Brazialian Supermodel Gisele Caroline Catwalk Video

Gisele Caroline Nonnenmacher Bündchen is a Brazilian supermodel who has been acclaimed as the highest-paid model in the world. Gisele's debut on the cover the July 1999 edition of Vogue magazine, and the accompanying editorial entitled, "The Return of the Curve" is widely viewed as marking the end of the fashion's "heroin chic" era. She graced the cover again in November and December on her way to winning the VH1/Vogue Model of the Year for 1999, and a January 2000 cover shot gave her the rare honor of three consecutive Vogue covers in a row. In 2000 she was the fourth model in history to grace the cover of Rolling Stone, when she was named "the most beautiful girl in the world".

Czech Supermodel Daniela Pestova

Daniela Peštová (born October 14, 1970) is a Czech supermodel. She was born in Teplice, Czechoslovakia, and was discovered by the Madison Modeling Agency's Dominique Caffin. She had plans to attend college but after winning a modelling contest she moved to Paris to sign with Madison Modeling Agency. She later on moved to New York and from there her career took off.

She has appeared on the covers of GQ, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Glamour and ELLE. She has been modelling for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue for many years and has appeared on the cover three times, in 1995, 2000 and 2006. She has also modelled for L'Oréal and Victoria's Secret. Peštová married Tomasso Buti (former CEO of Fashion Café) in 1995, but they were divorced in 1998. The couple had a son together, Yannick Fausto (b. 1996). She has also a daughter, Ella (b. July 21, 2002), with her present partner, Slovak singer Pavol Habera. She has been dubbed "The Chameleon" for continuously changing her look.[citation needed] She speaks Russian, French and Italian fluently, as well as her native Czech.

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Brazilian Supermodel Flavia de Oliveira

Flavia de Oliveira (born July 17, 1984 in Londrina, Brazil) is a Brazilian supermodel who participated in the 2006 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. She has been in shows such as Dior, Valentino, Missoni, Elie Saab, and Chanel. She has appeared in ad for brands like Blumarine, Dolce & Gabbana, and Salvatore Ferragamo.

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Danish Supermodel Freja Erichsen

Freja Beha Erichsen {pronounced fry-ah beh-har eric-sen) (born October 18, 1987 in Roskilde, Denmark) is a Danish Supermodel. As of 2007, she lives in Denmark. She is known as the "rebel girl" in the fashion world, and her unusual walk is one of her trademarks. She is best friends with model Irina Lazareanu. She is also frequently seen with fellow models Lily Donaldson and Agyness Deyn. Before becoming a model, she aspired to be a singer; it did not work out because of her poor voice.

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Russian Supermodel Sasha Pivovarova

Sasha Pivovarova (Russian: Александра Пивоварова, born January 21, 1985) is a Russian supermodel and artist. Born in Moscow, Russia, Pivovarova was one of those girls who never dreamed of becoming a model. By a chance meeting, she began modeling after friend and now husband, Igor Vishnyakov, introduced her to modeling agency IMG. He took photos of her and knew then, that she was something special. Before she took off, she was studying art history at Russian University for the Humanities. Her first show was Prada, and soon she went on to do the Fall 2005 campaign for the brand.

Pivovarova has been compared to Australian supermodel Gemma Ward. She is close friends with fellow models Vlada Roslyakova and Snejana Onopka. Pivovarova has modeled for such brands such as Chanel, Valentino, Prada, Louis Vuitton and Gucci.

More recently, Pivovarova has become the face of Prada. She has made "fashion history" by being the face of Prada for 5 consecutive seasons (first model ever). She appeared in the Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2007 and Fall 2007 campaign.

In the May 2007 issue of American Vogue she was featured on the cover with fellow models Doutzen Kroes, Caroline Trentini, Raquel Zimmermann, Jessica Stam, Agyness Deyn, Coco Rocha, Hilary Rhoda, Chanel Iman, and Lily Donaldson as the new crop of supermodels. In her interview, she talked about her love for art and reading. Her current project was reading the book War and Peace. Recently, in August and September of 2007, she was on another two covers of Vogue. Russian Vogue and British Vogue, back to back.

