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Gisele is ranked #29 in the "100 Hottest Brunettes of AIM."
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Gisele was listed at #53 in Forbes magazine's Celebrity 100 of 2007.
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Gisele was ranked #4 in FHM Online's 100 Sexiest Women in the World of 2007.
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Gisele earned $33 million in 2006 and was named the world's richest model by Forbes.com.
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Gisele had a small role in one of the MAC commercials as herself/a movie character in a homemade movie.
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Gisele was #1 on E!'s "World's Sexiest Supermodels."
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Gisele was paid $1.8 million for her role in the 2004 movie "Taxi."
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Gisele ranked #36 on VH1's list of the 100 Hottest Hotties.
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Gisele and surfer boyfriend Kelly Slater have ended their relationship in June 2006 after dating for 8 months. It was reported that both took the split hard.
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Gisele ranked at #71 on Forbes magazine's list of the 100 Most Powerful Celebrities in the World of 2006, with earnings of 30 million dollars between June of 2005 and June of 2006. According to Forbes, "She's also a workhorse with 20 fashion contracts, including Ebel watches, Vogue Eyewear and Dolce & Gabbana. That's far more than any other model anywhere in the world. Her assets earned her more last year that many of the highest-paid actors on the Forbes Celebrity 100."
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Gisele has her own
website, but the site is in the language for her native country.
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During an interview, Gisele said that if the people didn't like her in a movie, she would just stick with her modeling.
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Gisele's acting debut was in the 2004 box office bomb "Taxi." After that, Gisele kept her focus on her enormously successful modeling career, though it was said that she would take the role of Allyson in the movie "The Devil Wears Prada."
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Gisele said that at first she didn't know what a model was, thinking it was like being a hooker.
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Gisele's curvaceous figure prompted
Vogue to refer to her body of work as the "return of the sexy model," since she seems to have ended the trend of waif models like
Kate Moss.
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Gisele once dated professional surfer
Kelly Slater. [November 2005- June 2006]
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She endorses many Brazilian brands, including Vivo (a cellular phone service) and the Brazilian subsidary of C&A (a major retailer.
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As of 2006, Gisele's homes include an apartment in Manhattan's Tribeca district and a house near Woodstock, N.Y.
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She wears a size 7 shoe.
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Gisele's weight is said to be 127 pounds.
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Gisele has been linked to actor
Josh Hartnett, male model Scott Barnhill, Brazilian tycoon João Paulo Diniz, and hotel tycoon Vikram Chatwal.
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She has her own show line called Ipanema Gisele Bündchen.
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Gisele waved the checkered flag at the 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix.
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Gisele says she's not the party-girl type. She's more likely to stay at home. She has said she has a "boring" life.
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Sexy Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen is the new face of Louis Vuitton.
She replaces actress Uma Thurman who advertised two seasons for the French fashion house. Previous faces have included actresses Jennifer Lopez, Chloe Sevigny, Scarlett Johansson and Christina Ricci.
Designer Marc Jacobs said: "We just wanted a fashion icon more than the celebrity thing. I certainly feel that Gisele is iconic and recognised all over the world as Gisele.
Also the clothes were hot and colourful, and we thought she would exaggerate the strength and heat of the collection."
However he did not rule out any more celebrity campaigns adding:" There are all sorts of people I'd like to work with."
Gisele will be photographed for the new campaign in Ibiza by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. (Dec 2005)
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In July 2001, Gisele modeled three bikinis for Cia Maritima swimwear at a fashion show in Brazil and earned a sum of £50,000 in less than an hour.
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She turned down a role in Charlie's Angels - the movie.
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Her chest size has been questioned, but she denies to have had implant.
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Surprisingly, Gisele is a big fan of sweet popcorn, candy and McDonald's sundaes, a vice that does not show on her more than statuesque figure.
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Ebel announced that one of the world's most recognized and glamorous super models, Gisele Bundchen will represent the brand in Ebel's Architects of Time global advertising campaign. (Dec 05) - New advertising featuring Gisele will launch in leading media vehicles worldwide in April 2006.
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Has a crush on American football star
Tom Brady.
While Bundchen admits she thinks the New England Patriots sports ace is "cute", she hates the idea of stealing him away from his partner, actress
Bridget Moynahan.
