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[michelabella]

Gisele quote from US Vogue 2004

[michelabella]

Gisele Bündchen for Hebe Camargo: `Perfection not existe' -

`My great dream was to say one minute with you, Gisele', was as soon as Hebe Camargo started the interview with Gisele Bündchen, in air today, its program in Net TV! The meeting happened in awarding AFI Life Achievement Award 2011, in Los Angeles, in the State Joined. In the chat, top spoke of the affection of the Brazilians, disclosed that it is felt happy very for coming back constantly to Brazil and commented on the space that the Country has opened for the fashion. “I love my Brazil. It would like to be more there, I feel much homesickness. Today, Brazil is in the map not only as a wonderful country, but also with an image fashion that I find legal very”. Worried about the environment, the model made one appeals the people to be mobilized in relation to the new Forest Code. On personal life, Gisele counted that it does not intend to have another baby, at least for the time being. “It is difficult. I am so far trying to find a half term to obtain to make the two done good: to be mother and to work. I learned that the perfection does not exist, we have that to be a little malleable. When you have a family, the priorities you move. The next son goes to have that to come when I well will be adapted”.

http://odia.terra.com.br/portal/diversaoet...ste_172603.html

(via giseledaily)

[katchitup]

Awww thank you for that interview! I agree with Gisele that is must be hard being a top model and being a mother at the same time, but she sure does a great job balencing!

[Jennka]

I hope she´ll have a big family, like she always wanted

[michelabella]

me too! I read some interview the other day of when Gisele was young and she said how she wanted kids and a family by age 30. She really had her mind set.

[michelabella]

HarryJoshHair

Hanging w my girl @giseleofficial today, she is my spiritual guidance councle(sp?)

http://twitter.com/HarryJoshHair/status/83594572449595393

[Jennka]

I think she has always had her mind set

[michelabella]

Nothing new but I liked this article.

Gisele Bündchen: the last of the supermodels?

Some people are so well known that their name is reduced to just a word. Blake, Alexa, Posh and Naomi are all girls that need no surname to be recognised, and when it comes to the modelling, there’s Gisele. Ah yes, synonymous with impossibly long bronzed legs, Brazilian curves and that smile.

But apart from being Mrs Tom Brady, new supermum – you’ll remember the scandal over her ‘breastfeeding should be law’ comments – and businesswoman extraordinaire, let’s not forget her roots.

Named by none other than Naomi Campbell as the last supermodel, and after topping the Forbes Supermodel Rich List again, we chart the model highs and meteoric rise of Gisele Bündchen…

Born to German-Brazilian parents in 1980, like all good supermodels her talent was spotted young, and in a McDonalds, of all places (anyone else ever seen a model scout when grabbing a burger?). At just 14 and already nearly six feet tall, Gisele began a career that would see her secure three consecutive Vogue covers by the age of 19.

The real money maker for her modelling career, however, was a five year contract with Victoria’s Secret that would send her fame stellar. It was here she perfected the horse-walk – that stompy, legs lifted high strut with which she walks the catwalk.

While her modelling work brought fortune and the coveted title of Leo DiCaprio’s girlfriend, Gisele has never rested on her looks. Sure, representing luxury brands including Dior, Louis Vuitton and, bizarrely enough, Apple, earned her up to $33m a year, but her other ventures include charity stints and philanthropic work (she was honoured at this year’s Global Environment Citizen Awards, in fact).

But what is it that makes her so special?

Her selling power, in a nutshell. Gisele’s ability to shift products from the shelves is unrivalled since the days of the supers – her $45 million worth over the last 12 months is in a league of its own compared to second and third richest supers, Heidi and Kate, who total $20 million and $13.5 million respectively. And as the face of Pantene, she’s boosted the beauty brand’s sales by 40% in her native Brazil in the past year alone.

She’s a working mum, a businesswoman heading an empire almost double any other models’, and of course, the world’s most successful super – and she’s only 30.

If that’s not worthy of a super-super title, we don’t know what is.

http://www.myfashionlife.com/archives/2011...he-supermodels/

[SicK As mY SecReTs]

nice article miche!

[SicK As mY SecReTs]

a little off topic

Duda Bundchen

Our June Festival Bundchen is with Baby!