When asked what her favorite part of the job is, she said the photo shoots and traveling. She told CNN in an interview, that she gets to meet people and see places that she would never be able to meet or see, if it had not been for modeling.

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German Supermodel Claudia Schiffer

Claudia Schiffer (born August 25, 1970) is a German supermodel and actress, who reached the height of her popularity during the 1990s. Schiffer is one of the world's most successful supermodels, appearing on over 500 magazine covers and is thought to be one of the wealthiest German women of her time, with Forbes estimating Schiffer to be worth £38 million in 2002.

After she was spotted as a potential model in a disco at the age of just seventeen, she completed her education by her mother's wishes and then began to work as a model. She flew out to Paris for a trial photo shoot and soon after she appeared in the cover of French ELLE after being well received in Paris. After several other magazine appearances she quickly achieved supermodel status when she was selected by Karl Lagerfeld to become the new face of Chanel. Schiffer continued to become a world-famous supermodel, becoming instantly recognizable with her blue eyes, blond hair and tall figure.

In the early 1990s she starred in highly publicised Guess? jeans adverts in North America which created essential publicity for Schiffer. Soon after appearing in the campaigns, her name was launched worldwide, appearing on five magazine covers in the United States and seven covers around Europe. Her modelling career continued to grow and she was contracted to model for Revlon. She also became deeply involved in modelling for several catalogues and modelled on high profile catwalk shows. Schiffer has done catwalk modelling for Versace, Jil Sander, Dolce & Gabbana, Ralph Lauren and Valentino. Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, the New York Times and People all saw Schiffer as the first model to make their covers. She has also appeared many times on covers of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan and Time.

Schiffer has also been the face of Mango, a chain of Spanish clothes stores and Accessorize, where she had her ears pierced especially for her Autumn/Winter 2006 Accessorize advertising campaign in 2006. Schiffer still holds a contract with L'Oreal and Ebel watches, and her billboard picture for Kenar has also hung over millions of tourists at Time Square. Since 1990, she has created a swimsuit calendar each year which she stars in and designs herself.

Her career continued to develop when she secured contracts with Pepsi appearing in advertisements promoting the brand, and has also danced with a cartoon version of Mickey Mouse in advertisements promoting Fanta for an estimated $2 million. She appeared nude in a 1998 Citroën advertisement, securing her a reputed £3 million. However from behind the car only her feet and shoulders upward could be seen and she did not know how to drive at the time. Karl Lagerfeld recently filmed her for a Dom Perignon campaign, some ten years after her first appearances in Chanel adverts.

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American Supermodel Tyra Banks

Tyra Lynne Banks (born December 4, 1973) is an American supermodel, television personality and talk show hostess. She first emerged to prominence on the runways of Paris, Milan, London, Tokyo, and the U.S., but her work in the commercial world was her breakthrough. She is best known as hostess/judge of the reality television show America's Next Top Model, since its 2003 debut on UPN (later CW), and is currently hosting her own daytime Emmy Award-nominated talk show, The Tyra Banks Show. Banks is one of only four African Americans and seven women to have repeatedly ranked among the world's most influential people by Time magazine.

Within Banks's first week in Paris, other designers were so entranced by her presence on the runway that she was booked for an unprecedented 25 shows--a record in the business for a newcomer. She has done extensive print and/or runway work for fashion/advertising giants such as Anna Sui, Coors Light, CoverGirl, Badgley Mischka, Bill Blass, Cynthia Rowley, Christian Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Donna Karan, Gemma Kahng, H&M, Isaac Mizrahi, Maria Snyder, McDonald's, Michael Kors, Milk, Nicole Miller, Nike, Inc., Oscar de la Renta, Pepsi, Perry Ellis, Randy Kemper, Richard Tyler, Rifat Ozbek, Swatch, Todd Oldham, Tommy Hilfiger, Victoria's Secret, XOXO, and Yves Saint Laurent. She has appeared on the covers of such magazines as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, and Elle. Banks was the first African American woman on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. In 1997, she received the Michael Award for Supermodel of the Year. Also in '97, she was chosen for the cover of the Victoria's Secret catalog, making her the first African American to be so honored. Banks retired from modeling in May 2005 to concentrate on her television show. She walked the runway for the final time at the 2005 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. On numerous occasions, she has been sought after to appear in Playboy magazine; however, she has turned each request down.

