Gisele Bündchen

Her debut as an actress came in the 2004 movie Taxi. The true Trinity were Christy, Yasmin LeBon & Gail Elliott. Her other homes include an apartment in Manhattan’s Tribeca district and a house near Woodstock, NY. Formed by fashion photographer Steven Meisel & model agent Gerald Marie (Linda's then Husband). Before Leonardo, she had been romantically linked to male model Scott Barnhill, Brazilian tycoon João Paulo Diniz, Big Joe and actor Josh Hartnett. Christy along with Namoi and Linda were frequently booked together and then became know as the "Trinity". She treasures her dog, Vida, and is currently living with actor Leonardo DiCaprio in Los Angeles. Christy became apart of a band of models in the Supermodel movement in 1988 along with Linda Evangelista, Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Stephanie Seymore and Tatjana Patitz.

Gisele has a belly button piercing and a star tattoo on her left wrist. She is also widely respected in the fashion industry as one of the friendliest and most professional models in he business. She has also hosted the VH1 Fashion Awards and appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Although she is accredited of being one of the most successful Supermodels in history, Christy has rejected the label of Supermodel out of respect. Gisele has recently received the "Model of the Year" award and has been named "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" by Rolling Stone. She is one of only a few models to appear on the cover of 300+ magazines. In 2000 her annual earnings were reportedly $8 million and she commands between $7000 and $15,000 per hour for runway shows. Numerous million dollar contracts like Maybelline, Chanel & Calvin Klein.

Her curvaceous figure prompted Vogue to refer to her body of work as the "return of the sexy model", since she seems to have marked the end of a trend of thinner models such as Kate Moss. Christy's modeling career accomplishments are a long list. She has also appeared on the covers of Allure, Marie Claire, Vogue USA, Vogue Italia, Harper’s Bazaar, Arena, and Rolling Stone. Nuala (http://nuala.puma.com/), a Active Womens Clothing Line and Mahanuala (http://www.mahanuala.com/) a Womens Yoga-Wear line. Gisele has done ads and runway shows for various fashion houses including Valentino, Zara, Bvlgari, Tommy Hilfiger, Chloe, Celine, Versace, Christian Dior, Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren, Victoria's Secret, and Dolce & Gabbana. And a two clothing lines, sponsored with Puma (http://puma.com/pindex.jsp). In another version, she would have come in sixth. A skincare line, Sundari (http://sundari.com/).

In the world contest, in Ibiza, Gisele came in fourth. Christy started three successful business ventures. She came in second in the national Elite Look of the Year contest - Claudia Menezes, from Bahia, was the one in the first place. Christy appeared in the hit documentry about fashion designer Issac Mizrahi, titled Unzipped (http://imdb.com/title/tt0114805/) and the Fashion mockumentry film, Prêt-à-Porter (http://imdb.com/title/tt0110907/) by famed director Robert Altman. Then, she went to São Paulo. A Bio Documentry was done of her life on the Fashion Runways by director Robert Leacock, titled Catwalk (http://imdb.com/title/tt0112646/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxsbT01MDB8dHQ9b258ZmI9dXxwbj0wfHE9Y2F0d2Fsa3xodG1sPTF8bm09b24_;fc=2;ft=21;fm=1). The Documentry was filmed in 1993 and premiered in 1996. Gisele came between the five finalists. Author of one book, Living Yoga: Creating A Life Practice (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0786868066/qid=1115654073/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/103-9941295-1118235?v=glance&s=books&n=507846). She has been practicing Yoga for almost 15 years.

Elite "kidnapped" her and took her to a contest. They have one child. On August 20, 1993 Gisele was playing volleyball for Sogipa, in Porto Alegre. She is married to the actor-filmmaker Edward Burns. In May 1994, Stein took 50 girls to São Paulo to give them a chance to walk in a big city and to let them be evaluated by Brazilian Elite bookers (agents). Smoking is Ugly (http://www.smokingisugly.com). The course was for teenagers who wanted to be a model. An ex-smoker whose father died of lung cancer, Turlington is an anti-smoking activist.

In 1993, Gisele, 13 years old, joined the Dilson Stein's mannequin course to correct her posture, with her sisters Patrícia and Gabriela, because her mother insisted. She is an American with El Salvadorian roots. She liked to play volleyball, and had even thought of becoming a professional for Brazilian team Sogipa. Turlington hails from Danville, California. While in school, Gisele was so thin that her friends used to call her "Olívia Palito" (Portuguese for Olive Oyl, Popeye's skinny friend), "Somaliana" (person from Somalia) and Saracura (kind of bird with long legs). She is also co-founder of the Fashion Café. Rafaela and Gisele are twins. Giorgio Armani has used her talents to display his designs on the runway.

Gisele has three sisters: Raquel, Graziela and Rafaela. She had also worked on various Maybelline Cosmetic campaigns. She is the daughter of Valdir and Vânia Bündchen, both of German descent. Christy Turlington (born January 2, 1969 in Walnut Creek, California) is an American supermodel best known for representing Calvin Klein fragrances since 1987. Gisele Caroline Bündchen, often simply known as Gisele, was born on July 20, 1980 in Três de Maio, near Horizontina, Rio Grande do Sul, in southern Brazil. Nationality: Brazilian.

Ethnicity: German. Hair: Brown. Eyes: Blue. Shoe Size: 6 (US); 38 (EU).

Dress Size: 6-8 (US); 36-38 (EU). Measurements: 34-24-34 (US); 86-61-86 (EU). Weight: 113 lbs (51 kg). Height: 5'11" (180 cm).