Gisele Bundchen, one of the world s most famous faces in modeling, has for the moment turned up her nose at living in Los Angeles.
The 26-year-old, who has appeared on the covers of just about every major international fashion magazine since as the story goes she was discovered in a Brazilian shopping mall at age 14, has sold her 4,000-square-foot Hollywood Hills home for $4 million and is now living in New York.
The one-story, gated Spanish hacienda in the Sunset Strip area that she sold has a media room, a gym, city views and a pool.
The home has four bedrooms room enough for all of Bundchen s five sisters, including her twin to stay overnight.
Bundchen said an official farewell in 2005 to her relationship with Leonardo DiCaprio. They were chosen by People magazine as the Most Beautiful Couple in the World in 2004.
Her personal fortune, valued at $150 million, put her in the Guinness World Records book as the world s richest supermodel.
She has modeled for Victoria s Secret, Louis Vuitton, Valentino, Lanvin and Vogue Eyewear. She is a spokesmodel for Christian Dior and Ralph Lauren.
And she has her own line of shoes, called Ipanema Gisele Bundchen. More than 100 million pairs have been sold in six years.
Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen has reportedly ended her contract with lingerie retailer Victoria s Secret.
Bundchen s sister confirmed that the highest paid model in the world quit as the lingerie line s Angel after the company refused to raise her annual salary from 5 million dollars.
According to a source, the company does not care about Bundchen going away as her demands were shocking and unacceptable.
Her demands were outrageous.
She got a new lawyer who was unrealistic, New York Post quoted the source, as saying.
Victoria s Secret doesn t care. They have five new hotter, younger girls debuting next year.
And they won t have to deal with any craziness, the source added.
Bundchen s representatives and the company have both been silent over the issue.
The Victoria s Secret Angels are the spokespersons for Victoria s Secret.
Current Victoria s Secret Angels include Oluchi Onweagba, Selita Ebanks, Adriana Lima, Izabel Goulart, Alessandra Ambrosio, Karolina Kurkova, and , who will probably come back from a baby-pause.
So do a lot of people. And many of them are taking extreme measures to look like their favorite stars.
“Many of my patients request celebrity features when coming in for a particular procedure. It makes sense, because the celebrities define beauty in our society today, said Dr. Robert Rey, star surgeon of the E!
reality show Dr. 90210.
So which celebrity characteristics are most frequently taken home?
According to Rey, Jessica Biel, Courteney Cox and Angelina Jolie have the most in-demand faces, and everybody wants Nicole Kidman’s nose.
Below the neck, Carmen Electra and Salma Hayek have the most coveted breasts. And when it comes to entire bodies, Jessica Alba, Gisele Bundchen and Halle Berry make the cut.
Wannabes are also requesting Scarlett Johansson s eyes, Ashlee Simpson s nose, Jennifer Lopez s butt, Angelina Jolie s lips, Janet Jackson s abs and Cameron Diaz s legs, according to reports.
And if you thought cosmetic enhancement was a ladies-only luxury, think again.
“There has been a big increase in men opting for plastic surgery to look like a celeb,” said Rey.
“David Beckham or Brad Pitt, in most cases.”
So can anybody emerge from a clinic with carbon copy features of a Hollywood hottie?
“In some cases, an almost exact replica of certain features can be achieved,” said Rey.
“But looking exactly like somebody else is unrealistic. I won’t operate if a patient’s expectations are unrealistic to that point.”
Rey also reminds Hollywood hopefuls who come in with their magazine cut-outs that these celebs don’t really look that good in real life.
It’s only with the assistance of professional hair and makeup artists and the art of airbrushing that such flawless features are possible.
Americans spent nearly $12.5 billion on cosmetic procedures in 2005, according to surgery.
org, leading some to worry that society is being saturated by celebrity worshippers.
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