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[Hollander]

nice to see her as 1 of the best models ... but the list is a bit strange

gemma ward as number 1? ...she was around only for 3 years??(correct me if im wrong)

and agynes dean number 2 ... ?! come on!! thats ridiclious

gisele is number 1!

[michelabella]

where was there a # ranking? I didn't see them being ranked, but just as "all top 30 best models"at least that's what I thought I can't read french so I don't know if its ranked or not

it can't be ranked by # bc surely Daria and Lara would be in gemma and agyness spots right?

I mean Daria and Lara are the real VP muses, so hmm strange. I never have followed gemma or agy so I don't know how they should be ranked...and waht about Moss? I dont think its a # rank

Gisele: 4 VP covers

Daria/Lara 4 each

Agy:0

Gemma:2

Kate 12!

its surely ranked as "overall best models" imo. in no order

[Chocolate]

That's probably their pics but they wrote that she's the highest paid model since 2007.

[Hollander]

i hope you are right!

or else the list is really really weird

but i got confused because some people were saying: gemma ward is the model number 1 of the decade (according vogue paris)

[michelabella]

theres no way! haha at least not with 2 VP covers, while many others have more...

oh well I think its overall best models of the decade

[michelabella]

Vogue offers fascinating fashion read

"The World in Vogue: People, Parties, Places," by Plum Sykes and Hamish Bowles (Knopf, $75)‘People, Parties, Places’ gives glimpse into the life and times of world’s rich and famous

As this annis horribilis limps off, we should kiss it good riddance with a big vulgar bash. But who’s got the cash or nerve for such an extravagance while jobs and nest eggs are evaporating right and left.

Good thing there are yesteryear’s parties. Crashing them vicariously — you don’t even have to put on shoes — is part of the fun of "The World in Vogue: People, Parties, Places."

"Parties" is the second smallest but most boisterous chapter of this large 389-page coffee table bauble. The section documents lavish society weddings and several Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute galas (considered the city’s premier parties).

The best spread is ancient history, from the now-legendary Black and White Ball that Truman Capote threw in 1966 for 540 celebrity guests.

Most are gone. Even the youngest attendees, like Mia Farrow, newly married that year to Frank Sinatra, are in their 60s.

Among the many photographers at the party, Lawrence Fried shot the Principessa Luciana Pignatelli wearing a 60-carat diamond on her forehead. People were unafraid of outrageous display in those days.

A "grab-the-stone-and-run look comes over everyone who sees it," reported Gloria Steinman, who was covering the ball. Nice to hear that the beautiful people aren’t immune to envy.

Except for the "Places" chapter, which situates famous subjects in gorgeous settings — gardens, drawing rooms, Paris — "The World in Vogue" is just a life-and-times of the beautiful people, as shot by skilled and well-paid photographers.

It’s impossible (in this context) but fun to play who’s-the-fairest. Could it be Sophia Loren shot in velvety black and white by Snowdon in 1970. Or model Giselle Bundchen, caught in Brazilian sunbeams by Mario Testino in 2000.

What about Annie Leibowitz’s 30-year supermodel panorama from 1999, a timeline of fresh young things destined to become durable beauties. Note the lean and gorgeous Patti Hansen, at the far right, a Tottenville girl before she married Keith Richards.

A few newcomers got into the book, namely the president, first lady and first daughters, photographed by Ms. Leibowitz on the White House lawn.

Some subjects — models, actresses or ex-models — are so preposterously photogenic, they have their own chapters.

Iman, the Kenya-born 1970s supermodel, shares several frames with her clearly besotted husband, David Bowie. He’s one of the few men in the book.

Of course, fashion (rather than mere celebrity) drives both Vogue the magazine and the book. How else to explain the jacket-cover selection? A red-carpet moment, it’s a shot of nearly makeup-free Giselle Bundchen and Tom Brady arriving at last year’s Costume Institute ("Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy") bash.

Unlike much of what’s in the book, it’s not a staged/styled fashion set-up, but an on-the-fly, lucky catch by Dimitrios Kambouris. The point is Giselle’s wearing Versace. And, yes, that is veteran, highly respected fashion photographer Bill Cunningham’s camera in hand at the far right, on the carpet where he belongs.

posting bc I think Gisele has some more pics inside

[michelabella]

I found this w/ translation

Apesar dos rumores de que tenha comprado uma mansão milionária em Brookline, pequena cidade de Massachussets, nos Estados Unidos, a top Gisele Bündchen deve passar o ano novo na capital, Boston.

Segundo o "Diário de S. Paulo", a top vai comemorar a chegada de 2010 acompanhada dos pais, das irmãs, do marido Tom Brady e do pequeno Benjamin, seu filho recém-nascido.

