![]() She thought "I can't go to my castings dressed in my clothes." The voice inside told her to do as her father had instructed but she thought her idea was clever. She thought to herself, "Why don't I take the train instead of a taxi to the model apartment and with the money I save I can buy myself some new clothes." Gisele only had some ill fitting jeans and a couple t-shirts. When she got to the station, she looked around and saw more people than she's ever seen all dressed in nicer clothes than hers. She said she wasn't going to come back "empty handed." She was determined to succeed. This was the first time she was away from her family and she wanted to make them proud. When Gisele first moved to São Paulo, her father gave her enough money to take a taxi from the train station to get to her new model apartment. The following are the lessons I took from Gisele. Gisele was discovered by Elite in São Paulo at fourteen which quickly lead to her life changing journey. Her discipline started at a young age with her school work and playing volleyball which spilled into modeling. Gisele was a young girl with great spirit. She grew up Roman Catholic and often challenged the status quo. At a young age she was fascinated with metaphysics and spirituality. She prayed at night to God, to her star and guardian angels. Gisele liked to climb trees and spend time on her own. Gisele was more of an introvert in school, compared to her twin Pati. All the sisters did chores around the house and on Sunday's they would sit with their father as he played the guitar and they sang. ![]() She loved going to her grandmothers farm and was a good student. ![]() ![]() Her childhood sounded beautiful and filled with love. She grew up in the small town of Horizontina in southern Brazil with five sisters, one was which was her twin. Reading about Gisele's journey was inspiring. The women in the photographs represented the confident and fearless woman I wanted to become. The name "The Girl Habit" was originally inspired for my Tumblr account, a place where I collaged endless mesmerizing fashion photographs. Her photographs throughout the years are some of my all time favorites. As a woman with such success in her career and personal life, Gisele is someone I've admired for a long time. If Val hadn't shown up then, I seriously doubt that I could have walked the runway."īündchen went on to explain that the show became a pivotal moment in her career: "It turned out that walking in Alexander McQueen's show was the beginning of my international career."īündchen went on to become one of the most successful and highly paid models in the world.I recently read Gisele Bunchen's book Lessons: My Path to a Meaningful Life. Val told me how beautiful it looked and said that the runway was so dark that nobody would know. "As soon as Val, the make-up artist, saw the situation, she said she would paint a top on me using white make-up. She decided to paint a white top onto Bündchen's body so that she did not have to walk the runway topless. However, a make-up artist named Val saved the day by coming up with a novel idea. She says that she knew she couldn't embarrass her family, but that if she left, that would be her modelling career over with. The model admits that she broke down sobbing, before considering "running away" from the show. Gisele Bündchen describes her wedding day.
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