Gisele B?ndchen Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

Gisele B?ndchen: (on ex-boyfriend Leonardo DiCaprio) Leo and I are still good friends. He's an amazing person and I love his family. I wish him the best.

Gisele B?ndchen: It's so stupid. People have this thing about models becoming actresses because

Gisele B?ndchen: I can be whatever you want me to be. If you want me to be the sexy girl, I can do that. If you want me to be the weird girl, I can do that. And if you want me to be the classically beautiful girl, I can do that, too.

Gisele B?ndchen: I only had enough money to go to McDonald's. -On her early days as a model

Gisele Bundchen: "It's so heavy… I was like, hopefully, no one kills me on this runway and tries to steal it from me," she said. "But it's pretty heavy. I mean, it was, like, almost heavier than me. No, I'm joking!" - When asked about a bra she was modeling.

Gisele Bundchen: “Sometimes when it's too hot, I just sleep in my underwear. If it's colder, I sleep in pajamas. I don't like to feel closed in. I like no pillows. I like very fluffy beds. I sleep on my stomach and sometimes on my side, but never on my back. Now, if I have my boyfriend with me, I kick him out of bed, because I move around a lot. I'm the worst person. I steal blankets."

Gisele Bundchen: "I just feel very honoured and very happy, ... I just feel very happy to have achieved something in my career that I wanted -- and I'm sure every girl that started in this business always wanted."

Gisele Bundchen: "I was really there to support (DiCaprio). He's not just my boyfriend but he's an amazing actor. He's really talented and I was so proud of him. I figured I should go and support my man so I went there just for that reason. I don't think he was expecting to win. I think I was more upset because I thought he deserved it more than (Foxx). I was like, 'He did a better job than (Foxx)!'"

Gisele Bundchen: "The only thing is, I have dreams about food now... You should quit smoking if you're a smoker, because food tastes a lot better after you stop. I used to hate oysters because they're slimy and disgusting-looking. But then after I quit smoking I tasted one and I'm obsessed with them now. I wanna eat three dozen, five dozen..."

Gisele Bundchen: "I'm a Cancer, what I prize the most is family, privacy. I never discussed business with my boyfriend, only with my agents."

Gisele Bundchen: "It's important to remember that if you don't put gas in your car, it's going to stop, - Similarly, if I don't put food in my body, I'm going to die. I eat whatever there is to eat because I don't want to faint on the runway."

Gisele Bundchen: "I don't like a lot of make up. I don't have any pimples."

Gisele Bundchen: "I love horses. If I could, I would ride the whole day. When I get married, I'll live in the countryside, ride on horses and live among cows, chickens and dogs."

Gisele Bundchen: "I now travel in first class just because in economic I didn't have any calm. Everybody used to start talking to me, asking for an autograph, telling me they were friends of my family, and I couldn't get any sleep." - When talking about her trips.

Gisele Bundchen: "Being a model is like being half an actress. The truth is that I'm a normal teenager."

Gisele Bundchen: "I don't like to talk about my personal life." - When asked about personal things in an interview.

Gisele Bundchen: "The owners of money are not those who earn, but those who don't spend." -Talking about money.

Gisele Bundchen: "I'm normal! People think model life is 100% glamour!" - Answering a reporter about her personal life.

Gisele Bundchen: "I always wake up early and get home very late. I don't party." - Talking about critics from John Casablancas.

Gisele Bundchen: "When I'm thirty years-old, I want to be married and have kids." - talking about her plans for the future.

Gisele Bundchen: "I'm not religious, but I believe in God." - When asked about religion.

Gisele Bundchen:"No woman likes her own butt, and I don't like mine." - Said when she refused to walk on the catwalk wearing a tiny bikini in the Morumbi Fashion, in S?o Paulo.

Trivia

Gisele was paid $1.8 million for her role in the 2004 movie "Taxi."

Gisele is rumoured to be back together with ex-boyfriend

Gisele ranked at #71 on Forbes magazine's list of the 100 Most Powerful celebrities in the world, with earnings of 30 million dollars between June of 2005 and June of 2006. According to Forbes, "She's also a workhorse with 20 fashion contracts, including Ebel watches, Vogue Eyewear and Dolce & Gabbana. That's far more than any other model anywhere in the world. Her assets earned her more last year that many of the highest-paid actors on the Forbes Celebrity 100". (2006)

During an interview, Gisele said that if the people didn't like her in a movie, she would just stick with her modeling.

Gisele said that at first she didn't know what a model was, thinking it was like being a hooker.

Gisele once dated professional surfer

As of 2006, Gisele's homes include an apartment in Manhattan's Tribeca district and a house near Woodstock, N.Y.

