Gisele Caroline Nonnenmacher Bundchen (was born at July 20, 1980) is a Brazilian model. According to Forbes, she is the highest-paid model in the world and also the sixteenth richest woman in the entertainment world, having earned $33 million in 2007 alone, adding to her estimated $150 million fortune. She is also listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the “world’s richest supermodel“. Gisele is the face of more than 20 brands internationally.
“I was born in Horizontina, a town in the backcountry of (Brazilian) state Rio Grande do Sul. The town was once mainly colonized by Germans. In the school which I attended, learning German was actually obligatory from third grade on. But being out of touch with the language for such a long time, I unfortunately forgot it. (…) I belong to the sixth generation of my family in Brazil.”
“There’s no better country in the world than Brazil. Its people, the charisma, the happiness (…) I am proud of being Brazilian.”