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Czech Supermodel Eva Herzigova

Eva Herzigová (born March 10, 1973) is a Czech supermodel and actress. Herzigová was born in Litvínov, Czech Republic, and she began her modeling career after winning a modeling beauty contest in Prague in 1989, at the age of sixteen. After arriving in Paris she became a popular supermodel. Her first important appearance was the Miss Wonderbra campaign in 1990s. She was also featured in the Guess? Jeans advertisements and was dubbed the "Marilyn of the 1990s." She has also appeared in the Victoria's Secret catalog and Sports Illustrated. Herzigová has also appeared in several movies. She posed nude for Playboy in August 2004. In 2006 she was Venus at the 2006 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony.

She married Tico Torres, the drummer from Bon Jovi, in September 1996, in a lavish wedding attended by, among others, Donald Trump. The pair divorced in June 1998. Since 2000, she's been romantically linked with Guy Oseary, the CEO of Maverick Records.

On 1st June 2007, Herzigová and her boyfriend Gregorio Marsiaj welcomed a son in Turin, (Torino, Italy) just before 10 pm. Herzigova's labor and delivery were without complication, and the baby weighed in at over 9 lbs and is 20.5 inches long. His name is George Marsiaj Herzig.

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Russian Supermodel Eugenia Volodina

Eugenia Volodina (Russian: Евгения Володина, born September 17, 1984 in Kazan, Russia) is a Russian supermodel. Volodina's modeling career began in 1998 when she attended an open call at one of Russia's most prestigious casting agencies. Although she didn't win, she was invited to take part in a Parisian modeling agency in 2000. Soon after, she was sent to Paris, where Volodina began to establish her career. Increased attention came in 2002 when fashion photographer Steven Meisel featured her in Italian Vogue. That same year, Volodina took part in a Gucci ad campaign alongside fellow Russian Natalia Vodianova as well as opened and closed the Gucci F/W 2002 show in Milan.

Since then she has remained an on-demand model on the runway and has been featured in the editorials of magazines such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Elle; also in the catalogs of Bloomingdale's, Louis Vuitton, Neiman Marcus, and Victoria's Secret. Volodina's lengthy résumé includes advertising campaigns for Escada, Bvlgari, Bill Blass, Versace, Valentino, Yves Saint Laurent, Salvatore Ferragamo, Fendi, Gucci, Chanel eyewear, Dolce & Gabbana, Oscar de la Renta, and Céline.

Volodina was planned to be the newest "face" of the Dior J'adore perfume a few years ago but the company ultimately decided to renew model Carmen Kass's contract. Instead, Volodina signed with Yves Saint Laurent Cosmetics that same year.

Valentino chose her as the face of his fragrance Valentino V, in addition, lingerie brand Victoria's Secret featured Volodina in their 2002, 2003 and 2005 fashion shows.

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English Supermodel Kate Moss

Katherine Ann Moss (born January 16, 1974), known as Kate Moss, is an iconic English supermodel and fashion designer. She is known for her waifish figure and many advertising campaigns and is also notorious for her high-profile relationships and party lifestyle. She has appeared on over 300 magazine covers.

She was discovered at the age of 14 by Sarah Doukas (the founder of Storm Model Management) in 1988, at JFK Airport in New York City, after a vacation in the Bahamas. Moss's career began when Corinne Day shot black and white photographs of her for British magazine The Face when she was 15, in a photo shoot titled "The Third Summer of Love". Moss then went on to become the anti-supermodel of the 1990s in contrast to the supermodels at the time, such as Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, and Naomi Campbell, who were known for their curvaceous and tall figures through out the 90's.

