Gisele Bündchen Biography

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 labeled her “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” and she had become a superstar.

Gisele Bündchen has since been featured in high-profile campaigns for Christian Dior, Guess, Victoria’s Secret, Pantene, Apple computers, and dozens of other products. Forbes magazine named her as the highest-paid model of 2006, and 10 years later she was still at the top of the list; in 2015, Forbes estimated her career earnings at $430 million. Bündchen became not just popular, but first among equals in the new breed of entrepreneur/supermodels.

She began dating pro football star Tom Brady in 2007, pushing her notoriety to a whole new level. The pair married in February of 2009 and had a son, Benjamin Rein Brady, in December of that year. Their daughter, Vivian Lake, was born in December 2012. After more than 13 years of marriage, the pair divorced in October of 2022.

Gisele Bündchen has also dabbled in acting, with roles in the films Taxi (2004, with Queen Latifah) and The Devil Wears Prada (2006, with Meryl Streep). She also made a splashy appearance at the opening ceremonies of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero, sashaying across the arena to the sounds of the classic Brazilian pop tune “The Girl from Ipanema.”