Gisele Bundchen Fashion Celebrity: Model, Victoria's Secret Angel & UN Ambassador

Gisele Caroline Bündchen (born 20 July 1980) is a Brazilian fashion model and occasional film actress and producer, and the goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme. In the late 1990s she became the first in a wave of Brazilian models to find international success. In 1999, Vogue 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 mid-2007, pioneered the 'horse walk' — a stomping movement created when a model picks her knees up high and kicks her feet out in front — and has been described by Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell as the only true remaining supermodel. In 1997 she traveled to London, where she auditioned for 42 shows, and got her big break when chosen for her ability to walk in towering heels on a slippery runway for Alexander McQueen's spring 1998 'rain' ready-to-wear show.

Gisele Caroline Bündchen (born 20 July 1980) is a Brazilian fashion model and occasional film actress and producer. She is the goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme. In the late 1990s, Bündchen became the first in a wave of Brazilian models to find international success. In 1999, Vogue 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 mid-2007. Bündchen pioneered the "horse walk", a stomping movement created when a model picks her knees up high and kicks her feet out in front. Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell have stated that Bündchen is the only true remaining supermodel. In 1997 Bündchen traveled to London, where she auditioned for 42 shows. She got her big break when chosen for her ability to walk in towering heels—on a slippery runway—for Alexander McQueen's spring 1998 "rain" ready-to-wear show.

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The Return of the Sexy Model

Vogue's 1999 label for Bündchen — 'The Return of the Sexy Model' — marked a visible turn in fashion imagery, and she was credited with ending the 'heroin chic' era of modeling. The claim carried weight because it was followed by the industry's biggest commercial platform: a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2000 until mid-2007. Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell going on record that she is the only true remaining supermodel is the kind of peer judgment that separates a working model from a fashion celebrity in this guide's sense — a person watched and judged for what they wear, whose walk itself (the 'horse walk') became a named technique.

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This page gathers Gisele Bundchen search results, news, photos, videos, blog posts and images, including the 2008 photograph carried here. The G-letter directory alongside it profiles two very different fashion figures — Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco, and Gwyneth Paltrow — and the range pages link the whole female section from A through Z for readers comparing a supermodel's career with film stars and public figures.

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What made Gisele Bundchen's breakthrough in 1997-1998?

In 1997 Bündchen traveled to London, where she auditioned for 42 shows. She got her big break when chosen for her ability to walk in towering heels on a slippery runway for Alexander McQueen's spring 1998 'rain' ready-to-wear show.

What is the 'horse walk' that Gisele Bundchen pioneered?

The 'horse walk' is a stomping movement created when a model picks her knees up high and kicks her feet out in front — a walk Bündchen pioneered during her modelling career.

What is Gisele Bundchen's United Nations role?

Bündchen is the goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme.

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