Moss was voted 8th in Celebrity Sleuths 25 Sexiest Women of 2004, 8th in Maxims 50 Sexiest Women of 1999 and 22nd in FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 1995. Mens magazine Arena named her as their Sexiest Woman in their 150th issue. In March 2007, Moss won the Sexiest Woman NME Award. She made her first appearance in the British women's Sunday Times Rich List in 2007, where she was estimated to be worth £45 million. She ranked as the 99th richest woman in Britain.

In July 2007, earning an estimated total of $9 million in the past 12 months, Forbes magazine named her second on the list of the World's 15 top-earning supermodels.

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Brazilian Supermodel Gisele Bundchen

Gisele Caroline Nonnenmacher Bündchen (born July 20, 1980), is a Brazilian supermodel who has been acclaimed as the highest-paid model in the world. Since her introduction onto the fashion scene in the 1990s she has appeared in countless billboards and magazine covers, as well as numerous TV and print ads. Bündchen is currently the face of more than 20 brands from different countries such as United States, Russia, Brazil, Italy, France, Mexico, Spain, Turkey, South Korea, Germany and Switzerland. According to Forbes, she made $33 million in 2006, adding to her estimated $150 million fortune. She is currently listed in Guinness World Records as the "world's richest supermodel".

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Obviously there's much more to her story. But I'll save some for another post.

Canadian Supermodel Linda Evangelista

Linda Evangelista (born May 10, 1965) is a Canadian supermodel. She is part of "The Trinity". She uttered the quote "We don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day".

Evangelista was born to Italian parents and was raised in a working-class, traditional Catholic family in St. Catharines, Ontario. She knew she wanted to become a model when she was 12 years old. Evangelista got into the modeling industry when she was discovered by a talent agent at the 1978 Miss Teen Niagara Contest.

Evangelista later moved to New York City and signed with Elite Model Management there. She then moved to Paris, to further her career. She also appeared in music videos with George Michael.

Along with Christy Turlington, Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell, Linda is regarded as one of the few, true supermodels that changed the face of fashion in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The triumvirate of model friends that comprises Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington was affectionately dubbed "The Trinity" and is commonly credited as responsible for sparking supermodel mania. The Trinity pushed for better wages for models and for better projects and subsequently Evangelista was called the founder of the supermodel "union".

Evangelista uttered the quote, "We don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day" (often misquoted as: "We don't get out of bed for less than..." or "I don't get out of bed for less than...") Spoken in Vogue (1990) to Jonathan Van Meyer, talking about money and how she and a few other models were calling the shots and changing the game.

In the late 1980s, she cut all her hair off to brandish a little-boy style haircut and was promptly cancelled from all the important runway shows that season. This was the first of her many, many dramatic hairstyle changes. Within months, she appeared on magazine covers everywhere and many women emulated the hairstyle.

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Canadian Supermodel Heather Marks

Heather Marks (born July 25, 1988) is a Canadian supermodel. Marks was born in Calgary, Alberta, and was discovered at the Calgary Woman's Show. She won the Mode Models model search at the age of twelve and has since done shows and advertisements for Dolce & Gabbana, Calvin Klein, Moschino and other prominent fashion designers. She has appeared on the covers of magazines such as Vogue, Dazed, French and Mixte. She participated in the 2006 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show which aired on CBS in December 2006.

Marks is known in the fashion world for her big eyes and "doll-like" features. Along with Gemma Ward, Caroline Trentini, Lily Cole, Lisa Cant, Jessica Stam, and Devon Aoki, she is part of the popular group of supermodels with these "doll-like" or "elfin" features.

Heather has said that she used to be a "tomboy" and is a fan of wakeboarding, snowboarding, and soccer.

