Gisele Bündchen
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She's worth somewhere in the neighborhood of $150 million, she's reportedly dating one of the best-liked players in the NFL, and she was named "the most beautiful girl in the world" by Rolling Stone. Not bad for a girl whose parents named her Gisele Caroline Nonnenmacher Bündchen, and who was so skinny as a young girl that she was frequently referred to as "Olívia Palito" (it's Portuguese for Olive Oyl).
It didn't just happen overnight, of course. Gisele attended modeling school as a teenager, and though she initially aspired to be a volleyball player, a life on the catwalk wasn't something she simply fell into. Then again, once she made the leap to full-time modeling, it wasn't as though she needed to go begging photographers to take her picture; at the tender age of 14, she placed fourth in a worldwide modeling contest, and two years later, she made her American debut at Fashion Week.
Since then, of course, she's been featured prominently in a whole stack of major publications, she's won the VH1/Vogue Model of the Year Award, and she's even started an acting career. (Okay, she started it with 2004's wretched Jimmy Fallon/Queen Latifah-led "Taxi," but she's Brazilian -- maybe she couldn't read the script.)
Her personal dance card has been similarly crowded; she's been publicly linked with Leonardo DiCaprio, Kelly Slater, and -- most recently -- Tom Brady. If this all dashes your hopes for a hookup with Bündchen, all is not lost -- there's always her twin sister, Patricia.
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Gisele Says
On her sleeping habits:
"Sometimes when it's too hot, I just sleep in my underwear. If
it's colder, I sleep in pajamas. I don't like to feel closed in. I like
no pillows. I like very fluffy beds. I sleep on my stomach and sometimes
on my side, but never on my back. Now, if I have my boyfriend with me,
I kick him out of bed, because I move around a lot. I'm the worst person.
I steal blankets."
On counting her blessings:
"I was somebody who was 14 years old and who got an opportunity
to do a job where I could make money, and, most important, to go to
school and to help my family financially. And luckily I was successful
in my job, thank God. And there were a lot of people my age who didn't
have that freedom I had and I'm grateful."
On turning 25:
"I've been waiting, like, a quarter of century to be a quarter
of a century, can you believe it?"