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Top 10 Hottest Brazilian Models on this Planet
10) Gisele Bundchen
Gisele
Caroline B�ndchen was born on 20th July 1980. She is a Brazilian fashion model
and occasional film actress and producer. She is the goodwill ambassador for the
United Nations Environment Programme. In the late 1990s, B�ndchen became the
first in a wave of Brazilian models to find international success. In 1999,
Vogue dubbed her "The Return of the Sexy Model", and she was credited with
ending the "heroin chic" era of modeling. B�ndchen was one of Victoria's Secret
Angels from 2000 until mid-2007. B�ndchen pioneered the "horse walk", a stomping
movement created when a model picks her knees up high and kicks her feet out in
front. Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell have stated that B�ndchen is the only
true remaining supermodel.
Gisele has also ventured into acting, she had supporting role in Taxi (2004)
which she was nominated at the Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie Breakout
Performance and for Choice Movie Bad Guy. Gisele also had a supporting role in
The Devil Wears Prada (2006), and from 2010-2011 was the executive producer of
an educational environmental cartoon, Gisele & the Green Team. Gisele supports
many charities including Save the Children, Red Cross and Doctors without
Borders, as well as dedicating part of her time to environmental causes.
Since 2004, she has been the highest-paid model in the world, and is the
sixteenth richest woman in the entertainment industry (as of 2007). In 2012 she
placed first on the Forbes top-earning models list. From 2000 to 2005, B�ndchen
was in a relationship with American actor Leonardo DiCaprio. She married New
England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in 2009.
B�ndchen is a sixth-generation German Brazilian, born in Tr�s de Maio, Rio
Grande do Sul, to V�nia Nonnenmacher, a bank clerk pensioner, and Valdir
B�ndchen, a university teacher and writer, who are both of German descent.
B�ndchen was born and raised in Horizontina, a southern region in Brazil where
there is a large population of German ancestry. She grew up with her five
sisters�Raquel, Graziela, Gabriela, Rafaela, and her fraternal twin Patr�cia,
her junior by five minutes. She speaks Portuguese as her native language, in
addition to Spanish, English and Italian. She studied German in school.
In 1993, B�ndchen joined a modeling course with her sisters Patr�cia and
Gabriela at their mother's insistence. The following year, B�ndchen was
discovered by the Elite modeling agency at a shopping mall in S�o Paulo while on
a school excursion. She was subsequently selected for a national contest, Elite
Look of the Year, in which she placed second. Claudia Menezes from Bahia took
first place. B�ndchen placed fourth in the Elite Model Look world contest, held
in Ibiza, Spain. At the age of 14, she then moved to S�o Paulo to launch her
modeling career. In 1996, B�ndchen had her first New York City break at Fashion
Week.
In 1997 B�ndchen traveled to London, where she auditioned for 42 shows. She got
her big break when chosen for her ability to walk in towering heels�on a
slippery runway�for Alexander McQueen's spring 1998 "rain" ready-to-wear show.
Echoing similar accolades for Elle Macpherson a decade earlier, McQueen dubbed
B�ndchen "the Body", immediately boosting her bookings. In 1998 she secured her
first British Vogue cover, and became the most in-demand cover girl of her
generation with 10 covers in fewer than four years - even Kate Moss has never
graced more than nine in the same period according to vogue.co.uk." In 1998, she
posed for Missoni, Chlo�, Dolce & Gabbana, Valentino, Gianfranco Ferr�, Ralph
Lauren, and Versace campaigns. She made the cover of the French edition of
Vogue, and fashion magazine i-D featured her on its cover, profiling "A Girl
Called Gisele." Vogue magazine's online encyclopedia of models states, "As the
year 2000 approached, Gisele B�ndchen was the world's hottest model, opening up
a new category in the popular imagination: the Brazilian bombshell."