She explains, "
Tom Brady, definitely not too shabby. He's pretty cute. All-American, that's a good way to describe him.
"But he has a girlfriend, right? He's cute, but if he has a girlfriend, he's gay to me.
"There are too many men in the world to go after a man who has a woman. Life is too short."
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Appeared in TV commercials for C&A (2004), Credicard (2003-04), Nivea (2004-05) and Vivo (2005).
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Appeared in printed Ads for American Dairy Farmers & Milk Producers "got milk?" milk moustache campaign (2001)
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Appeared in the Pirelli Calendar for 2001 as the month of January.
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Nominated for : "Choice Movie Bad Guy" & "Choice Movie Breakout Performance - Female" at the Teen Choice Awards 2005, for her role in the film "Taxi"
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She ranked #34 in Stuff's 100 Sexiest Women (2001).
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Was left shocked and scared when she was confronted by an obsessed fan who had her image tattooed on his chest.
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Has a catwalk contract in which she refuses to bare her bottom.
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Ranked #17 in VIP-Brazil's 100 Sexiest Women in the World (2002).
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Ranked #9 in VIP-Brazil's 100 Sexiest Women of the World [2003]
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Ranked #7 in E!'s 30 Best Bodies (2003).
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Ranked #7 in E! Sexiest Women Entertainers (January, 2002).
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Ranked #7 in E!'s 25 Sexiest Women in Entertainment (2001).
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Ranked #71 in E!'s 101 Juiciest Hollywood Hookups (2003, 51-75)
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Ranked #19 in British Harpers & Queen's 100 Most Beautiful Women of the Year (July 2005)
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Has hosted the VH1 Fashion Awards.
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Ranked #65 in FHM-US's 100 Sexiest Women (2005).
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She eats fast food and prefers to be shapely rather than a waif like model.
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Designer Roberto Cavelli claims she extorted $50,000 from him when she threatened to walk off his show rather than accept the agreed $20,000.
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Elite sued her for $15,000,000.
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Elite's John Casablancas called her 'a monster of selfishness.'
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She resigned as an Elite model, defecting to IMG.
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While in school, Gisele was so thin that her friends used to call her "Olívia Palito" (Portuguese for Olive Oyl, Popeye's skinny friend), "Somaliana" (person from Somalia) and Saracura (kind of snake).
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She was discovered by an Elite Modeling Agency agent when she was 14-years-old while eating at McDonalds with friends.
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Former head of Elite Models, John Casablancas, has had tiffs with Gisele; he once famously claimed that her infamous breasts were fake and that she has slept her way to the top.
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Model agency boss John Casablancas
is still furious with Gisele for dumping him even though he discovered her. - The former head of model giants ELITE, plucked Bundchen from obscurity when she was 14 years old.
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She was verbally abused by furious animal rights activists at a Victoria's Secret fashion show -- Gisele signed up to become the face of fur coat company Blackglama's new advertising campaign, leading the charity People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA) to turn against her, and as Gisele strutted down the runway in a beaded lingerie set, four female protestors jumped on stage with signs reading - "Gisele: Fur Scum" and shouted at the beauty.
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Was taken to court by the people who found her dog "VIDA" - because they claim they were never paid the $5,000 reward she had promised. Janelle Olsen, 20, - stumbled across the pooch while taking her visiting pals out on a tour of the Hollywood Hills.
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Offered a reward of $5,000 after her pet dog went missing, The pet was later safely found and returned. (2004)
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Gisele's first magazine cover was: teenage-female brazilian magazine "Capricho", july 1995 edition
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Her salary was $8 million in 2000 and she commands between $7000 and $15,000 per hour for runway shows.
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Is 5 minutes older than twin sister Patrícia.
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Only in the fashion world could Gisele be described as "voluptuous". In the real world she is seriously underweight at 5'11 and 115 pounds, giving her a BMI of 16!
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She endorses several Brazilian brands, notably including Vivo (a cellular service company) and C&A (a major retailer). Her brand of flip-flops have sold enormously well in her native Brazil.
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Gisele has a belly button piercing and a star tattoo on her left wrist.
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Her debut as an actress came in the 2004 movie "Taxi".
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Ranked #26 in FHM-Germany's 100 Sexiest Women (2005).