Although the rumors of that it has bought a mansion millionaire in Brookline, small city of Massachussets, in the United States, top Gisele Bündchen must pass the new year in the capital, Boston. According to " Daily of S. Paulo" , top goes to commemorate the folloied arrival of 2010 of the parents, the sisters, the husband Tone Brady and the small Benjamin, its just-born son.

http://ego.globo.com/Gente/Noticias/0,,MUL...Z%20JORNAL.html via giseledaily twitter

[michelabella]

ok so I found out why Gisele wasn't on the recent top 20 Brazilian list of "Top models"

because she is considered "'hours concours'" which I guess means "beyond top model" icon,etc..

so thats why they no longer consider her just a "top model" there

http://msn.lilianpacce.com.br/home/models-brasil-ranking/

[michelabella]

hollander, I was right its not a rank, just an overall List of best models

(from tfs)

[scarlettuberlover]

Thank you

[michelabella]

some recent news tidbits

The Cut: Models Use Their Power for Good

Model No. 2: Gisele Bündchen, maybe you've heard of her? She's the current goodwill ambassador for the U.N. Environment Program and protects rain forests in Brazil. (When was the last time you even recycled?)

http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2009/12/models.html

PopCrunch: Leonardo DiCaprio Sends Baby Gift 2 Gisele Bundchen Tom Brady

There’s no bad blood between exes Leonardo DiCaprio and former flame Gisele Bundchen.

While the couple didn’t work out romantically, the Oscar-nominated star played the distinguished gentleman this holiday season and sent a baby gift to congratulate the Brazilian stunner and her hubby Tom Brady on the arrival of their son, Benjamin. “Leo wasn’t looking to get married and Gisele was, so that’s why it ended,” an insider divulged to Britain’s The People. “Leo still considers her a friend and was so happy for her and Tom that he sent them a basket

filled with baby stuff as soon as she gave birth.”

http://www.popcrunch.com/leonardo-dicaprio...chen-tom-brady/

via giseledaily

[michelabella]

Gisele had a home birth

Two weeks ago we learned that a major celebrity couple had an amazing waterbirth at home, partly inspired by BOBBSmile Since they haven't spoken about it to the media (as far as we know) we'll just give you a "hint" - supermodel + football star. Apparently, the local media in Boston were reporting that she had scheduled a C-section to assure that dad would be there for the birth. The press was calling every hospital in town and totally baffled that they couldn't find her!

mybestbirth.com via giselefan.org

[michelabella]

Gisele Bundchen, Kate Moss and Adriana Lima lead the list of the most paid models of the moment.

Top 10 Highest paid:

1.Gisele Bundchen

2.Kate Moss

3.Adriana Lima

4.Doutzen Kroes

5.Daria Werbowy

6.Alessandra Ambrosio

7.Christy Turlington

8.Natalia Vodionova

9.Miranda Kerr

10.Carolyn Murphy

http://ow.ly/16fOkl

[michelabella]

Quem foram as melhores do ano nas passarelas de moda? E nos ensaios fotográficos, nas capas de revistas, nas campanhas da televisão? Quem se manteve na mídia e representou o Brasil mundo afora, como ninguém? A resposta, dada pelos internautas do Portal CARAS, é Gisele Bündchen, a top que casou-se com o jogador de futebol americano Tom Brady neste ano e que, mais recentemente, deu à luz Benjamin, fruto da união do casal.

Em segundo lugar, a também brasileira Alessandra Ambrósio. Veja, abaixo, as porcentagens da escolha do internauta:

Gisele Bündchen - 53,27%

Alessandra Ambrósio - 32,47%

Caroline Trentini - 6,89%

Izabel Goulart - 4,77%

Miranda Kerr - 2,59%

Who had been the best ones of the year in passarelas of fashion? E in the photographic assays, the layers of magazines, the campaigns of the television? Who was remained in the media and represented Brazil world measures, as nobody? The reply, given for internautas of the Vestibule EXPENSIVE, it is Gisele Bündchen, top that Tone Brady in this year was married the American football player and that, more recently, gave to the light Benjamin, fruit of the union of the couple. In according to place, also the Brazilian Alessandra Ambrósio. It sees, below, the percentages of the choice of internauta: Gisele Bündchen - 53.27% Alessandra Ambrósio - 32.47% Caroline Trentini - 6.89% Izabel Goulart - 4.77% Miranda Kerr - 2.59%

caras

[Chocolate]

[Hollander]

i wonder if she will be in the forbes list this year

if not ... kate moss will be number 1 ... and my girl doutzen will be number 2 ! hehe

[michelabella]

yeah I've been wonderng that too. I know they exclude the models who are/were pregnant, like they did for ale. So Gisele,Heidi,Adriana might not be on the list. Gisele still could be though, bc she isn't completely "inactive" with her sandals line and hotel.

[Wild Rose]

she can take a step back this year, no big deal!

[michelabella]

Gisele will shoot the fall colcci campaign on January 25th in Boston shot by David Sims

via giseledaily

[michelabella]

Gisele Lined Up Her First Post-Pregnancy Shoot

Oh, when will Gisele unveil her post-baby body to the world? She's probably hiding out in her house in Boston with Tom Brady until she loses the extra five pounds of baby weight she gained. But soon enough she'll shoot an ad campaign for Brazilian jeans company Colcci, according to Made in Brazil. Brazilian papers report that David Sims will shoot the ads in Boston, which is kind of strange since it's not a go-to destination for fashion shoots, but as long as Gisele is holed up there with Tom and baby Benjamin (bless her for choosing a real name!), fashion companies are sure to flock to her. Especially for the coveted bumpless reveal. As soon as she can and will travel again, we imagine people will start flying her around so they don't have to journey to fashion-starved Boston, where it's painfully cold, the streets make no sense, and Red Sox baseball hats are the "It" accessory year-round.

Fashion Rio, Jesus Luz At SPFW, Gisele, And Beyoncé In Rio [Made in Brazil]

via giseledaily/nymag