She appeared on the cover of Vogue in July, November, and December 1999. She won
the VH1/Vogue Model of the Year for 1999, and a January 2000 cover gave her
three consecutive Vogue covers. In December 2009 she appeared alongside her
husband Tom Brady on the cover of book The World in Vogue � People, Parties,
Places. In 2000, she became the fourth model to appear on the cover of the music
magazine Rolling Stone when she was named "the most beautiful girl in the
world." B�ndchen has been on the covers of many top fashion magazines, including
W, Harper's Bazaar, ELLE, Allure, international editions of Vogue, as well as
style and lifestyle publications such as i-D, The Face, Arena, Citizen K, Flair,
GQ, Esquire, and Marie Claire. She appeared in the Pirelli Calendar in 2001 and
2006, and in broader publications such as TIME, Vanity Fair, Forbes, Newsweek,
and Veja, for a total of more than 600 magazine covers throughout the world�a
total that is only second to Princess Diana's. She simultaneously graced the
covers of both the US and British editions of Vogue in January 2000, the first
issue of the new millennium."
By 2000, her record-breaking contract with Victoria's Secret helped solidify her
status as the world's top model. She has been on numerous book covers such as "MaRIO
DE JANEIRO" by Mario Testino and a Russell James Retrospective book. She is the
fourth model in history to grace the cover of Rolling Stone, in which she was
named "the most beautiful girl in the world", in 2000. Also that year "Time
magazine said she was "one of the few runway models whom straight men can name."
For spring 2000 fashion week she opened Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Dolce &
Gabbana, Christian Dior, and Valentino shows in New York, Milan, and Paris. From
1998�2003 B�ndchen was in every Dolce & Gabbana fashion campaign, totaling
eleven consecutive campaigns with the brand. In 2006�2009, she returned as the
face of the brand's fragrance, in a campaign titled "Dolce & Gabbana The One".
In 2000, Gisele wore the most expensive Victoria's Secret Fantasy bra of all
time, the "Red Hot Fantasy Bra", worth $15 million and listed in Guinness World
Records as the most expensive lingerie ever created. In February 2001 her Got
Milk ad campaign debuted in the 2001 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. B�ndchen
was invited to host the Brazilian version of the reality-show "America's Next
Top Model" in (2003), but she refused. According to her sister and public
relations manager, Patricia B�ndchen, she did not want to pursue a career on
television. Photographed by Steven Meisel, she was presented on the September
2004 cover of American Vogue as one of the "Models of the Moment". In 2004,
B�ndchen played the bank robbers' leader, Vanessa, in the 2004 remake Taxi. In
2005 she got picked to wear the Victoria's Secret Fantasy Bra again, the second
most expensive one ever the Sexy Splendor Fantasy Bra($12 500 000). In their
December 2005 issue, New York magazine chose and publicized a list of 123
reasons to love New York City, with reason number 43 being that B�ndchen lived
there.
In 2006, she played Serena, a minor character in The Devil Wears Prada. In
February 2007, B�ndchen returned to the Milan runway by opening and closing
Dolce & Gabbana's show. She was chosen by Time magazine in 2007 as one of the
100 most influential people in the world. In September 2007, B�ndchen was
featured on the cover of Vanity Fair's style issue, photographed by Mario
Testino. The issue was one of the best sellers that year.
When she reappeared on the cover in 2009, the issue was the lowest selling for
the magazine in nearly two years. On 26 August 2008, the New York Daily News,
listed B�ndchen as the fourth-most-powerful person in the fashion world. On 12
May 2009, The Independent called her the biggest star in fashion history. In
2009 Harper's Bazaar magazine rated her among the top 26 greatest models of all
time.
In 2010, she made Vogue's best dressed of the decade list for her 2008 and 2009
Met gala appearances, as well as for her bikini-clad, logo-tattooed appearance
in a 2000 fashion editorial. In April 2010, she was photographed for the cover
of American Vogue for the eleventh time. In September 2010, she led a group of
top models for Vogue's Fashion's Night Out runway show at the Lincoln Center in
New York. She then made a surprise appearance on Balenciaga's runway, closing
the show. In 2011 she participated and represented Pantene in the Brazilian Rio
Carnival 2011 parade.
She ranks first on models.com's the Money Girls list and second on The Sexiest
Models list. In 2011 CEOWORLD Magazine ranked her among their Top Accomplished
Women Entertainers. She was ranked number 95 in FHM Magazines 100 Sexiest Women
in the World 2011. In 2007, B�ndchen was named "The World's Richest Supermodel".
