Gisele BündchenModelBorn: 20 July 1980 Birthplace: Horizontina, Brazil Best known as: Breakout Brazilian model of 1999 Gisele Bündchen appeared four times on the cover of Vogue in 1999, becoming one of the year's most celebrated models in the process. The next year Rolling Stone magazine labelled her "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World." Bündchen has been featured in high-profile campaigns for Guess and Victoria's Secret, among other products. In 2006 Forbes called her the highest paid model in the business and put her at the top of a list of a new breed of entrepreneur/supermodels. Extra credit: Bündchen was allegedly discovered by talent scouts in Brazil while eating at a McDonald's restaurant... She is also known for her romance with actor Leonardo DiCaprio (2001-05). Copyright © 1998-2006 by Who2?, LLC. All rights reserved. Buy it at amazon.com:Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. |