After responding to an interview for the 1st time in his life , Dudley Bundchen is back on the LP blog , and now brings the atmosphere of the June Festival ! The mini top model , niece of the über Gisele Bundchen, producing a star with his beloved dog Iani and his school buddy Victor . Before the clicks that you can see walking through the gallery, Dudley knew what, how and in what order to do everything needed to prepare to shoot , even including the pink of the lip gloss that would pro make ! The production of the editorial rolled early, and even the company of family, my friend, the dog and atmosphere of fun, everything was done in just three hours, a short time even for professional models . Check out the results of the work down and kill the baby miss Bundchen Baby !

she's so beautiful

[Chocolate]

She is!

She needs a thread

[SicK As mY SecReTs]

haha I thought the same when I was posting these pics!

[michelabella]

Little Duda is so cute.

In the 4th Pic I see the Gisele Bundchen gene in her.

[SicK As mY SecReTs]

yep! exactly miche,I can see that genes in the last pic too! in the 8th pic she smiles just like Gi

[Jennka]

Vote for Gisele in the I am the Biggest fan competition

here

[SicK As mY SecReTs]

voted,thanks!

[michelabella]

From the famous makeup artist Pat McGrath on Gisele:

@iloveTonieGirl Gisele is amazing!!! She’s beautiful, a pro, absolutely lovely & has beyond amazing energy!!

https://twitter.com/patmcgrathreal/status/85372271606243328

[michelabella]

Some Gisele Quotes

"I go after things, and I love to live in the extreme," Bundchen says. "I love extreme sports, I live life to the fullest. I never thought of this movie as the next level of my career - I just thought, I've been doing the same job for 10 years, and this is a new

opportunity. It's not Shakespeare, I'm not telling everyone I'm a serious actress, because that's not who I am. I'm a model! I just enjoy challenges. I wasn't carrying this movie on my shoulders, I was simply the villain.

"When you try something new like this, it makes you appreciate what you do.

Acting made me appreciate my modeling job much more."

"I've been modeling for quite a while," says the 24-year-old runway legend, "so it's kind of exciting to do something that gives you that cold stomach, the insecurity that makes you think, 'Oh man, can I really do this?'"

"I don't talk about my private life. The only thing I have to say is that I so appreciate [Leo]."

In regard to "Taxi," "I never talked about [acting] with him," she says. "We had other things to talk about.

"I'm a very, very private person," she adds. "I understand that people want to ask, but there are so many lies written about me that it's pathetic. Everything that I have ever heard about me in the gossips - they make like 5% sense. I think it's funny how [these stories] say, 'Her buddy said this or that.' Who's this 'buddy' they're talking to - I've got three friends!"

"I never really understood what people found in me," she says. "I think beauty is about taste. Some may find me horrendous, and some can find me pretty. In the beginning it was hard. People said, 'Oh, she's too skinny, she's got a big nose.' I don't have one of those plastic surgery noses, I have a German nose, but so what? I have a big personality as well, so that goes with it. I'm definitely not the most beautiful girl in the world."

"And I love business. I'd like to work on the licensing I have in Brazil. I just do not want to be one of those people who are 30 years old and suddenly say, 'Oh my God, all I know how to do is modeling.'

"I think it's important to live a part of your life, then close a chapter and say, 'Okay, I've done that and learned from this experience. Now I'm going on to other things.'"

[Jennka]

I love her exactly because of these

[michelabella]

This is an old NEWSWEEK article I found way back from 2000. Pretty cool read.

This Year's Model

September 24, 2000 08:00 PM EDT

....The reason for this craze stands 1.77 meters tall and has smoldering blue eyes. Her name is Gisele Bundchen--known to all as Gisele--and she is the most celebrated Brazilian since Pele...

On a tree-lined street in Sao Paulo's tony Jardins district, a double-decker bus pulls up in front of a manor house the color of pink lemonade. Out spills a stream of teenage girls, permed, perfumed and teetering on spindly heels that clatter over the cobblestones. They march through an iron gate into the Brazilian headquarters of Marilyn, a French fashion-model agency, each carrying photo portfolios under their arms and visions of New York in their heads. Inside, overworked bookers and scouts yell into mobile phones or tap away on keyboards. The new arrivals are herded into a waiting room, where they sit nervously, chewing gum, comparing portfolios and gabbing about pimples and shampoo. Two by two, they file in for interviews. "On your feet, and smile, please," says director Zeca de Abreu, looking one pair up and down. "When do the braces come off?"

