Biography
Gisele Caroline Bundchen was born on July 20, 1980, in Horizontina, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Gisele is not the only beauty in her family; in fact, her five other sisters -- Raquel, Graziela, Gabriela, Patricia, and Rafaela -- are also aspiring models. The road to becoming the world's most sought-after model came by chance for Gisele, after she was spotted by an Elite agent while eating a Big Mac at a Sao Paulo McDonald's with her friends at the age of 14. Despite her father's disagreement with her career choice, Gisele moved to the city. In 1995, she entered the Elite Look Modeling Competition, and her career took off.
gisele bundchen in vogue usa
Gisele Bundchen has since been in campaigns for major fashion houses, such as Ralph Lauren, Dolce & Gabbana, Versace, Valentino, Celine, Gianfranco Ferre, and Chloe.
As for magazine covers, she has graced the covers of Vogue USA, Vogue Italia, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar, Arena,, Allure, and Rolling Stone.
Surprisingly, Gisele Bundchen is a big fan of sweet popcorn, candy and McDonald's sundaes, a vice that does not show on her more than statuesque figure. It is for this figure that Vogue credited Gisele's work in the fashion industry as "The Return of the Sexy Model," as her physique marks the end of the waif-look that Kate Moss made so famous.
Nonetheless, Gisele Bundchen's chest size has been questioned, but she denies having had implants. Real or not, Gisele adamantly refuses to ever fully reveal her breasts, whether for a fashion show or for a pictorial. One thing is for sure: The only thing fake about her body is her belly-button piercing and the tattoo she has on the inside of her left wrist.
While her best friend may be her dog Vida (life in Portuguese), she has been romantically linked to male model Scott Barnhill, billionaire Joao-Paulo Diniz and actors Josh Hartnett and Leonardo DiCaprio.
gisele bundchen in the devil wears prada
There's no denying Gisele Bundchen's incredible beauty, which is why companies are willing to pay her top-dollar for representing their name. In 2006, she signed a multimillion dollar contract with Apple Computer as well as made a guest appearance in The Devil Wears Prada. In July 2007, Forbes magazine named her the top-earning model in the world. The following month, she became the face of Pantene hair products for Proctor & Gamble.
gisele bundchen is no. 16 in 2008 top 99
Originally, Bündchen 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)
In 1993, a then-13-year-old Bündchen joined a modeling course with her sisters Patrícia and Gabriela at her mother's insistence. The following year, Bündchen went to São Paulo in a school excursion to give them an opportunity to walk in a big city. In a shopping mall, Bündchen was discovered by a modeling agency. 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.
Her debut on the cover of the July 1999 issue of Vogue magazine, and the accompanying editorial entitled, "The Return of the Sexy Model" is widely viewed as marking the end of the fashion's "heroin chic" era. She graced the cover again in November and December of that year. She won the VH1/Vogue Model of the Year for 1999, and a January 2000 cover gave her the rare honor of three consecutive Vogue covers. In 2000, she was the fourth model in history to grace the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, when she was named "the most beautiful girl in the world". Bündchen has been on the covers of many top fashion magazines including W, Harper's Bazaar, ELLE, Allure, international editions of Vogue, as well as style and lifestyle publications such as i-D, The Face, Arena, Citizen K, Flair, GQ, Esquire and Marie Claire. She has also been featured in the Pirelli calendar 2001 and 2006 as well as in broader market publications such as Time, Vanity Fair, Forbes, Newsweek, Veja, totaling more than 500 magazine covers throughout the world.
Claudia Schiffer said: "Supermodels, like we once were, don't exist any more." and reckoned that Gisele Bündchen was the only one close to earning the supermodel title.
Bundchen is signed to 2pm Model Management in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Gisele Bundchen ranked No. 14 on AskMen.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2007 list, so it's not surprise she also ranked highly on the Top 99 of 2008.
Gisele Bundchen Harper's Bazaar
Gisele Bundchen - Photoshooting
Gisele Bundchen for Victoria's Secret - 03-04-04
Gisele Bundchen ranked No. 14 on AskMen.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2007 list, so it's not surprise she also ranked highly on the Top 99 of 2008.
Gisele Bundchen Harper's Bazaar
Gisele Bundchen - Photoshooting
Gisele Bundchen for Victoria's Secret - 03-04-04