81 Facts About Gisele Bündchen

Gisele Caroline Bundchen is a Brazilian fashion model.

In 2007, Bundchen was the 16th richest woman in the entertainment industry and earned the top spot on Forbes top-earning models list in 2012.

Vogue credited Gisele Bundchen with ending the heroin chic era of modeling in 1999.

Gisele Bundchen was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 1999 until 2006.

Gisele Bundchen is credited with pioneering and popularizing the horse walk, a stomping movement created by a model lifting her knees high and kicking her feet to step.

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Gisele Bundchen was nominated for Choice Movie Female Breakout Star and for Choice Movie Villain at the 2005 Teen Choice Awards for her supporting role in Taxi.

Gisele Bundchen has been a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Program since 2009.

Gisele Bundchen grew up with five sisters, Raquel, Graziela, Gabriela, Rafaela and her fraternal twin, Patricia.

Gisele Bundchen aspired to be a volleyball player, but in 1993 her mother enrolled her and sisters Patricia and Gabriela in a modeling course to teach them confidence and better posture.

Gisele Bundchen was placed second in a national contest, Elite Model Look, that was then known as Look of the Year.

In 1997, Gisele Bundchen was rejected 42 times in London before being cast in an Alexander McQueen runway show in 1998.

Gisele Bundchen appeared on the cover of Vogue Paris, her first cover of British Vogue, and i-D, which featured her on its cover, profiling "A Girl Called Gisele".

Gisele Bundchen became the fourth model to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine when she was named "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" in 2000.

In 2000, Gisele Bundchen appeared on 37 international Vogue covers, including three in the American edition.

In January 2000, Gisele Bundchen was featured on the covers of the US and British editions of Vogue.

Gisele Bundchen retired from the runway after signing a five-year contract with Victoria's Secret.

In 2000, Gisele Bundchen wore Victoria's Secret's Red Hot Fantasy Bra worth $15 million and listed in Guinness World Records as the most expensive lingerie ever created.

Gisele Bundchen appeared on the covers of W, Allure, GQ, Forbes, Marie Claire, Time, Vanity Fair, Esquire, and in the Pirelli Calendar.

Gisele Bundchen co-starred with Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon in the 2004 remake of Taxi, and Gisele Bundchen played Serena in The Devil Wears Prada in 2006.

In 2007, Gisele Bundchen was named by Forbes as the World's Richest Supermodel.

Gisele Bundchen closed the 2011 Givenchy spring-summer fashion show in a surprise appearance during Paris Fashion Week.

That year, Gisele Bundchen launched eco-friendly Sejaa Pure Skincare, a skin care product line using all-natural ingredients.

Gisele Bundchen appeared on eight Vogue covers in 2011, more than any other model or celebrity that year.

In spring 2012, Gisele Bundchen was featured in three spring campaigns, Versace, Givenchy, and Salvatore Ferragamo.

Gisele Bundchen became the face of Banco do Brasil's first global ad campaign in 2012.

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Gisele Bundchen made 5,600 appearances in commercials in Brazil in 2012.

Gisele Bundchen replaced Kate Moss as the face of David Yurman in August 2012.

Gisele Bundchen was photographed by Peter Lindbergh for the fall 2012 campaign.

Gisele Bundchen holds the record for appearing on the most Vogue Brasil covers.

In December 2013, Gisele Bundchen became Pantene's ambassador, a deal worth $4 million per year.

In 2014 and 2015, Gisele Bundchen appeared in more television commercial spots than any other Brazilian celebrity in the course of one year in Brazil.

Gisele Bundchen was featured in the 2015 Guinness World Record book as the model who earned the most money from June 2014 to June 2015.

Gisele Bundchen appeared at the Maracana Stadium at the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on 5 August 2016.

In 2014, Gisele Bundchen signed a contract with Under Armour, which is reportedly on par with the endorsement compensations of professional athletes and exceeds her former Victoria's Secret contract.

In 2018, Gisele Bundchen released her book called Lessons: My Path to a Meaningful Life, which was a New York Times bestseller and was the best selling book for over six months in the non-fiction category in Brazil.

In February 2021, it was reported that Gisele Bundchen was leaving IMG Models after 22 years and that her twin sister Patricia would be taking over as her manager.

Gisele Bundchen was second on Vanity Fairs World's Most Beautiful poll in 2009.

In January 2011, Gisele Bundchen's was the most desired female body on the 14th Annual Famed Hottest Looks survey.

Gisele Bundchen is ranked No 4 on Forbes Brasils list of the 100 most influential Brazilian celebrities.

In May 2014, Gisele Bundchen was ranked No 89 on Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women in the world, the only model on the list.

An Esprit public awareness campaign featuring Gisele Bundchen helped raise consumer awareness 9 percent in Germany and 19 percent in China.

In 2016, Gisele Bundchen participated in The Beginning of Life, a documentary about "the crucial role that the early years of children's lives play in determining their futures successes".

Since the 2000s, Gisele Bundchen's main focus has been social and environmental causes.

Gisele Bundchen has supported the Breast Cancer Campaign to educate women on how to perform a breast self-exam.

