Gisele B?ndchen
Gisele Bundchen2.jpg
B?ndchen in 2010
Born Gisele Caroline B?ndchen[1]
(1980-07-20) 20 July 1980 (age 33)[2]
Tr?s de Maio, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil[3]
Nationality Brazilian
Spouse(s) Tom Brady (2009?present)
Children 1
Modeling information
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[4]
Hair color Dark ash-blond[5][6] or light brown[4]
Eye color Blue[4] or green[6]
Measurements 34B-25-35 (89-63-89)[4]
Dress size 8 US[4]
Shoe size 39 EU, 8.5 US, 6 UK[3]
Manager IMG Models
Website
www.giselebundchen.com

Gisele Caroline B?ndchen[1] (Portuguese pronunciation: [?i?z??i k??o???ini ?b?t??j], German pronunciation: [gi?z?l? ?b?nd?n?]; born 20 July 1980[2]) is a Brazilian fashion model and occasional film actress. She is the goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme.[7] In the late 1990s, B?ndchen became the first in a wave of Brazilian models to find international success.[8] In 1999, Vogue dubbed her "The Return of the Sexy Model", and she was credited with ending the "heroin chic" era of modeling. B?ndchen was one of Victoria's Secret Angels from 2000 until mid-2007. Since 2004, she has been the highest-paid model in the world, and is the sixteenth richest woman in the entertainment industry (as of 2007)[9] with an estimated $150?million fortune.[1]

Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell have stated that B?ndchen is the only true remaining "supermodel".[10] In 2012 she placed first on the Forbes top-earning models list, estimated to have earned $45?million in one year.[11] As an occasional actress, she had supporting roles in Taxi (2004) and The Devil Wears Prada (2006). From 2000 to 2005, B?ndchen was in a much-publicized relationship with American actor Leonardo DiCaprio.[12] She married New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in 2009.

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Family and early life[edit]

B?ndchen is a sixth-generation German Brazilian,[13] born in Tr?s de Maio, Rio Grande do Sul, to V?nia Nonnenmacher, a bank clerk pensioner, and Valdir B?ndchen, a university teacher and writer.[14] B?ndchen was born and raised in Horizontina, a southern region in Brazil where there is a large ethnic German community.[15][16] She grew up with her five sisters?Raquel, Graziela, Gabriela, Rafaela, and her fraternal twin Patr?cia, her junior by five minutes.[17] She speaks Portuguese as her native language, in addition to Spanish and English. She studied German in school, but has not been regularly using that language.[13]

In 1993 B?ndchen joined a modeling course with her sisters Patr?cia and Gabriela, at their mother's insistence.[18] The following year, B?ndchen was discovered by the Elite modeling agency at a shopping mall in S?o Paulo while on a school excursion. She was subsequently selected for a national contest, Elite Look of the Year,[19] in which she placed second. Claudia Menezes from Bahia took first place. B?ndchen placed fourth in the Elite Model Look world contest, held in Ibiza, Spain.[19] She then moved to S?o Paulo to launch her modeling career. In 1996 B?ndchen had her first New York City break at Fashion Week.[20]

Career[edit]

1997?2000[edit]

In 1997 B?ndchen traveled to London, where she auditioned for 42 shows. She got her big break when chosen for her ability to walk in towering heels?on a slippery runway?for Alexander McQueen's spring 1998 "rain" ready-to-wear show. Echoing similar accolades for Elle Macpherson a decade earlier, McQueen dubbed B?ndchen "the Body", immediately boosting her bookings.[20] In 1998, she posed for Missoni, Chlo?, Dolce Gabbana, Valentino, Gianfranco Ferr?, Ralph Lauren, and Versace campaigns. She made the cover of the French edition of Vogue, and fashion magazine i-D featured her on its cover, profiling "A Girl Called Gisele."[20] Vogue magazine's online encyclopedia of models states, "As the year 2000 approached, Gisele B?ndchen was the world?s hottest model, opening up a new category in the popular imagination: the Brazilian bombshell."[20] By 2000, her going rate was reportedly already up to $7,000 an hour.[20]