On 11 April 2008, a black-and-white photo of B�ndchen shot by Irving Penn was
auctioned for US$193,000 (�96,000). The picture was one of dozens from the
collection of Gert Elfering that were sold at Christie's International in New
York. B�ndchen's picture sold for the highest price.
As of 2010 Bundchen has appeared on two Vogue Shape issue covers, more than any
other celebrity or model. She ranked No. 45 in the 2011 FHM Australia list of
"100 Sexiest Women in the World". In 2011, Men's Health named her one of the
"100 Hottest Women of All Time", ranking her at No. 25. In October 2011,
B�ndchen made a surprise runway appearance during Paris Fashion Week, closing
the Givenchy spring-summer 2012 fashion show.
In 2011 she participated and represented Pantene in the Brazilian Rio Carnival
2011 parade. In 2011 she appeared on eight Vogue covers, more than any other
model or celebrity that year. Her July Vogue Brazil 2011 cover shot in the
Amazon was the magazine's highest-selling issue ever, selling 70,743 copies. The
record was later broken by model Karolina Kurkova, who appeared in the November
2011 issue,which sold 70,991 copies.
In Spring 2012, she won three major spring campaigns � Versace, Givenchy, and
Salvatore Ferragamo. In early 2012, it was announced that she would be the face
of Banco do Brasil's first global ad campaign, with the tagline "Bank of Brazil.
From Brazil to the world. From the world to Brazil." April 2012 Time magazine
listed her among their All-TIME 100 Fashion Icons list of the 100 most
influential fashion icons since 1923. In August 2012 in honor of the 120th
anniversary of Vogue, they spotlighted the ten women who have been immortalized
for the number of times they've graced the coveted cover of the magazine, Gisele
being on the list with 11 covers total. As of 2011, there have been 29 persons
who have appeared on the covers of Vogue Paris, Vogue Italia, American Vogue and
British Vogue; Gisele being one of them.
In 2012 she declined an invitation of the Brazilian Olympic Committee, the COB,
to participate in the closing show alongside other country stars such as Marisa
Monte and Seu Jorge. In 2012 she made 5,600 appearances in commercials in her
native Brazil. In August 2012, it was reported that she replaced Kate Moss as
the face of David Yurman. She was shot by famous photographer Peter Lindbergh
for the Fall 2012 campaign. At the end of 2012 she has appeared on 120 Vogue
covers. She also holds the record for the most Brazilian Vogue covers of all
time. In February 2013 it was announced that she became the face of Chanel's new
make-up range, Les Beiges, which campaign was shot by Mario Testino. Her first
time ever as a spokesperson of the brand. It was reported later that she beat
Rihanna and other celebrities to star in the campaign, being chosen by Karl
Lagerfeld himself.
24 September 2000, Newsweek published an article "This Year's Model" which
emphasized a craze in modeling culture in Brazil because of Gisele. "In Brazil,
where beauty is as highly valued as football 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 S�o 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." it stated. they went onto claim; "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." 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." B�ndchen pioneered the
"horse walk", a stomping movement created when a model picks her knees up high
and kicks her feet out in front.
In 2000, B�ndchen was dubbed the "Boobs from Brazil" for inspiring the 36,000
breast enhancement surgeries performed that year in Brazil. In 2006, Elle
magazine surveyed the American leading stylists and asked them to name the star
whose hair was a favourite for their clients. More than 50 percent gave B�ndchen
the title of best hair in Hollywood. In February 2008 a survey by the
International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) asked the question,
"What influences do celebrities have on the decisions patients make?". The
survey was sent to more than 20,000 plastic surgeons in 84 countries. B�ndchen
was among the most frequently mentioned celebrities. B�ndchen won the abdomen
and hair categories and took second place in the breasts category. 2008 saw a
black-and-white photo of B�ndchen, shot by Irving Penn, auctioned for $193,000
(�96,000) alongside images of other models and celebrities, including Carla
Bruni. Gisele's fetched by far the most on the night.
She was voted second place on Vanity Fair's world's most beautiful poll in 2009.