She wears a size 7 shoe.

Gisele has been linked to actor

Gisele waved the checkered flag at the 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix.

Sexy Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen is the new face of Louis Vuitton.She replaces actress

She turned down a role in Charlie's Angels - the movie.

Surprisingly, Gisele is a big fan of sweet popcorn, candy and McDonald's sundaes, a vice that does not show on her more than statuesque figure.

Has a crush on American football star

Appeared in printed Ads for American Dairy Farmers & Milk Producers "got milk?" milk moustache campaign (2001)

Nominated for : "Choice Movie Bad Guy" & "Choice Movie Breakout Performance - Female" at the Teen Choice Awards 2005, for her role in the film "Taxi"

Was left shocked and scared when she was confronted by an obsessed fan who had her image tattooed on his chest.

Ranked #17 in VIP-Brazil's 100 Sexiest Women in the World (2002).

Ranked #7 in E!'s 30 Best Bodies (2003).

Ranked #7 in E!'s 25 Sexiest Women in Entertainment (2001).

Ranked #19 in British Harpers & Queen's 100 Most Beautiful Women of the Year (July 2005)

Ranked #65 in FHM-US's 100 Sexiest Women (2005).

Designer Roberto Cavelli claims she extorted $50,000 from him when she threatened to walk off his show rather than accept the agreed $20,000.

Elite's John Casablancas called her 'a monster of selfishness.'

While in school, Gisele was so thin that her friends used to call her "Ol?via Palito" (Portuguese for Olive Oyl, Popeye's skinny friend), "Somaliana" (person from Somalia) and Saracura (kind of snake).

She was discovered by an Elite Modeling Agency agent when she was 14-years-old while eating at McDonalds with friends.

Former head of Elite Models, John Casablancas, has had tiffs with Gisele; he once famously claimed that her infamous breasts were fake and that she has slept her way to the top.

She was verbally abused by furious animal rights activists at a Victoria's Secret fashion show -- Gisele signed up to become the face of fur coat company Blackglama's new advertising campaign, leading the charity People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA) to turn against her, and as Gisele strutted down the runway in a beaded lingerie set, four female protestors jumped on stage with signs reading - "Gisele: Fur Scum" and shouted at the beauty.

Offered a reward of $5,000 after her pet dog went missing, The pet was later safely found and returned. (2004)

Her salary was $8 million in 2000 and she commands between $7000 and $15,000 per hour for runway shows.

Only in the fashion world could Gisele be described as "voluptuous". In the real world she is seriously underweight at 5’11 and 115 pounds, giving her a BMI of 16!

Gisele has a belly button piercing and a star tattoo on her left wrist.

Ranked #26 in FHM-Germany's 100 Sexiest Women (2005).

Signed up to endorse a fur coat maker called 'BlackGlama' in return for $500,000 and two jackets of her own.

In 2004, she and her (then) boyfriend,

In September 2000, the Rolling Stone magazine had, for the fourth time, a model on its cover - Gisele, the title, was: "The most beautiful girl in the world".

Gisele is considered one of the best supermodels of all time.

Won the "Model of the Year" award, - Vogue Fashion Awards. - 1999

When Gisele first moved to New York, she looked at the sky to make wishes on shooting stars and got frustrated when she found out she couldn't see the stars among the skyscrapers of New York, so the next day she got her left wrist tattooed with a small star. - "Then I can make wishes looking at my arm".

Doesn't like her nose very much.

Moved away from home at the age of 14, to start her modelling career.

She wants to live on a farm when she is older and have a family and then she wants to swim in the lake every morning.

Ranked Forbes #89 most powerful celebrity in 2003.

Says she’s addicted to oysters after she quit smoking. (August 6, 2005)

Her mothers name is Vania Bundchen.

Her name is actually pronounced Giseli (The e at the and of her name is not silent). She has said it doesn't matter to her now how people pronounce her name.

As supporter of soccer club Gremio, a soccer team from her hometown, Gisele announced in 2005 she will help promote the image of her favourite team, a former world champion, which is now in the second division of the Brazilian soccer League.

Is a Soccer fan.

Of German-Brazilian heritage.

Spokesmodel of Ralph Lauren.

Spokesmodel of Christian Dior.

Spokesmodel of Bvlgari.

Spokesmodel of ZARA.

Speaks Portuguese as her native language, as well as English as her second language.

She has five sisters: Raquel, Graziela, Gabriela, Rafaela and Patr?cia

Her full name is: "Gisele Carolina Nonnenmacher B?ndchen"