Gisele Bundchen designed a limited necklace edition for Harper's Bazaar, crafted by jewelers Gumuchian Fils, which were sold to raise money for St Jude Children's Research Hospital.

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An iPod autographed by Gisele Bundchen and loaded with her personal playlist was auctioned, and proceeds were donated to Music Rising, a campaign founded in 2005, to replace lost or destroyed instruments of musicians in the Gulf Coast Region after hurricane disasters.

Gisele Bundchen became the face of American Express's Product Red-affiliated card in 2006.

Gisele Bundchen started The Luz Foundation in 2007, a project to empower girls and help them deal with self-esteem issues.

In 2008, Gisele Bundchen auctioned a collection of diamonds to benefit the Diamond Empowerment Fund, a nonprofit organization to education initiatives in countries where diamonds are a natural resource.

The donation put Gisele Bundchen tied for 14th on The Giving Back Fund's list of 30 celebrities who made the largest donations to charity in 2011.

In 2010, together with former president Bill Clinton, Gisele Bundchen joined the event that partnered Pantene and the Children's Safe Drinking Water Program to provide clean water to people in need.

Gisele Bundchen attended the Brazil Foundation's 8th Annual Gala to raise funds for fighting challenges faced by poor communities in Brazil.

Gisele Bundchen created an exclusive design for SIGG water bottles, with proceeds going to WaterCan NGO, a humanitarian organization in Canada that provides the poorest people in the world access to clean water, toilets, and information on hygiene.

In 2020, Gisele Bundchen formed the Luz Alliance fund in partnership with the Brazil Foundation with a donation of 1,000,000 reals.

Gisele Bundchen partnered with the "All in Challenge" by donated an experience with her at a photo shoot in New York, with all proceeds going to Feeding America, Meals on Wheels, World Central Kitchen and No Kid Hungry.

In 2004, after visiting an Amerindian tribe at the Xingu region in Brazil and seeing firsthand the problems those communities were facing due to water pollution and deforestation, Gisele Bundchen decided she had to do something to help bring attention to social and environmental issues.

Gisele Bundchen advocated for the cause and through the years she has supported different projects, especially forest and water related projects in the Amazon rainforest and Atlantic Forest.

Gisele Bundchen returned to her hometown of Horizontina in 2008 and with her family launched Projeto Agua Limpa, which implements sustainable environmental management and promotes the recovery of riparian vegetation and the micro basins of the region.

In May 2009, Gisele Bundchen co-hosted the annual gala of the Rainforest Alliance to honor leaders in sustainability.

In May 2011, Gisele Bundchen received the Global Environmental Citizen Award in recognition of her eco-efforts.

Gisele Bundchen donates proceeds from the sales from her Ipanema sandals to a different charity each year.

In 2012, Gisele Bundchen planted a sapling of Sapucaia tree during her visit to Green Nation Fest, an event that occurs every year during the Environment Week and, that year, prior to the realization of Rio +20.

Gisele Bundchen participated in challenges on World Environment Day to mobilize people to take action in helping protect the forest, the wildlife, the green economy and to encourage people to reduce their food waste.

Gisele Bundchen attended Champions of the Earth and Equator Prize ceremonies multiples times.

In 2013, Gisele Bundchen supported the United Nations campaign against food waste, THINK.

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In 2014 Gisele Bundchen supported the SOKO + The United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women partnership to support the financial and physical security of women and girls around the world.

Gisele Bundchen had her work in the defense of the environment recognized and was appointed as Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme.

Since then, Gisele Bundchen has helped UNEP in the mission of raising awareness and inspiring action to protect the environment.

Gisele Bundchen participated in the Wild For Life campaign against the illegal trafficking of endangered wildlife, including the campaign that won the People's Choice Award in the green category of 2019 Webby Awards.

In 2019, Gisele Bundchen executive produced a documentary entitled Kiss the Ground.

In 2020 on her birthday Gisele Bundchen launched the Viva a Vida initiative and donated funds to plant 40,000 trees along the Xingu and Araguaia River in Brazil.

In September 2009, Gisele Bundchen was designated Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme.

Gisele Bundchen made her first visit to Africa as UNEP Goodwill Ambassador in January 2012.

In January 2012, Gisele Bundchen visited Kenya to experience the reality of energy poverty as part of the Energy for All 2030 project.

From 2000 to 2005, Gisele Bundchen was in a relationship with actor Leonardo DiCaprio.

In December 2006, Gisele Bundchen began dating NFL quarterback Tom Brady, after a mutual friend introduced them on a blind date.

Gisele Bundchen is the stepmother of Brady's first son was born on 2007 and from a previous relationship with actress Bridget Moynahan.

Gisele Bundchen ranked eighth in the top 10 of the Forbes list of "Entertainment's Highest-Paid Women" in 2012.

Gisele Bundchen disputed the number used by Forbes, telling Brazilian website MdeMulher that the inflated estimates have made her a subject of an audit by the Internal Revenue Service.

In 2013, Gisele Bundchen ranked third on the 16 Most Successful Female Entrepreneurs list by Forbes.

Gisele Bundchen was the highest-paid model in the world from 2002 to 2017.