Gisele Bündchen #18:Beautiful Idols

Gisele Bündchen

Name	:	Gisele Caroline Bündchen
Born	:	July 20, 1980 - Horizontina, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Occupation	:	Actress & Model
Height	:	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Measurements	:	35-23-35.5 (89-59-90) - 35-26.5-36 (89-67-91)
Website	:	www.giselebundchen.com.br

Gisele Caroline Bündchen is a Brazilian model, occasional film actress and goodwill ambassador for the UN Environment Programme. Originally, Bündchen wanted to be a professional volleyball player and considered playing for the Brazilian team, Sogipa. While in school, Bündchen was so thin that her friends used to call her "Olívia Palito" (Portuguese for Olive Oyl, Popeye's skinny girlfriend) and "Saracura" (a type of Brazilian shorebird).

In the late 1990s, Bündchen became the first in a wave of Brazilian models to find international success. In 1999, Vogue magazine dubbed her "The Return of the Sexy Model" and she was credited with ending the "heroin chic" era of modeling. Bündchen was one of Victoria's Secret Angels from 2000 until 2006. Since 2004, she has been the highest-paid model in the world and the 16th richest woman in the entertainment industry (as of 2007) with an estimated $70 million fortune. Models Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell have argued that Bündchen is the only true remaining "supermodel" and according to Forbes she may become the world's first ever billionaire supermodel.
In June 2011, Forbes magazine estimated that Bundchen's total earnings over the last 10 years have passed the $250 million mark. As an occasional actress, she had supporting roles in Taxi (2004) and The Devil Wears Prada (2006).