On January 2011, B�ndchen came in first in the most desired female body on the
14th Annual Famed Hottest Looks survey, compiled by Beverly Hills plastic
surgeons Dr. Richard Fleming and Dr. Toby Mayer. Even after giving birth in
December 2009, her body was the most requested by the doctors' patients.
"Different body types are represented on the list because most women are shaped
differently and want to look naturally beautiful," explained Dr. Fleming. "Some
women want the lean look like Gisele."
In 2011, AskMen.com revealed their annual "Most Desirable Women" list. B�ndchen,
along with Angelina Jolie and Beyonc� Knowles, are the only women to have made
the list every year for ten years in a row. singer Beyonce in a 2011 Harper's
Bazaar interview named Gisele as one of her fashion inspiration stating that "I
always admire Victoria Beckham and Gisele B�ndchen. Their style is modern but
always classic."
A designer the Tibi Spring/Summer 2012 fashion show at New York Fashion week in
fall 2011 explained, "The inspiration is taken heavily from the '90s�a freshly
scrubbed Gisele from the pages of Vogue�clean, crisp, sporty looks and relaxed
styles you want to live in." Vogue editor Anna Wintour calleded her the "model
of the millennium," and the magazine called her "The return of the sexy model".
Rolling Stone declared her "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" in 2000 and
Vanity Fair published an article titled "... And God Created Gisele" in 2009. In
2012 The 26th edition of Casa Cor in Brazil, one of the world�s biggest
decorating, landscaping, and architecture events, paid tribute to Gisele with a
wood sculpture in her image. She was ranked #9 on Men's Health Magazine's list
of The Hottest Women of 2013. In 2013 GQ Magazine listed her among The 100
Hottest Women of the 21st Century.
After C&A Brazil hired B�ndchen as a spokesmodel and began airing television
commercials, sales increased by 30 per cent. In 2012 The Hollywood Reporter
stated Bundchen became C&A's biggest booster in Brazil and even helped with
European sales. In 2001, B�ndchen launched Ipanema Gisele B�ndchen, her own line
of flip-flop sandals in association with the official Ipanema brand of
flip-flops. In three years, sales topped $30 million, with a portion of proceeds
going to green causes. Forbes put her 53rd on their 2007 list of the most
powerful celebrities. Ipanema Gisele B�ndchen made an estimated �152 million
with over 250 million pairs sold in 2010. B�ndchen told Vitals Magazine in 2005
that she has been involved in business and investing in real estate since she
was 18 years old. She claims modeling is only 40 per cent of what she does, and
the rest is contracting. On 1 May 2007, it was announced that B�ndchen had ended
her contract with Victoria's Secret. According to a stock market analysis in
2007, when Gisele terminated her agreement with Victoria's Secret, which is
owned by Limited Brands Inc. (LTD), Limited was selling for $26.80 per share.
Soon thereafter, the stock declined to $18.36 per share, a 31.5% drop.
American economist Fred Fuld developed a stock index to measure the profit
performance improvement of companies represented by B�ndchen compared with the
Dow Jones Industrial Average. According to Fuld, the Gisele B�ndchen Stock Index
was up 15 per cent between May and July 2007, substantially surpassing the Dow
Jones Industrial Average, which was up just 8.2%. In 2010, B�ndchen introduced
her own skin care product line, named Sejaa Pure Skincare which according to
Forbes has been in talks with Shiseido for over a year on an acquisition deal.
In early 2011, Procter & Gamble's Pantene shampoo sales increased 40 per cent in
Latin America after B�ndchen started representing the product.
Edward Razek, chief marketing officer of Limited Brands, who worked with
B�ndchen during her Victoria's Secret career says, "She's an international icon
who can also move product, from shampoo to couture." The lingerie brand "HOPE"
increased turnover by 40 per cent after contracting B�ndchen as its
representative. According to Grazia daily UK in January 2012, her lingerie label
"Gisele Bundchen Brazilian Intimates", has already proved to be a sell out in
Latin America, Portugal, Japan, and Israel.
