Early Years
Gisele Bündchen was born in Horizontina, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on July 20, 1980. She was born in Germany. Gisele grew up in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with her twin sister Patricia and four other sisters: Raquel, Graziela, Gabriela, and Rafaela. Gisele speaks Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, and French fluently.
She was an avid volleyball player as a child and had planned to make volleyball her career. Gisele, Patricia, and Gabriela attended a modeling school in 1993 to improve their posture. Elite Model Management discovered Gisele in a Sao Paulo mall the next year. She came in second place in the Elite Model Look competition. Gisele traveled to Sao Paulo at the age of 14 to begin her modeling career.
Career
In 1996, Bündchen received her big break at New York Fashion Week. She auditioned for 43 shows in 1997, but only two international shows were picked. She was picked to walk the runway in Alexander McQueen’s Spring 1998 ready-to-wear show “Rain” only because she could walk in very high heels on the slick runway.
She also modeled for Missoni, Chloe, Dolce & Gabbana, Valentino, Gianfranco Ferre, Ralph Lauren, and Versace in the same year. Vogue Paris, British Vogue, and i-D all featured her on their covers. She had her first appearance on the cover of American Vogue in July 1999. In December 1999, she graced the cover of Vogue once more.
Gisele was chosen “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” by Rolling Stone in 2000, and she was featured on the cover of the magazine. She is often credited with establishing a new model category: the Brazilian bombshell.
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Bündchen appeared on the covers of 37 Vogue foreign editions, including three in the United States in 2000. She was on the cover of both the American and British editions of Vogue in January 2000. Gisele was quite busy during Fashion Week in the spring of 2000. In New York, Paris, and Milan, she opened shows for Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Valentino, Dolce & Gabbana, and Christian Dior. From 1993 through 2003, Bündchen participated in every Dolce & Gabbana ad campaign.
Bündchen departed from Fashion Week runway displays after signing a $25 million contract with Victoria’s Secret in 2000. In the same year, she wore the $15 million Victoria’s Secret Fantasy Bra, the Red Hot Fantasy Bra, which is the most costly underwear ever manufactured, according to Guinness World Records. Bündchen models the Sexy Splendor Fantasy Bra, the second-most costly bra ever produced, for $12.5 million in 2005. In May 2007, Bündchen’s contract with Victoria’s Secret expired.
Bündchen was on the cover of American Vogue for the 11th time in April 2010. In 2011, she was featured on eight Vogue covers. With 70,743 copies sold, her Vogue Brasil edition from July 2011 was the magazine’s best-selling issue.
In May 2014, Gisele became the Chanel No. 5 spokeswoman. She appeared in more television ads in Brazil than any other celebrity between 2014 and 2015. Bündchen has over 500 ad campaigns, 800 fashion shows, 2,000 magazine covers, and 3,500 magazine editorials under her belt by 2015.
Bündchen owns the Brazilian hotel Palladium Executive and launched the Impanema line of designer shoes under the Brazilian footwear firm Grendene.
In 2018, Gisele published her book Lessons: “My Path to a Meaningful Life.” Her book was a New York Times bestseller in the United States and the best-selling book in Brazil for almost six months. Her book’s revenues were donated to social and environmental concerns.
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Career in Acting
In the 2004 version of “Taxi,” Bündchen featured Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon. Bündchen portrayed Serena in the 2006 film “The Devil Wears Prada.”
Private Life
Bündchen dated actor Josh Hartnett and model Scott Barnhill. From 2000 to 2005, she was in a relationship with Leonardo DiCaprio. In 2005-2006, she dated surfer Kelly Slater for six months.
In late 2006, Bündchen began dating New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. On a blind date, they were introduced by a common acquaintance. Bündchen and Brady married in a quiet ceremony at St. Monica’s Catholic Church in Santa Monica, California, on February 26, 2009. The pair married again in Costa Rica in April 2009. Their daughter was born in 2012, and their boy was born in 2009. Brady’s son with actress Bridget Moynahan is Bündchen’s stepson.
Bündchen, Brady, and their children follow a vegan diet that is mostly plant-based.
Bündchen has also raised money for St. Jude Children’s Hospital Research and Hurricane Katrina relief, as well as the I Am African campaign, (Product) Red, and Zero Hunger. Bündchen has been named a United Nations Environment Programme goodwill ambassador for her work to protect rainforests and promote replanting.
Highlights of Salary
From 2002 until 2017, Bündchen was the highest-paid model on the planet. Gisele Bundchen has earned $500 million from her modeling and endorsement career alone as of this writing. Real estate assets and other non-liquid investments are not included in this statistic. Tom’s total all-in earnings are $230 million at the same period.
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Bündchen was named the model who made the greatest money from June 2014 to June 2015 in the 2015 Guinness World Records book.
Net Worth of Gisele Bündchen
Gisele Bündchen is a Brazilian supermodel with a $400 million net worth.
Property
Gisele and Tom decreased the price of their Massachusetts home in early 2020. The custom-built home in a gated enclave in Brookline, Massachusetts, sold for $40 million in 2019. In January 2020, the price of the 5-bedroom, the 7-bathroom property was reduced to $33.9 million.
Tom and Gisele paid $9 million for an undeveloped block of land in LA’s Brentwood district in 2009. They spent an extra $20 million over the next three years building an outrageously massive 14,000-square-foot mansion, which they only resided for a year. Why? Because Dr. Dre purchased the property from them for $50 million in May 2014. That’s a really good method to make $21 million.
Tom and Gisele paid $25.5 million for a New York City apartment on the 12th floor in 2018. They sold this unit for $40 million in December 2020. In the same building, they still own a smaller unit.
