In
1993, Gisele Bundchen, 13 years old and almost 1,70m height (5'7"),
joined Dilson Stein mannequin course to correct her posture, with
Patrícia and Gabriela, because her mother insisted. The course
was for teenagers who wanted to be a model. In May 1994, Stein took
50 girls in a bus to São Paulo, for two reasons: to give them
a chance to walk in a big city and to let them be evaluated by brasilian
Elite bookers (agents). Zeca Abreu and Liliana Gomes, from Elite
were there to check out the group, warned by Stein, so it wasn't
a casual discover. Zeca and Liliana asked Gisele "Do you want
to be a model?" and she answered "No way". "I
didn't see that as a real thing. The guy was pissing me off. I just
wanted to go to Playcenter".
On the next August 20, Gisele
Bundchen was playing
Volley for Sogipa, in Porto Alegre. People from Elite "kidnapped" her
and took her to the contest Look of the Year, the Rio Grande do
Sul phase.
She was already enrolled in the contest, and she tried to escape.
With no bath she was taken to the contest, in a borrowed dress. "I
got there and it was a chock. The girls were wearing make up and
long dresses and I was there, dirty, wearing a kneepad. I didn't
want that, I didn't want to catwalk". Gisele came between the
five finalists. Then, she went to São Paulo. Her clothes were,
now, a little bit more appropriated; most of them borrowed from her
friends Melissa and Karina Costa. She came in second in the national
Elite Look of the Year contest - Claudia Menezes, from Bahia, was
the one in the first place. In the world contest, in Ibiza, Gisele
came in fourth, but no one (including her), admits that as official,
because she never got a trophy. In another version, she would have
come in sixth. Then, Gisele started to change. "I started to
like the idea of being independent".
Gisele went to New York in December, 1996,
but she came back right after. "I got there, I made a show-room for Calvin Klein and
L'Oreal. The new girls didn't have much chance. I stayed there for
two weeks and came back to São Paulo". In May or June,
1997 she decided to go to New York, this time to stay. "I wanted
to prove myself that I could to be a model". She was living
in an apartment in the 3rd Avenue, with five or six girls and she
didn't speak English. "I was living with five other girls, and
they didn't like me very much". There was a time when the girls
taught her the word "asshole" and told her to tell people
when she met them. "I spent all day memorizing: asshole, asshole,
asshole. I arrived at the entrance of my building and said to the
doorman: 'Good morning, asshole'. He didn't say anything". She
was only warned about the word by her booker. "When I discovered
the meaning I wanted to kill the girls".
In September 2000, the Rolling Stone magazine
had, for the fourth time, a model in its cover. After Claudia Schiffer,
Cindy Crawford
and Laetitia Casta, there was Gisele Bundchen.
The fourth model ever to be in a Rolling Stone cover, a space famous
for having the
greatest rock and pop stars icons. And the title, written in white
over a blue background was: "The most beautiful girl in the
world". Few would disagree. In the beginning
of 2001 Gisele announced to the world what she called a "retirement".
It was an exaggeration. She was thinking about her life quality. "I
have been a slave of my work for five years, now I want some time
for me. I will only work for the
ones who like me". In that "ones" was included Dolce & Gabbana.
She also have done some works for Christian Dior. She was still working
for Victoria's Secrets and, in Brazil, she had an exclusive contract
for the department store C&A.
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Cate Blanchett Stars
in the Return of Indiana Jones
Everyone's favorite archeologist adventurer dusts off his hat and trusty whip
for yet another globetrotting trek as Indiana Jones returns to the big screen
nearly 20 years after racing for the Holy Grail alongside his father in Indiana
Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Harrison Ford reprises his role as the iconic,
snake-loathing screen hero. View
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Cameron Diaz and Ashton
Kutcher in What Happens in Vegas
Two strangers find themselves
wed and in bed after a wild night of Las Vegas shenanigans in
this 20th Century Fox comedy.
When they both recover to find that one of them won a jackpot the night before,
the game is on as the two greedily vie for the loot, eventually discovering that
maybe this ill-planned love connection isn't quite as off the mark as they originally
believed. View the Movie Trailer
Cameron Diaz Bio and Photos |
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Sexy Kate
Hudson Stars in Fool's Gold
Ben "Finn" Finnegan
is a good-natured, surf bum-turned-treasure hunter who is obsessed
with finding the legendary 18th century Queen's Dowry--40 chests
of exotic treasure that was lost at sea in 1715. In his quest,
Finn has sunk everything he has, including his marriage to Tess
Finnegan and his more-rusty-than-trusty salvage boat, "Booty Calls."
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Gwyneth Paltrow in Marvel's Iron Man
Gwyneth
Paltrow It
would only seem natural that this daughter of TV producer Bruce
Paltrow and stage and screen actress Blythe Danner would chose
to follow a path in show business. Nevertheless, Gwyneth Paltrow's
parents tried to dissuade her from a career as an actress, but
she was determined Continued
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Lindsay Lohan to
Portray Manson Cult Girl
US actress Lindsay Lohan is to portray one of the cult followers
loyal to convicted murderer Charles Manson, in a new
movie called "Manson Girls," US media reported on Thursday. E! News said it had
learned Lohan, 21, would star as Nancy Pitman in the movie, produced by Brad
Wyman of Junction Films. Full Article |
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Beautiful Blake Lively from Gossip
Girl
Blake Lively started
out in film with a bit role in Sandman in 1998. In 2005, Lively
played Bridget in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, for which
she received a Teen Choice Award nomination for "Choice Movie
Breakout - Female". Full
Bio on Blake Lively |
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Jennifer Lopez Gives
Birth to Twins
NEW YORK (AP) — Jennifer Lopez gave birth to twins early Friday,
making the singer and husband Marc Anthony the parents of a boy and a girl after
one of pop music's most closely watched pregnancies. Lopez representative Simon
Fields told People magazine the babies were born shortly after midnight on New
York's Long Island, with the 5-pound, 7-ounce girl arriving first, followed by
her 6-pound brother minutes later. Full Article |
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Carrie Underwood to
Join Grand Ole Opry
NASHVILLE (Billboard)
Country superstar Carrie Underwood, who once told Billboard
that if she hadn't won American Idol in 2005, "I probably wouldn't have pursued
music much further at all," has been invited to join the Grand Ole Opry. The
invitation was extended March 15 by Opry member Randy Travis Full article |
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Elisha Cuthbert Returns to TV in CBS
Drama
Former "24" heroine Elisha
Cuthbert is returning to television as the female lead
in CBS' drama pilot "Ny-Lon." Cuthbert will play a New York literacy
teacher/record store clerk who embarks on a transatlantic romance
with a London stock broker. The project is based on a British
series starring Rashida Jones and Steven Moyer. After her breakthrough
role as Kiefer Sutherland's daughter in the first three seasons
of Fox's "24," the Canadian actress focused on movies. Her upcoming
features include "My Sassy Girl" and "The Six Lives of Henry
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Mariah
Carey to Rule U.S. Singles Charts
Mariah Carey is on
track to collect her 18th No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles
chart
next
week. "Touch
My Body," the
first single from her upcoming album, dipped one place to No.
15 on the latest survey, issued Thursday. But the fresh availability
of a digital download should send the song hurtling to the
top next week. Full article |
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