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Ranked #84 in FHM-Australia's 100 Sexiest Women (2005).
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Signed up to endorse a fur coat maker called 'BlackGlama' in return for $500,000 and two jackets of her own.
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Has quit smoking.
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In 2004, she and her (then) boyfriend,
Leonardo DiCaprio, visited the "Xingu", one of the biggest Brazilian tribes of Indians. The visit was made almost anonymously.
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In the beginning of 2001 Gisele announced to the world what she called a "retirement". It was an exaggeration. She was thinking about her life quality. "I have been a slave of my work for five years, now I want some time for me. I will only work for the ones who like me". - In that "ones" included Dolce & Gabbana. She also has done some work for Christian Dior, and still models for Victoria's Secrets and has an exclusive contract for the department store C&A (in Brazil).
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In September 2000, the Rolling Stone magazine had, for the fourth time, a model on its cover - Gisele, the title, was: "The most beautiful girl in the world".
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In 2000 Gisele signed a muti-million-dollar contract with Victoria's Secrets, for five years. Gisele started to wear the Victoria's Secret's lingerie, model in the fashion shows and model in the catalogues.
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Gisele is considered one of the best supermodels of all time.
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Appeared on the cover of 'Vogue' the American Millennium Edition.
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Won the "Model of the Year" award, - Vogue Fashion Awards. - 1999
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Appeared on the American cover "Vogue" for the very first time - July 1998.
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When Gisele first moved to New York, she looked at the sky to make wishes on shooting stars and got frustrated when she found out she couldn't see the stars among the skyscrapers of New York, so the next day she got her left wrist tattooed with a small star. - "Then I can make wishes looking at my arm".
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When Gisele moved to New York she couldn't speck much English and lived with five other girls. The girls taught her the word "a**hole" and told Gisele to say it to everyone she met. After calling many people an "a**hole," she was later warned about the word by her booker.
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Doesn't like her nose very much.
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Was denied many modelling jobs at the start of her career because "her nose was to big."
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Moved away from home at the age of 14, to start her modelling career.
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She is total crazy about her little doggy "Vida" and never goes somewhere without it.
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She wants to live on a farm when she is older and have a family and then she wants to swim in the lake every morning.
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Donated $150,000 -- her fee for one show in Sao Paulo Fashion Week -- to help fight hunger in her native Brazil. (January 27, 2003)
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Ranked Forbes #89 most powerful celebrity in 2003.
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Is furious her (then) beau
Leonardo DiCaprio didn't scoop the Best Actor trophy at the 2005 Academy Awards because she believes he did a better job than winner
Jamie Foxx. (March 3, 2005)
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Says she's addicted to oysters after she quit smoking. (August 6, 2005)
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Admits she is a clean freak.
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Her mothers name is Vania Bundchen.
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Her mother is of German descent.
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Her name is actually pronounced Giseli (The e at the and of her name is not silent). She has said it doesn't matter to her now how people pronounce her name.
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One of the world's top fashion models.
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As supporter of soccer club Gremio, a soccer team from her hometown, Gisele announced in 2005 she will help promote the image of her favourite team, a former world champion, which is now in the second division of the Brazilian soccer League.
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Support's "Gremio" soccer club.
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Is a Soccer fan.
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Is a Twin.
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Of German-Brazilian heritage.
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Measurements: 36C-24-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
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Spokesmodel of Ralph Lauren.
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Spokesmodel of Missoni.
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Spokesmodel of Christian Dior.
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Spokesmodel of Strenesse.
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Spokesmodel of Bvlgari.
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Spokesmodel of Dolce & Gabbana.
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Spokesmodel of ZARA.
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Appeared on the covers of major magazines, such as Vogue, GQ, Harper's Bazaar, W, Rolling Stone, marie claire, ELLE, and i-D.
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Speaks Portuguese as her native language, as well as English as her second language.
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Originally wanted to be a professional volleyball player.
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She has five sisters: Raquel, Graziela, Gabriela, Rafaela and Patrícia
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Her height is: 5' 11"
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Her full name is: "Gisele Carolina Nonnenmacher Bündchen"
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In taxi they couldn't find a double that was close enough too her appearance to do closer shots so they let her drive on the free-way part when they trade the girl for the money.