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Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady finally retired after 23 years in the NFL. He goes down as arguably the best to ever do it after winning seven Super Bowls, five Super Bowl MVPs and three NFL MVPs. Along the way, Brady had a special woman by his side and two children with her, though unfortunately Brady’s unretirement in 2022 led to a divorce. Let’s look at Tom Brady’s ex-wife Gisele Bündchen.
Bündchen was born on July 20, 1980, in the Southern Region of Brazil and is a sixth-generation German Brazilian. Her mother was a bank clerk, while her father was a sociologist and writer. Bündchen has a total of five sisters and grew up a Roman Catholic.
At a young age, she was very keen on being a volleyball player, but her mother instead enrolled Bündchen and two of her sisters in a modeling course. That was just the start of a very special career. Following the course, Bündchen and her sisters were rewarded with a trip to Sao Paulo and Rio, where she was eventually discovered by a modeling agency.
Bündchen then placed second in a contest called Elite Model Look. After that, she moved to Sao Paulo in 1995 to officially launch her modeling career. It didn’t take long for Bündchen to make her first appearance in the US either, debuting at New York Fashion Week in 1996.
Just a year later, it all took off. Although she faced some rejections, she ultimately appeared in an Alexander McQueen runway show and went on to pose for Versace, Dolce & Gabbana, Ralph Lauren, and more. Bündchen then appeared on the cover of Vogue Paris, but that was just the start.
She eventually starred on the front of 38 Vogue magazines and in 2000, Bündchen was named the most beautiful girl in the world. Talk about an honor. If you think of any big company, she has modeled for it. Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, you name it.
Since 2011, Bündchen is one of the highest-paid models in the world and has been listed on numerous Forbes lists throughout the years for just how successful she is financially. From 2002 to 2017, she was the top-earning model on the globe. Modeling eventually took her to different avenues, too.
Bündchen has made appearances on the big screen, playing supporting roles in The Devil Wears Prada and Taxi. She has even produced her own cartoons as well. She has even made a few songs, but they weren’t the most successful.
Over the last number of years, Bündchen has done a lot of charity work to help the less fortunate around the world with organizations like Save The Children, Doctors Without Borders, and Red Cross.
While she still does modeling from time to time, her focus is more set on other endeavors, like writing books and helping charities. She officially left IMG modeling...