She appeared on the cover of Vogue in July, November, and December 1999. She won the VH1/Vogue Model of the Year for 1999, and a January 2000 cover gave her three consecutive Vogue covers. In December 2009 she appeared alongside her husband Tom Brady on the cover of book The World in Vogue ? People, Parties, Places.[21] In 2000, she became the fourth model to appear on the cover of the music magazine Rolling Stone[22] when she was named "the most beautiful girl in the world."[23] B?ndchen 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.[18] She appeared in the Pirelli Calendar in 2001 and 2006,[18] and in broader publications such as TIME, Vanity Fair, Forbes, Newsweek, and Veja, for a total of more than 600 magazine covers throughout the world[24]?a total that is only second to Princess Diana's.[25]

2000?2010[edit]

By 2000, her record-breaking $25 million contract with Victoria's Secret helped solidify her status as the world's top model.[26] She has been on numerous book covers such as "MaRIO DE JANEIRO" by Mario Testino[27] and a Russell James Retrospective book.[28]

She is the fourth model in history to grace the cover of Rolling Stone, in which she was named "the most beautiful girl in the world", in 2000.[29] Also that year "Time magazine said she was "one of the few runway models whom straight men can name."[29]

For spring 2000 fashion week she opened Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Dolce Gabbana, Christian Dior, and Valentino shows in New York, Milan, and Paris.[30] From 1998?2003 B?ndchen was in every Dolce Gabbana fashion campaign, totaling eleven consecutive campaigns with the brand. In 2006?2009, she returned as the face of the brand's fragrance, in a campaign titled "Dolce Gabbana The One".[31]

B?ndchen was invited to host the Brazilian version of the reality-show "America's Next Top Model" in (2003), but she refused. According to her sister and public relations manager, Patricia B?ndchen, she did not want to pursue a career on television.[32] Photographed by Steven Meisel, she was presented on the September 2004 cover of American Vogue as one of the "Models of the Moment".[33] In 2004, B?ndchen played the bank robbers' leader, Vanessa, in the 2004 remake Taxi.

In their December 2005 issue, New York magazine chose and publicized a list of 123 reasons to love New York City, with reason number 43 being that B?ndchen lived there.[34]

Fashion Rio Inverno 2006

In 2006, she played a minor character in The Devil Wears Prada. In February 2007, B?ndchen returned to the Milan runway by opening and closing Dolce Gabbana's show.[30] She was chosen by Time magazine in 2007 as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.[30] In September 2007, B?ndchen was featured on the cover of Vanity Fair's style issue, photographed by Mario Testino. The issue was one of the best sellers that year.[30] When she reappeared on the cover in 2009, the issue was the lowest selling for the magazine in nearly two years. "It might be that she?s losing her looks," quipped VF spokeswoman Beth Kseniak. That same year, her Harper's Bazaar cover was also the lowest selling issue of the year.[35]

On 26 August 2008, the New York Daily News, listed B?ndchen as the fourth-most-powerful person in the fashion world. On 12 May 2009, The Independent called her the biggest star in fashion history.[36] In 2010, she made Vogue's best dressed of the decade list for her 2008 and 2009 Met gala appearances, as well as for her bikini-clad, logo-tattooed appearance in a 2000 fashion editorial.[20] In April 2010, she was photographed for the cover of American Vogue for the eleventh time.[20] In September 2010, she led a group of top models for Vogue's Fashion?s Night Out runway show at the Lincoln Center in New York. She then made a surprise appearance on Balenciaga's runway, closing the show.[20]

She ranks first on models.com's the Money Girls list and second on The Sexiest Models list.[37] In 2011 CEOWORLD Magazine ranked her among their Top Accomplished Women Entertainers.[38] She was ranked number 95 in FHM magazines 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2011.[39] In 2007, B?ndchen was named "The World's Richest Supermodel".[40] On 11 April 2008, a black-and-white photo of B?ndchen shot by Irving Penn was auctioned for US$193,000 (?96,000). The picture was one of dozens from the collection of Gert Elfering that were sold at Christie's International in New York. B?ndchen's picture sold for the highest price.[41][42]