In February 2012 the website Vogue.it stated "the Brazilian model is the King
Midas of fashion. Everything she touches turns to gold and companies that have
invested in her have reaped the rewards." An Esprit public awareness campaign
featuring B�ndchen helped raise consumer awareness of the Esprit brand, with a 9
percent rise in Germany, and a 19 percent rise in China. She was ranked No. 61
on Forbes' Most Powerful Celebrities list in 2012. In May 2012 she was ranked
fourth on the World's Most Powerful Latino Celebrity list by Forbes.
In 2013 she ranked #5 among the most successful Brazilian Business Women list.
Forbe's reported that, the products that bear her name... in Brazil � including
Grendene's Ipanema sandals. She has her own lingerie line called Gisele Bundchen
Intimates. She still collects big fees to lend her image for the likes of
Chanel, David Yurman and P&G
B�ndchen donated $150,000 to Brazil's Zero Hunger program. She designed a
limited necklace edition for Harper's Bazaar, crafted by jewelers Gumuchian
Fils. These necklaces were sold to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research
Hospital. She contributed an autographed iPod loaded with a personal playlist to
be auctioned off, with all proceeds benefiting Music Rising, a campaign founded
in 2005 to replace lost or destroyed instruments of musicians in the Gulf Coast
Region after the hurricane disasters. In 2006, B�ndchen became the face of
American Express Red, part of the Product Red initiative. A portion of earnings
from this credit card are donated to HIV/AIDS victims in Africa. In 2009, she
appeared on 30 covers of the international issues of Elle magazines wearing
Product Red clothing and posing with products from companies who support the
same cause.
She has helped raise money for cancer research and treatment, victims of
Hurricane Katrina, and the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami for which she
donated a check for $1 million to the earthquake fund created by the Japanese
Red Cross Society sending $250,000 to the Pacific Tsunami Fund and Save the
Children and another $250,000 to a Japanese Red Cross earthquake fund. B�ndchen
opened The Luz Foundation in 2007, a grant-making organization advocating the
empowerment of young girls. She donates a percentage of her earnings to help
with their projects. In 2008 B�ndchen auctioned a collection of diamonds for
charity. The collection features a 6-carat diamond ring worth $120,000 �
$150,000, and a 3.35-carat Sabbadini diamond ring worth $15,000 � $20,000. A
percentage of the proceeds from the auction will go to Russell Simmons' Diamond
Empowerment Fund, whose mission is to raise money to support education
initiatives in countries where diamonds are a natural resource. In 2010 she
wrote a $1.5 million check to the Red Cross to aid the relief effort in Haiti
after seeing the devastation done by the earthquake.
B�ndchen made a surprise visit to patients at the Jimmy Fund Clinic at the
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. In 2011, B�ndchen was added to The
Giving Back Fund's list of celebs who made the largest donations to charity. In
June 2012 she helped launch a beauty contest in Brazil, Top Kufa Brazil, to find
new faces in Brazilian favelas. This was the first national competition of
beauty played exclusively by candidates between 18 and 22 years who live in
underserved communities, created by the Central Union of Slums and Pantene, the
brand which Gisele is the face of.
B�ndchen dedicates part of her website to environmental issues. She launched a
"green" blog in 2008 with the aim of "reflecting on socio-environmental issues
that we can do something about". In May 2009, she co-hosted the Rainforest
Alliance's annual gala to honor leaders in sustainability. B�ndchen has also
supported a variety of environmental causes, including clean water initiatives,
environmental sustainability, and preservation of South American rainforests.
In 2007 she took part in eBay Giving Works, eBay's program dedicated to charity
listings online auction for the WWF, with 100% of the proceeds going to the
World Wildlife Fund's global conservation initiatives, especially those involved
in the fight against climate change. In 2008 she appeared on the cover of US
magazine American Photo to promote her Forests of the Future project for the
reforestation of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. The initiative, which was set up
with SOS Mata Atlantica in 2004, has planted over 1 million new trees in
B�ndchen's name to start reforestation of the Brazilian rainforests. In May 2011
B�ndchen was named Harvard's 2011 Global Environmental Citizen in recognition of
her eco-efforts. In November 2011, she was awarded Greenest Celebrity at the
2011 International Green awards at the National History Museum of London. Each
year the Green Awards honors a celebrity who has been the most creative and
innovative in the approach of sustainability of the environment. An online
public vote took place and B�ndchen was the winner, beating Paul McCartney and
Miguel Bose.
