Gisele Caroline Bündchen born 20 July 1980 is a Brazilian fashion model, actress, and producer. She is the Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Program.

Since 2004, she has been the highest-paid model 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. As of 2014, she is listed as the 89th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.

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. Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell have stated that Bündchen is the only remaining true supermodel.