2010?present[edit]

She ranked No. 45 in the 2011 FHM Australia list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".[43] In 2011, Men's Health named her one of the "100 Hottest Women of All Time", ranking her at No. 25.[44] In October 2011, B?ndchen made a surprise runway appearance during Paris Fashion Week, closing the Givenchy spring-summer 2012 fashion show.[45] In 2011 she appeared on eight Vogue covers, more than any other model or celebrity that year.[46]

Her July Vogue Brazil 2011 cover shot in the Amazon was the magazine's highest-selling issue ever, selling 70,743 copies. The record was later broken by model Karolina Kurkova, who appeared in the November 2011 issue,which sold 70,991 copies.[47] In Spring 2012, she won three major spring campaigns ? Versace, Givenchy, and Salvatore Ferragamo.[48] In early 2012, it was announced that she would be the face of Banco do Brasil's first global ad campaign, with the tagline "Bank of Brazil. From Brazil to the world. From the world to Brazil."[49] April 2012 Time Magazine listed her among their All-TIME 100 Fashion Icons list of the 100 most influential fashion icons since 1923.[50]

Public image[edit]

Gisele B?ndchen, the world's highest-paid model since 2004.[51][52]

In 2000, B?ndchen was dubbed the "Boobs from Brazil" for inspiring the 36,000 breast enhancement surgeries performed that year in Brazil.[53] In 2006, Elle magazine surveyed the American leading stylists and asked them to name the star whose hair was a favourite for their clients. More than 50 percent gave B?ndchen the title of best hair in Hollywood.[54] In February 2008 a survey by the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) asked the question, "What influences do celebrities have on the decisions patients make?". The survey was sent to more than 20,000 plastic surgeons in 84 countries. B?ndchen was among the most frequently mentioned celebrities. B?ndchen won the abdomen and hair categories and took second place in the breasts category.[55]

On January 2011, B?ndchen came in first in the most desired female body on the 14th Annual Famed Hottest Looks survey, compiled by Beverly Hills plastic surgeons Dr. Richard Fleming and Dr. Toby Mayer. Even after giving birth in December 2009, her body was the most requested by the doctors' patients. "Different body types are represented on the list because most women are shaped differently and want to look naturally beautiful," explained Dr. Fleming. "Some women want the lean look like Gisele [...]."[56]}}

In 2011, AskMen.com revealed their annual "Most Desirable Women" list. B?ndchen, along with Angelina Jolie and Beyonc? Knowles, are the only women to have made the list every year for ten years in a row.[57] A designer the Tibi Spring/Summer 2012 fashion show at New York Fashion week in fall 2011 explained, "The inspiration is taken heavily from the '90s?a freshly scrubbed Gisele from the pages of Vogue?clean, crisp, sporty looks and relaxed styles you want to live in."[58]

Vogue editor Anna Wintour calleded her the "model of the millennium," and the magazine called her "The return of the sexy model". Rolling Stone declared her "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" in 2000. and Vanity Fair published an article titled "... And God Created Gisele" in 2009.[20] B?ndchen pioneered the "horse walk", a stomping movement created when a model picks her knees up high and kicks her feet out in front.[59]

Endorsements and earnings[edit]

After CA Brazil hired B?ndchen as a spokesmodel and began airing television commercials, sales increased by 30 per cent.[60] In 2001, B?ndchen launched Ipanema, her own line of flip-flop sandals. In three years, sales topped $30 million, with a portion of proceeds going to green causes.[20] Forbes put her 53rd on their 2007 list of the most powerful celebrities.[61] Ipanema made an estimated ?152 million with over 250 million pairs sold in 2010.[62] B?ndchen told Vitals Magazine in 2005 that she has been involved in business and investing in real estate since she was 18 years old. She has acquired real estate in New York, Los Angeles, and S?o Paulo. She claims modeling is only 40 per cent of what she does, and the rest is contracting.[63] On 1 May 2007, it was announced that B?ndchen had ended her contract with Victoria's Secret.[64]

