GISELE BÜNDCHEN has been named Forbes’ top-earning model eight years in a row. The Brazilian beauty was discovered at age 14 by an Elite Modeling agent at a São Paulo McDonald’s. She moved to New York in 1997 and landed her first Vogue cover in 1999. A year later, Bündchen joined Victoria’s Secret as one of its Angels. She topped Forbes’ list of highest-earning supermodels for the first time in 2004. In addition to modeling, Bündchen has appeared onscreen in The Devil Wears Prada and has her own line of flip-flops and lingerie.

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