Gisele Bundchen: The Early Years 1996 - 2007 and a Victoria’s Secret Career-Making Contract

Gisele was a rising star model with plenty of work in 1999. It’s almost impossible to believe, but Gisele appeared on 37 international and US covers of ‘Vogue’ alone in 2000.

Then all hell broke loose in a change that put Gisele Bündchen in the financial stratosphere of models.

In 2000, the Brazilian powerhouse signed a five-year contract with Victoria’s Secret, estimated by People Magazine to be worth $25 million. This deal made Bündchen an early member of the Angels sorority and the highest-paid model on the Forbes list for 14 straight years.