In July 2007 Forbes magazine named her the world's top-earning model in the list of the World's 15 Top-Earning Supermodels, with an estimated total of $33 millionin earnings in the previous 12 months.[65] American economist Fred Fuld developed a stock index to measure the profit performance improvement of companies represented by B?ndchen compared with the Dow Jones Industrial Average. According to Fuld, the Gisele B?ndchen Stock Index was up 15 per cent between May and July 2007, substantially surpassing the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which was up just 8.2%.[66][67] By 2008, with an annual income of over $35 million, she continued to dominate the Forbes list of the world's highest-earning models, and appeared on the magazine's list of the Top 20 Richest Women in Entertainment.[20] During 2009?2010, she was the top earning supermodel, earning an estimated $25 million.[68]

In 2010, she retained the top spot as Forbes?s highest-earning model, with a take-home pay of $25 million.[20] In 2010, B?ndchen introduced her own skin care product line, named Sejaa Pure Skincare.[69] In early 2011, Procter Gamble's Pantene shampoo sales increased 40 per cent in Latin America after B?ndchen started representing the product.[70] Edward Razek, chief marketing officer of Limited Brands, who worked with B?ndchen during her Victoria's Secret career says, "She's an international icon who can also move product, from shampoo to couture."[71][72] The lingerie brand "HOPE" increased turnover by 40 per cent after contracting B?ndchen as its representative.[73] B?ndchen currently owns a hotel in Brazil, land in Brazilian city Trancoso, a villa in Costa Rica, a house in Brentwood, California, and she is currently building a home in Santa Monica.[62]

On May 2011, Forbes ranked her as the world's top-earning model for the fifth consecutive time, with an estimated $45 million over the previous 12 months. Her earnings climbed $20 million over the previous year, thanks to an economic boom in Brazil, coupled with a 10 per cent surge in the value of the Brazilian real against the dollar.[71] In August 2011, B?ndchen ranked 60th on the Forbes list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women.[74] She ranked thirs on the The 20 Youngest Power Women of 2011 List at age 31.[75] B?ndchen and her husband Tom Brady were named by Forbes magazine as the World's Highest Paid Celebrity couple in 2011, with combined annual earnings at $76 million. This was higher than Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and Beyonce and Jay-Z.[76] An Esprit public awareness campaign featuring B?ndchen helped raise consumer awareness of the Esprit brand, with a 9 percent rise in Germany, and a 19 percent rise in China.[77] She was ranked No. 61 on Forbe's Most Powerful Celebrities list in 2012.[78] In May 2012 she was ranked fourth on the World's Most Powerful Latino Celebrity list by Forbes.[79]

Philanthropy[edit]

B?ndchen dedicates part of her website to environmental issues. She launched a "green" blog in 2008 with the aim of "reflecting on socio-environmental issues that we can do something about". In May 2009, she co-hosted the Rainforest Alliance's annual gala to honor leaders in sustainability.[80]

In 2006, B?ndchen became the face of American Express Red, part of the Product Red initiative. A portion of earnings from this credit card are donated to HIV/AIDS victims in Africa.[81] In 2009, she appeared on 30 covers of the international issues of Elle magazines wearing Product Red clothing and posing with products from companies who support the same cause.[82][83] B?ndchen has also supported a variety of environmental causes, including clean water initiatives,[20] environmental sustainability,[20] and preservation of South American rainforests.[84] She has helped raise money for cancer research and treatment,[85] victims of Hurricane Katrina,[86] and the 2011 T?hoku earthquake and tsunami.[87]

B?ndchen opened The Luz Foundation in 2007, a grant-making organization advocating the empowerment of young girls. She donates a percentage of her earnings to help with their projects.[88]

