Gisele Bündchen

She started dating Hollywood superstar Leonardo DiCaprio in 2000. Their high-profile on-and-off relationship ended in 2005, without citing any reasons for the break-up.

In 2006, she met Tom Brady, New England Patriots quarterback, and married him in February 2009, in a twilight ceremony at St. Monica Catholic Church, in Santa Monica.

The couple has two children – son Benjamin Rein Bundchen Brady (2009) and daughter Vivian Lake Bundchen Brady (2012), apart from Brady’s son, John Edward Thomas, from his previous relationship with Bridget Moynahan.

Gisele Bundchen was born on July 20, 1980, in the Brazilian town of Tres de Maio, Rio Grande do Sul, to German immigrants Valdir Bundchen, a university teacher, and Vania Nonnenmacher, bank cashier. She was raised in Horizontina.

At 14, she was spotted by an Elite modeling scout in Sao Paulo on a school trip, after which she participated in the ‘Elite Look of the Year’ contest and finished second.

She contested in the ‘Elite Model Look’ world competition, in Ibiza, Spain. She was placed fourth and went to Sao Paulo to pursue a career in modeling.

She traveled to New York in 1996 and debuted on the runway at New York Fashion Week.

Her high-fashion break came in 1997 when she walked for Alexander McQueen’s Spring 1998 ‘Rain’ ready-to-wear show in London, christened as ‘The Body’.

In 1998, she debuted on British Vogue’s cover and became the most sought-after model, bringing an end to Kate Moss’s ‘heroin chic’ era and re-establishing the ‘sexy model’ period.

She shot ad campaigns for fashion labels, such as Valentino, Ralph Lauren, Missoni, Versace, Dolce & Gabbana, Chloe, and Gianfranco Ferre.

In 1999, she graced the cover of French Vogue under the name ‘The Return of the Sexy Model’ and featured on the cover of i-D titled ‘A Girl Called Gisele’.

She became an international sensation when she signed a $25 million contract with the lingerie company, Victoria’s Secret, in 2000 which upgraded her status from a model to a supermodel.

She sported the costliest fantasy bra - ‘Red Hot Fantasy Bra’, costing $15 million, and second most expensive fantasy bra – ‘Sexy Splendor Fantasy Bra’, worth $12.5 million, at Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, in 2000 and 2005, respectively.

She topped Forbes’ ‘highest-paid models’ list by earning a staggering $47 million in 2014, surpassing Miranda Kerr and Kate Moss by millions of dollars.

By featuring on the covers of over 600 worldwide fashion magazines and style and lifestyle publications, she seconds the late Princess Diana for the largest number of magazine cover appearances in the world.