Gisele Caroline Bündchen (/ɡiˈzɛli ˈbʌndhən/; Portuguese: [ʒiˈzɛli ˈbĩtʃẽj], German: [ɡiˈzɛlə ˈbʏntçn̩]; born 20 July 1980) is a Brazilian model and actress.\n', '

Since 2004, Bündchen has been among the highest-paid models in the world, and as of 2007 was the 16th richest woman in the entertainment industry. In 2012, she placed first on the Forbes top-earning models list. In 2014, she was listed as the 89th Most Powerful Woman in the World by Forbes.\n', '

In the late 1990s, Bündchen was the first in a wave of Brazilian models to find international success. In 1999, Vogue noted "The Return of the Sexy Model", and she was credited with ending the "heroin chic" era of modeling. Bündchen was one of the 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. In a 2007 Vogue interview, Claudia Schiffer stated that Bündchen is the only remaining supermodel.\n', '

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