On 20 September 2009, she was designated Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).[89] In January 2012, B?ndchen made her first official visit to Africa as UNEP Goodwill Ambassador.[90] B?ndchen chooses a different charity each year to which proceeds of sales from her sandals are donated. The 2011 donation went to ISA ? the Socio-environmental Institute.[91]

May 2011 B?ndchen was named Harvard's 2011 Global Environmental Citizen in recognition of her eco-efforts.[92] In November 2011, she was awarded Greenest Celebrity at the 2011 International Green awards at the National History Museum of London. Each year the Green Awards honors a celebrity who has been the most creative and innovative in the approach of sustainability of the environment. An online public vote took place and B?ndchen was the winner, beating Paul McCartney and Miguel Bose.[93] B?ndchen made a surprise visit to patients at the Jimmy Fund Clinic at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.[94]

In 2011, B?ndchen was added to The Giving Back Fund's list of celebs who made the largest donations to charity.[95]

In January 2012, B?ndchen visited Kenya on a goodwill mission to improve energy poverty. She spent a day with a family in the village of Kisumu and helped them with tasks such as carrying firewood to their hut ? while discussing the dangers of using firewood inside homes that do not have energy. She danced with the locals and visited various homes, as well as teaming up with UK NGO Practical Action during the course of her stay.[96][97] In April 2012 she donated money for AIDS research.[98] On the eve of World Environment Day 4 June 2012, B?ndchen, who is Goodwill Ambassador of the UNEP (United Nations Environment), went to Rio de Janeiro to plant the first of a series of 50,000 trees in a degraded area.[99]

Personal life[edit]

From 2000 to 2005, B?ndchen was in a relationship with American actor Leonardo DiCaprio.[12] In 2004, B?ndchen and DiCaprio made People's annual Most Beautiful Couples List.[100]

In December 2006, she began dating New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, while Bridget Moynahan was pregnant with Brady's child. On 26 February 2009, B?ndchen married Brady in a small Catholic ceremony at St. Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica, California.[101] On 5 April 2009, the couple remarried in a larger ceremony in Costa Rica, with Brady's son present.[102] In 2009, B?ndchen gave birth in Boston to their son, who was named Benjamin Rein Brady. His middle name is in honor of B?ndchen's maternal grandfather, Reinoldo.[103][104] In August 2012, B?ndchen confirmed she and Brady were expecting their second child.[105]

Controversy[edit]

She caused controversy when she claimed that while inducing her first child naturally, the process "wasn't painful, not even a little bit."[106][107]

B?ndchen told Harper's Bazaar that breastfeeding should be a "worldwide law",[108] but later moderated her comments on her blog, stating: "My intention [was to] make a comment about the importance of breastfeeding".[109]

In 2008, following the loss to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII, some writers in the Boston area began discussing a "Gisele Jinx", facetiously blaming the Patriots' losses on quarterback Brady's new wife. ABC News did a story on the history of such "jinxes", comparing the Patriots situation with that faced by the Dallas Cowboys and Jessica Simpson, and in other examples throughout history.[110] The story concluded that such jinxes are baseless, but Patriots fans and detractors from continued to discuss the matter,[111] especially after a second loss to the Giants in Super Bowl XLVI. Brady and the Patriots have not won another Super Bowl since B?ndchen and Brady began dating,[112] and at least one columnist for the Business Insider has jokingly suggested that the relationship may be cursed, as Brady (who was 3?0 in Super Bowls before B?ndchen) has failed for five straight years to win another NFL championship.[113] Sports of Boston speculated that "the Gisele Jinx" came along just in time to replace the Curse of the Bambino.[114]

After Super Bowl XLVI and the heckling of several Giants fans, B?ndchen was caught on video saying, in private conversation, "My husband cannot fucking throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time!"[115][116] The comment, which was widely publicized both in the traditional media[117][118] and the blogosphere,[119][120] caused a media stir. The New York Times to dubbed her "The Typhoid Mary of the Web".[121]

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