Schoolgirls the world over have long dreamed of donning designer silks and parading on the catwalk to the steady purr of motor-driven Nikons. But in Brazil, where beauty is as highly valued as futebol or the samba, modeling has become an obsession. Modeling courses, makeup workshops and beauty contests are all the rage. Crash diets are in vogue. A dozen big-name modeling agencies like Marilyn have set up shop in Sao Paulo and deployed an army of talent scouts to beat the pavement for new faces. And from the smallest parish in the southern grain belt to the swank boulevards of Sao Paulo, kids are practicing their posture and perfecting their pouts. Capricho, a glossy teen magazine, recently asked 1,100 Brazilian teenagers if they wanted to become fashion models. Eighty-six percent said yes.

The reason for this craze stands 1.77 meters tall and has smoldering blue eyes. Her name is Gisele Bundchen--known to all as Gisele--and she is the most celebrated Brazilian since Pele. First introduced by designer Alexander McQueen two years ago, Gisele, now 20, is the world's top cover girl, taking to more than 1,600 catwalks and earning a reported $7,000 an hour. When she struts her trademark runway walk--sassy and high-stepping, like a filly in tall grass--hearts beat faster from Milan to Manhattan. She has become an international icon: Vogue put the Brazilian bombshell on its cover three times last year and in December crowned her "Model of the Year."

To be sure, Brazil's beauty fetish precedes Gisele, going back at least as far as "the girl from Ipanema." But the emphasis on appearances has a dark side, too. Many model wanna-bes live under the tyranny of the bathroom scale, and may be prime candidates for eating disorders. They will often do anything to improve their chances of stardom, whether it means taking intensive English lessons, undergoing orthodontics or visiting a plastic surgeon to pin back their ears or vacuum out some cellulite. A few models even take growth hormones to reach lofty catwalk heights. Experts warn that such practices can be extremely dangerous to growing teens.

But for many kids, it's the price of a better life. Marilyn director Abreu compares the rush to the ramps to slum kids' aspiring to football stardom. Even moderate success can help lift a family out of poverty. Juliana Martins, a 16-year-old who has been modeling since she was 13, earns in a day what her father can earn in a month, about $550 at the steel mills where he works in Sao Paulo state. Patricia Mezzalira dos Santos, a 15-year-old from the depressed farming town of Lajes, hopes to use her cherry cheeks and powder blue eyes to boost her family's $600-a-month income. "One of the first things I thought about was the money," she said at a recent modeling workshop. Some parents think of nothing else. "There are parents out there willing to sell their kids," says Ming Liao Tao, a veteran Brazilian spotter.

It's easy to understand the temptation. Who wouldn't want to live like Gisele? When she isn't on the ramps, adding value to labels like Donna Karan and Ralph Lauren, she's hanging out in her TriBeCa duplex or making sure boyfriend Leonardo DiCaprio doesn't get lonely at the top. It would be difficult to overstate Gisele's impact, not only on Brazil but on the modeling industry as well. Just two years ago the celebrity model looked like an endangered species. The public grew so weary of the pampered princesses that they were pushed off magazine and tabloid covers by pop singers, movie stars, even politicians. Then came Gisele. "She had breasts and hips and great hair," says James Scully, booking editor of Harper's Bazaar. "Men want her. Women want to be her. We haven't had that since Cindy and Naomi."

And so the fashionistas swarmed to Brazil for Gisele clones. Fashion Pygmalions are scouring the hinterlands for beauties in the rough. Models with nondescript accents are pretending to be Brazilian. "Everyone asks me if I know her," says Brazilian clothing designer Alexandre Herchcovitch, whose popular label, Zoomp, is selling even better in the age of Gisele. Other Brazilian companies are capitalizing on the babe from Brazil as well. When the giant beverage company Ambev wanted to add some oomph to its New York Stock Exchange debut last week, they called Gisele--not Greenspan--who tossed Ambev caps and blew kisses. Says Herchcovitch: "It's a good time to be Brazilian."