In 2008 B�ndchen and Brady dished out turkey and all the trimmings unannounced
to over 400 job trainees in Roxby Massachusetts for Goodwill Industries
International. On 20 September 2009, she was designated Goodwill Ambassador for
the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). In January 2012, B�ndchen made
her first official visit to Africa as UNEP Goodwill Ambassador. B�ndchen chooses
a different charity each year to which proceeds of sales from her sandals are
donated. The 2011 donation went to ISA � the Socio-environmental Institute. In
January 2012, B�ndchen visited Kenya on a goodwill mission to improve energy
poverty. She spent a day with a family in a village in Kisumu County and helped
them with tasks such as carrying firewood to their hut � while discussing the
dangers of using firewood inside homes that do not have energy. She danced with
the locals and visited various homes, as well as teaming up with UK NGO
Practical Action during the course of her stay. In April 2012 she donated money
for AIDS research. On the eve of World Environment Day 4 June 2012, B�ndchen,
who is Goodwill Ambassador of the UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme),
went to Rio de Janeiro to plant the first of a series of 50,000 trees in a
degraded area.
From 2000 to 2005, B�ndchen was in a relationship with American actor Leonardo
DiCaprio. In 2004, B�ndchen and DiCaprio made People's annual Most Beautiful
Couples List. In 2010, B�ndchen told Harper's Bazaar how important breastfeeding
is for her.
B�ndchen began dating New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in December
2006. In 2009 Brady revealed to Details magazine that they were first set up on
a blind date by a mutual friend. B�ndchen and Brady married on 26 February 2009
in a small Catholic ceremony at St. Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica,
California. On 5 April 2009, the couple remarried in a larger ceremony in Costa
Rica, with B�ndchen's stepson John present. B�ndchen and Brady have two children
together: son Benjamin Rein Bundchen Brady (born 2009) and daughter Vivian Lake
Bundchen Brady (born 2012).
Gisele and Tom's Los Angeles home uses solar energy, gray water system, lighting
systems that reduce energy consumption, a rainwater recovery system, waste
reduction and recycling programs. They have their own vegetable garden, where
90% of the food they eat comes from. The house uses recovered stone, wood,
insulation, household appliances with a green seal and other sustainable
products, and 80% of the construction waste was reused or recycled.
Subsequently, the family bought a $14 million condominium at One Madison in
Manhattan in October 2013. They are building another home near Boston.
After the Patriots lost in Super Bowl XLVI and B�ndchen was heckled by several
New York Giants fans, she was caught on video saying, "My husband cannot fucking
throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time!" The comment, which was
widely publicized both in the traditional media and the blogosphere, caused a
media stir.
In August 2011, B�ndchen ranked 60th on the Forbes list of The World's 100 Most
Powerful Women. She ranked third on the The 20 Youngest Power Women of 2011 List
at age 31. In 2011 Forbes named B�ndchen and Brady as the World's Highest Paid
Celebrity couple, beating out Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as well as Beyonc�
and Jay-Z. In August 2012 she was 1 of 4 fashion people and the only model to be
ranked on the Forbes list of "The World's Most Powerful Women" at #83. She
ranked in the top 10 of the Forbes list of "Entertainment's Highest-Paid Women"
in 2012, at #8.
In July 2007 Forbes magazine named her the world's top-earning model. By 2008,
she continued to dominate the Forbes list of the world's highest-earning models,
and appeared on the magazine's list of the Top 20 Richest Women in
Entertainment. During 2009�2010, she was the top earning supermodel. In 2010,
she retained the top spot as Forbes's highest-earning model. On May 2011, Forbes
ranked her as the world's top-earning model for the fifth consecutive time. Her
earnings climbed over the previous year, thanks to an economic boom in Brazil,
coupled with a 10 per cent surge in the value of the Brazilian real against the
dollar. Also in 2013 she ranked #3 on the 16 most successful female
entrepreneurs list by Forbes.
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