Gisele Bündchen Biography

Date of Birth: 20 July 1980, Horizontina, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Birth Name: Gisele Caroline Nonnenmacher Bündchen
Nickname: Gise
Height: 5' 11" (1.80 m)Mini Biography 

It was in 1994 when Gisele Bundchen was discovered at age 14 in a Brazilian fashion mall, and now she is "the" most famous face in the business. Since then, Gisele has graced the covers of countless magazines as any other model in the history, including Rolling Stone, Time, Forbes, Newsweek and all the fashion top magazines such as Vogue, W, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, i-D, The Face, and many others. Gisele also has multi-million dollars deals with some of the world's biggest companies. Her contract with Victoria's Secret is the biggest in the fashion industry, and she also has deals with Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Bulgari, Dolce & Gabbana, Valentino, Joop!, Otto, Lanvin, Guerlain, Nivea, DSquared, St. John, Colcci, Vivo, Vogue Eyewear and Grendene. Her own line of shoes, called "Ipanema Gisele Bundchen", have sold more than 100 million pairs since 2001.

          
Spouse 
Tom Brady     (26 February 2009 - present) 1 child
Trivia
She has five sisters: Raquel, Graziela, Gabriela, Rafaela and Patrícia (who was born in the same day, but is not an identical twin).
Originally wanted to be a professional volleyball player and had even thought of becoming a member for Brazilian team, Sogipa.
Speaks Portuguese as her native language, as well as English as her second language.
Spokesmodel of Dolce & Gabbana.
Spokesmodel of Bvlgari.
Spokesmodel of Strenesse.
Appeared on the covers of major magazines, such as Vogue, GQ, Harper's Bazaar, W, Rolling Stone, marie claire, ELLE, and i-D.
Spokesmodel of Christian Dior.
Spokesmodel of Missoni.
Spokesmodel of Ralph Lauren.
Of German-Brazilian heritage
In 2004, she and her boyfriend, Leonardo DiCaprio, visited the "Xingu", a famous Brazilian Indian Reserve. The visit was made almost anonymously.
As supporter of soccer club Grêmio, a soccer team from her hometown, Gisele announced in 2005 she will help promote the image of her favorite team, a former world champion, which is now in the second division of Brazilian League.
Is 5 minutes older than twin sister Patrícia.
One of the world's top fashion models.
Her mother, Vânia Bundchen, is of German descent.
Was discovered by a modeling scout when she was fourteen while on a school trip to Porto Alegre.
Began modeling in New York City in 1996.
Created her own brand of footwear for women called "Ipanema."
Designed a limited edition necklace sold to raise money for St. Jude Children's Hospital cancer treatment efforts.
Has a Yorkshire terrier, Vida (meaning "life" in Portuguese).
Forbes magazine named her the best paid model of all time.
Appeared most often on the cover of American Vogue. She did four covers only in 1999. She is also the second model who most appeared on the cover of British Vogue, after Kate Moss.
Her personal fortune is valued at 150 million dollars, and she is in the Guinness Book of Records as "the world's richest supermodel".
After Brazilian clothier C&A hired her and started their TV commercials, the sales had an increase of 30%.
In 2001 she turned down a 20 million dollar offer from Clonaid to became their spokesperson.



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