These days, she's known for her healthy lifestyle, but it wasn't always this way. The pressure soon became too much and she started to experience panic attacks — and her lifestyle didn't help. I was drinking a bottle of wine and smoking cigarettes and having a mocha cappuccino for breakfast," she recalled. She finally realized she needed to make a change when she was 24, when she reached her lowest point — as she confessed, she once considered harming herself. This was largely thanks to her relationship with superstar Leonardo DiCaprio.
According to The Sun , the pair dated from to However, the relationship was definitely a pretty rocky one. As W revealed in , they broke up at least once. There's nothing else to say. Then a few years later, there were rumors of marriage. In her memoir Lessons: My Path to a Meaningful Life , she explained that as she cleaned up her lifestyle, she began to notice that DiCaprio wasn't keen on doing the same. As Love reported, she even has a tendency to quote Buddhist texts in everyday conversation.
It brings a sense of peace to my day. But after much thought and family meetings, which we always had whenever there was a problem or something to be discussed, and lots of conversations with the people at the agency, our parents authorized her to move to Sao Paulo.
In , she left her hometown on a 1,km bus journey to Sao Paulo and never returned to live at home again. Gisele traded her calm, simple country-girl life for the hustle and bustle of the big city. Her first challenge arose when she arrived in Sao Paulo. She was mugged and the cash that our dad had given her for the first month in the city was stolen. Once settled in, she began her pilgrimage of castings and more castings.
But Gi was never one to give up. She knew deep inside she would make it. Someone even told her she would never be on a magazine cover because of her big nose! Well, imagine that!
Of course, this business is heartless with the girls who get into it at a tender age. Only those who stay strong and confident have a chance of making it. This was where beginning models made some money to pay their heavy expenses back in Sao Paulo. It was particularly difficult for a family with another 5 kids to raise. When she came back, Gisele brought lots of gifts for everyone, and every time she returned from a trip, her generosity was evident.
But someone from the family would always go visit her. Then, slowly, things started happening. She started shooting magazines for teen audiences, do runway shows, editorials and some advertising campaigns. Mother would save all the magazines in which Gi appeared, and the whole family was so proud of her. Next came the opportunity to live in New York. It was an opportunity not to be missed. Her first trip there was in and a year later, at 16, she moved permanently and once again started from scratch.
The difference this time was that she was much more articulate and experienced as a model and knew how to live on her own.
This was again a time of apprehension for the family. How could a year-old girl live alone abroad? He would always send one of the sisters to spend some time with her in N.
But Gi has always been self-sufficient, and she thought she was the one protecting everyone else. In fact, this is one of her traits since she was a child — protecting her sisters with all her might. Her career in New York took a while to take off, even though she went to many casting calls. She would go all over the city looking for work opportunities and doing tryouts. Of course, there were some difficult times. Her focus was on achieving her goals. People who have seen her on the catwalk say her presence is truly powerful.
In fact, Gisele would sometimes come in for a fashion show with a slightly darker tan and get chided for it. This natural and healthier look of hers slowly incorporated itself into fashion. A government department dedicated to women's issues called for the ads to be pulled, saying "the campaign promotes the misguided stereotype of a woman as a sexual object," according to Marie Claire magazine.
Later that year, the couple welcomed their first child together, a son named Benjamin Rein Brady. She has also served as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme. We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us! Subscribe to the Biography newsletter to receive stories about the people who shaped our world and the stories that shaped their lives. Soccer player Ronaldo starred for the Brazilian national team and several European clubs over the course of a career that spanned nearly two decades.
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