Before Stardom, Gisele Bündchen Thought of Herself as ‘Strange Looking’

The supermodel grew up in Brazil sharing a bedroom with three sisters before finding fashion celebrity and making a home with her husband, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady

By

Marc Myers

Updated Jan. 3, 2019 10:34 am ET

Gisele Bündchen, 38, is a Brazilian model and founder of LUZ Foundation.  She is the author of the memoir, “Lessons: My Path to a Meaningful Life” (Avery).  She spoke with Marc Myers. 

Modeling was never a passion or an aspiration.  It was just something that happened when I was 14.  Being from a small town in Brazil, I never even knew modeling existed.  I wanted to be a volleyball player.