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Russian Fashion Model Vlada Roslyakova

Vlada Roslyakova (Russian: Влада Рослякова; born Elena Roslyakova on 8 July 1987 in Omsk, Russia), is a Russian fashion model. When Roslyakova began modeling she changed her name from Elena to Vlada, so she wouldn't be confused with fellow model Elena Rosenkova. "Vlada" comes from her father's name, Vladimir. She told fashion TV, in an interview, that she first began modeling in Asia. Soon after, Roslyakova then began modeling internationally at the Spring 2005 shows in Paris and has walked hundreds of shows to this day in Milan, Paris, New York, Moscow, and Sao Paolo.

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American Supermodel Frankie Rayder

Francesca "Frankie" Rayder (born January 26, 1975 in River Falls, Wisconsin) is an American model.

Growing up in River Falls, Rayder's interests did not originally lie in modeling. As a teenager, she moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, a large city close to her home town, where she was first approached by a model scout who spurred her interest in the industry. Her first major success came in 1992, when she met photographer Steven Meisel. Attracted by Rayder's charisma, Meisel booked her for a photo session, which became the first of many. Rayder's first session were soon featured in the magazine Italian Glamour.

Following her success, Rayder traveled to Miami Beach, New York, Paris, London, and Milan, working for a number of agencies such as Company, Women Model Management, Page 305, City Models, Take Two, Storm, and Why Not. Her advertisement portfolio includes Givenchy, Valentino, Lagerfeld, Chanel, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Versace, DKNY, The Gap, and Tommy Hilfiger. Rayder has also worked for designers such as Anne Klein, Matthew Williamson, Zac Posen, Marc Jacobs, Donna Karan, Carolina Herrera, and Michael Kors, and appeared in a number of magazines, including Elle, Vogue, The Face, Photo, Harper's Bazaar, Allure, Rebel, and Marie Claire. She was also featured in the 2005 and 2006 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Other appearances for Rayder have been the Victoria's Secret fashion show from 2000 to 2003, and a cameo role in the movie Zoolander.

Rayder's sister, Missy Rayder, models as well.

On October 26, 2005 Rayder gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Sunny Bebop Balzary, with husband Michael Balzary (Flea from the band Red Hot Chili Peppers).

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Romanian Top Model Diana Dondoe

Diana Dondoe (born December 22, 1982) is a Romanian top model. She appeared in many campaigns such as: Chanel, Prada, Celine, Donna Karan and Moschino. She also appeared on the covers of Japanese Vogue, Spanish Vogue, Italian Vogue (twice), 10 Magazine and Flair.

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Canadian Supermodel Lisa Cant

Lisa Cant (born December 28, 1984) is a Canadian supermodel. Cant was born in Edmonton, Alberta and grew up in Bragg Creek, Alberta. She was discovered at age 14 at an Ikea store in Calgary by another model. She is known for her doll-like features, and is often compared with Heather Marks, Gemma Ward, Lily Cole, Jessica Stam, and Devon Aoki. To fans and critics this group is known as the "baby dolls," "aliens," or "alien baby dolls."

Cant is represented internationally by Images Models in Calgary, Folio Models in Montréal, and Trump Models in New York City. Among her close friends are fellow Canadian models Heather Marks and Jessica Stam; as well as Caroline Trentini, Lily Donaldson and Gemma Ward.

She has three sisters, Alanna, Rita and Marina. Alanna is four years older than her. Rita is one year older than her and attended McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Marina is two years younger than Lisa and is currently pursuing her interest of acting in Vancouver, Canada.

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Ukrainian Supermodel Snejana Onopka

Snejana Onopka (born December 15, 1986) is a Ukrainian supermodel known for her deep-set eyes and pin-thin body. Onopka moved to the Ukraine capital, Kiev, at the age of fifteen. While there, she was spotted by a foreign scout and thus began her career as a model. She soon caught the eye of Steven Meisel and shot the campaigns for Dolce & Gabbana and Prada. He also photographed her for two covers of Italian Vogue, which helped launch her career. Onopka has also been on the cover of i-D and Numéro, making a total of 11 covers, and counting, over her short span as a top model. On the runway, she is commonly seen at top shows including Chanel, Gucci, Christian Lacroix, Fendi, Marc Jacobs and Balenciaga.

