Rankin, Annie Leibovitz, Karl Lagerfeld, Peter Lindbergh, Mario Sorrenti and Patrick Demarchelier, among others.
Bündchen has also been on the covers of thousands of magazines from all over the globe like Vogue (American, Italian, British, French, Brazilian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Portuguese and Spanish), W, Harper's Bazaar, ELLE, Allure, i-D, The Face, Arena (magazine), Citizen K, Flair, Time, Vanity Fair, Forbes, Newsweek, Esquire, Veja, GQ and Marie Claire. Gisele has also walked the Victoria's Secret runway, along with Heidi Klum, Tyra Banks, Adriana Lima, and countless other beautiful "angels". She was also seen in Victoria's Secret commercials and ad campaigns, and Victoria's Secret Magazine.
Film careerRegarding a film career, Bündchen has said "I think it would be interesting," but counters "I'm young and I like what I do for now and I understand that everything in life happens for the moment."
She made her movie debut in the 2004 comedy Taxi, alongside Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon. She also made an appearance in the 2006 comedy The Devil Wears Prada.
Personal lifeWhen she is not working or traveling the world, Bündchen enjoys spending time with her family, friends and her dog Vida (meaning "life" in Portuguese), a Yorkshire Terrier. Her first boyfriend in the United States was model Scott Barnhill, but they dated for only six months. After Scott she was also linked with hotel tycoon Vikram Chatwal and Josh Hartnett, but she never confirmed the rumors about these two.
Bündchen's most famous romance was her on/off relationship with actor Leonardo DiCaprio. They met in 2000 during a fashion party in Los Angeles. On the next day DiCaprio sent flowers to Bündchen and invited her to dinner, but she refused. A month later he finally had the opportunity to take her on a date, but their first public appearance did not occur until in 2005 at the 77th Annual Academy Awards.
In November 2005, they broke up, and after a little while DiCaprio started a new relationship with Israeli model Bar Refaeli. Bündchen began dating surfer Kelly Slater soon after her breakup with DiCaprio, but the two have since broken up by July 2006. Bündchen was linked to actor Chris Evans of Fantastic Four fame briefly, but is now linked with New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. She was seen outside the locker room after a playoff football game. It is said they might be dating. Bündchen is expected to be at the AFC Championship Game to cheer on Brady. [9]. Portuguese is Bündchen's native language and she uses English as her second language.
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just wanted to make a thread abt her , I decided to make a thread abt her coz adriana (my fav...) alessandra (the cutygal...) and other more... hav their thread in here so i think tats not fair to not put her ;P lol i like ker 2 she iz nice (for me...lol) if this thread have been made already sorry...i worked so hard to hav all thiz info...
but anyways gisele also deserves a thread here lik the others so enjoy!!!
some pix her...
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