By Jagmohan Singh Barhok

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Talent: Gisele Bundchen ‘Supermodel. Actress. Brazil

‘There is no denying the fact that the attraction of Showbiz draws thousands of young, nubile & well endowed babes to the tinsel town as Bollywood is commonly called in India or Hollywood in America, with dreams in their eyes to make it big in either films or fashion industry. It does not matter who succeeds & who does not for ‘Nothing succeeds like success’. Hence, the attraction for Showbiz & the Snakes & Ladders Game continues unabated.’

Gisele Bundchen

Spotted by an Elite Modeling Agency agent, with her friends at a Sao Paulo McDonald’s, then aged barely 14, the model under reference, Gisele Bundchen, was introduced to modeling by Elite Model Management one of the Elite World Group’s brands known to have discovered Supermodels like Cindy Crawford, Stephanie Seymour, Karen Moulder, Lara Stone & many other prominent models worldwide.

Gisele, born 20 July 1980 in Horizontina, a small town with a population of about 20000 inhabitants in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil later rose to starry heights, enjoying an envious modelling career throughout as a “Supermodel” until her retirement as ‘Catwalk’ model .

Gifted with a tall 5 feet 11 inch statuesque figure, brown hair, blue eyes and stunning looks, the girl took no time to become heart-throb of millions worldwide. It is for this figure that ‘Vogue’ later credited Gisele’s work in the fashion industry as “The Return of the Sexy model”. She remained Victoria’s Secret Angel for many years. 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.

Her countrymen loved & adored her like anything. A survey conducted by a Brazilian magazine in 2000 revealed that 86% of Brazilian wanted to become fashion models .They attributed their interest in modeling to Gisele Bundchen, country’s modeling Icon. She was second on Vanity Fair’s World’s ‘Most Beautiful Model’ poll in 2009. She was placed at number 4 on Forbes Brazil’s 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. Vogue Italia reportedly called Gisele the “King Midas of fashion” in February 2012, saying companies that invest in her reap the awards of her representation. Appeared on the covers of more than 1200 magazines worldwide.

Surprisingly the supermodel refused to work in “Charlie’s Angels” starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu, for she was reportedly earning handsomely to need doing a film.

Although she has quit modeling , the 42-year-young bombshell continues to flaunt around in revealing outfits . Her net worth was estimated about $ 400 million (equal to 3200 crore in Indian rupee) in 2022. Her charitable activities included donations to the tune of $150,000 to Brazil’s Zero Hunger program while traveling with the United Nations in 2010. She also raised money to help the needy & underprivileged.

Divorced Tom Brady , an NFL player of international repute, in 2022 because she wanted him to leave Footbal & spend time with his family which he refused to do so.

The model acted in films, TV and music videos & has always been a welcome guest at International shows & Galas.