Especially if you're a model. Once a struggling, underpaid group, Brazilian models now crowd catwalks around the world. No reputable agency can do without a stable of Brazilian models. In Milan last April they came by the dozens, draped in everything from Fendi to Feretti. The Brazilian battalion will be on hand this week when New York's annual Fashion Week gets underway. "Brazil is my favorite country," declares Peruvian fashion photographer Mario Testino.

But why? In a world flush with angelic faces and traffic-stopping figures, what is it that makes the Brazilians stand out? It's hard to imagine now, but before she rose to stardom, Gisele had plenty of doors slammed in her face. Some agents thought her fair hair and angular frame were not "Brazilian" enough. Others said her face with its generous nose was, well, "funny," she recalls. Now the fashion business has learned its lesson: in a society consisting of Indians, Africans, Italians, Germans, Poles and Japanese, there is no trademark Brazilian. Instead scouts are reveling in a land that serves up more colors than Crayola.

The diversity is endless. There was caramel-skinned Fernanda Tavares giving Ricky Martin goose bumps on the cover of British Vogue in August. Gucci girl Caroline Ribeiro, from the Amazon region, is as brown as the nappa-leather slacks she squeezes into. Mariana Weickert is being touted as a young Barbra Streisand look-alike, while Nathalia Costa and Giane Albertoni are as blond as any milk-fed Swede. "It's the mixed blood that drives everyone wild," says The Sunday Times's Isabella Blow, the doyenne of fashion critics.

None of this has been lost on aspiring young Brazilians. Beauty pageants--Miss Swimming Pool, The Girl of Summer, Most Beautiful Student, Grape Harvest Queen--crowd calendars year-round. And teens are willing to subject themselves to all kinds of scrutiny in their quest to become the next Gisele. At a small-town workshop, Ming squeezes flanks and bellies as he watches girls in bikinis and boys in briefs march up and down a makeshift ramp. "You're going to have to lose four kilos," he says, shaking his head at one wholesome blonde.

Indeed, Ming--among others--thinks Gisele-mania has gone too far. "These kids think it's all perfume and beautiful people, when it's really about hard work and brutal competition," says Ming, who spent 11 years brokering contracts for young models in Japan and New York. In Brazil, many aspiring posers turn to Dilson Stein for help. A former model, Stein roams the backcountry of Rio Grande do Sul, setting up makeshift catwalks in high-school gymnasiums and teaching wanna-bes the secrets of the trade. One of Stein's 20,000 former students was a gangly 13-year-old they once called Olive Oyl. Now they call her Gisele and, thanks to her, Stein can barely catch his breath. "There are more where she came from," he exclaims.

To be sure, Brazil's modeling business has changed dramatically since Gisele was a schoolgirl. In the mid-'90s, there were five agencies nationwide. Now there are 11, with branches all over the country and a legion of aggressive scouts. "I have a computer map which shows me each girl in each state," says Waenry Matias of Marilyn. A decade ago amateur agents combed the streets for the odd princess in the crowd. Turning her into catwalk material was another story. "Most of the models weren't earning enough to be professionals," says John Casablancas, the maestro for 30 years at Elite. "They were trophy girls for rich boyfriends." Since then the fees for those who make it to the runways have tripled and the competition has grown fierce.

But even those lucky few who are admitted to fashion's inner circle face a life of sacrifices. Most models live in cramped rooming houses and sleep in bunk beds: four, six or eight to an apartment. The agencies not only take a huge cut of a model's fees but also debit room, board and travel expenses. (Many successful models never get out of debt to the company store.) The lucky ones may get to see the world, but not on a first-class ticket. And because agencies rarely go out on a limb to sponsor a work visa for an untried Lolita, scores of models start their overseas career by working illegally.

Still, the wanna-bes keep coming. "The whole world is looking for the next Gisele," says Casablancas. And there will be a next Gisele. But whether she's Brazilian or Somali or Indian is anyone's guess. "This is not about a country, it's about beauty," says The Times's Blow. "Fashion buys beauty, wherever it may be found." For the moment, at least, that's in Brazil.

http://www.newsweek.com/2000/09/24/this-year-s-model.html