During the New York's Fall/Winter 2007 shows she was noticeably absent, though at the start of the Milan shows just weeks later, she was back in full force walking for shows including Burberry, Jil Sander, Gucci, and Dolce & Gabbana. It was later found out that she was shooting the Shiseido Spring/Summer 2007 campaign.

Although the low body weight of runway models is currently a matter of great controversy, Onopka serves as an extremely thin example. She is one of the thinnest models walking the runways today, and with a Body Mass Index of only 14.6 (anything under 18.5 is considered underweight), she faces rejection from some cities' Fashion Week shows, such as Madrid, which has a minimum BMI requirement.

In the beginning of 2007 a Russian tabloid came out with nude photos claiming that they were of Snejana. The scandal was supposedly the reason why Snejana took a break from New York fashion week and others led to believe it was because of her weight. Luckily she made it to Milan and Paris fashion week. Snejana has had a lot of focus around her lately because of her size in photographs, taken when she was 17 at a record 45kg, and her quoting that she is naturally thin. The Russian tabloid photos are still not confirmed by Onopka, it appears to be her before she started modeling, which is most likely the underage seventeen, taking pictures with a close friend. Whether it is or not is still a matter of great controversy among fans and critics alike. Some argue it can not be her because the eyes seem to be too far apart and are not shaped the same, the lips and nose shaped slightly differently, eye brows arched in very different ways, and visible and non visible cheekbones.

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Polish Supermodel Anja Rubik

Anja Rubik (born June 11, 1985) is a Polish model, currently living in New York City. Rubik lived in Greece, Canada, and South Africa as a young girl. She was introduced to modeling at a young age. She was in a British high school in Paris at the time. She wanted to finish her schooling before officially becoming a model, therefore she only worked on school holidays. Shortly after graduating she began her career, and was featured on the cover of various magazines, including Vogue Italy, Numero, Flair, and more. She has modeled for Givenchy, Chloe, Christian Dior, Hermès, Chanel, Balenciaga, Louis Vuitton, and many other top designers. She has also done haute couture for Valentino, Chanel, and Elie Saab. Besides modeling she enjoys art, reading, cinema, scuba diving, and traveling.

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Brazilian Supermodel Caroline Trentini

Caroline Aparecida Trentini (born July 6, 1987) is a Brazilian supermodel. She was born in Panambi, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. At about age 13, Trentini was discovered walking down a street in her hometown by an agent, the same one who scouted supermodel Gisele Bündchen, and soon afterward she moved to São Paulo, a common destination for young Brazilian models. Her modeling career immediately took off, and after a year, Trentini moved again, this time to New York City. Trentini's breakthrough came when designer Marc Jacobs cast her in his Marc by Marc Jacobs ad campaign, photographed by Juergen Teller.

In 2004 she was photographed topless by Steven Klein in a freezer, surrounded by meat, for a Vogue editorial. Although the shoot turned out all right, Trentini converted to a vegetarian.

Trentini's trendy baby-cheeked elfish looks and trademark freckles have helped her snag coveted runway spots at shows such as Louis Vuitton, Valentino, Versace, Victoria's Secret, Chanel, Christian Dior, L.A.M.B., Baby Phat, Vera Wang, Oscar de la Renta, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, and Dolce & Gabbana. She has appeared on the covers of magazines ELLE, Harper's Bazaar and Vogue, among others.

She now lives with fellow Brazilian models Cintia Dicker and Bruna Erhardt in New York City. Of NYC she has said, "I have traveled the world and this is the place I like to be the most." She has said that Kate Moss and Caroline Ribeiro are her favorite fashion icons and that she would like to work with legendary photographer Irving Penn. Currently, she is the face of Gucci Cruise, Oscar De La Renta and Dolce & Gabbana Animelier.

In the May 2007 issue of American Vogue she was featured on the cover with fellow models: Doutzen Kroes, Jessica Stam, Raquel Zimmermann, Sasha Pivovarova, Agyness Deyn, Coco Rocha, Hilary Rhoda, Chanel Iman, and Lily Donaldson as the new crop of supermodels.

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