Gisele Bundchen Net Worth 2011

Gisele Caroline Bündchen is a Brazilian model, occasional film actress and goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme.In the late 1990s, Bündchen became one of the first in a wave of Brazilian models to find success. In 1999, Vogue magazine 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 2007. Since 2004, she has been the highest-paid model in the world and the sixteenth richest woman in the entertainment industry with an estimated $150 million fortune.Models Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell, have argued that Bündchen is the only true remaining "supermodel."On 1 May 2007, it was announced that Bündchen had ended her contract with Victoria's Secret.

In July 2007, having earned an estimated total of $33 million in the previous 12 months, Forbes magazine named her the world's top-earning model in the list of the World's 15 Top-Earning Supermodels.During 2009-2010, she was reportedly the top earning supermodel, earning an estimated $25 million.On 20 September 2009, she was designated Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).In January 2010, Bündchen donated US$1,500,000 to relief efforts for the 2010 Haiti Earthquake.Since 2010, she worked on an animated web series called Gisele and the Green Team, to highlight green issues to educate kids and adults .Brazilian-born and raised model Gisele Bündchen has a net worth of $150 million.

Intending a career as a professional volleyball player, Bündchen’s plans dramatically changed after being discovered by a modeling agency when she was just thirteen years old. After competing in several modeling competitions, Bündchen made the move to New York City where she officially launched her career in modeling during the 1996 Fashion Week at just sixteen years old. She has been hired as the image of many multi-million dollar fashion campaigns, advertising for designers such as Versace, Ralph Lauren, Louis Vuitton, Dolce & Gabbana, Michael Kors, Christian Dior and Victoria’s Secret. Non-apparel advertising campaigns include Nivea lotion, Credicard (Brazilian version of Citibank), Volkswagons do Brazil, Ebel (luxury Swiss watches), and Apple Inc.

Bündchen has appeared on the cover of fashion magazines such as Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, W, among numerous international fashion magazines. Non-fashion related magazine covers include Rolling Stones, Esquire, GQ, and has been featured in Forbes, Newsweek, and Time magazines. A businesswoman in her own right, Bündchen launched a line of designer sandals, Impanema, under the Brazilian footwear company Grendene and owns Brazilian hotel Palladium Executive.

Bündchen has also contributed to many humanitarian causes, including I am African campaign, (Product) Red, Zero Hunger, as well as raising money for St. Jude Children’s Hospital Research, and Hurricane Katrina relief. For her efforts to preserve the rainforests and promote reforestation, Bündchen has been dubbed a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme. Gisele is married to NFL pro quarterback Tom Brady.