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After 20 years of fashion shoots, endless amounts of runways, and lots oftravel to various Fashion Weeks, Gisele Bundchen took her final strut down the catwalk onWednesday. As her husband Tom Brady and her parents looked on, the supermodelwalked in her last show for Brazilian designer Colcci during São Paulo Fashion Week.
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In fact, at the age of 14, it was during this Fashion Weekthat she took her first steps on the runway. “I am grateful that at 14, I wasgiven the opportunity to start this journey,” she captioned a throwback image of herself at that age. “Today after 20 years in the industry, it is a privilege tobe doing my last fashion show by choice and yet still be working other facetsof the business. #first runway #14yearsold.”
The former Victoria’s Secret Angel also explained during aninterview on Globo television network on Wednesday that her life was very muchlike a cup of water filled to the brim. “If your cup is full, how are you goingto put more into it?” she said. "I’m emptying my cup so I can put more thingsinto it.”
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Gisele opened the Colcci show in an A-line white andlace dress. For her last runway look ever, the mother of two wore a sundresswith a full skirt in ivory and salmon stripes. At the end of the runway, modelssurrounded the 34-year-old wearing a variety of T-shirts with her face on it. Giselefought back tears and threw her arm in the air as the group embraced her.
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Her equally impressive husband also couldn’t resist sharing hissentiments about his wife. “Congratulations Love of my Life,” the New England Patriots quarterback wrotein a super sweet Facebook post.“You inspire me every day to be a better person. I am so proud of you andeverything you have accomplished on the runway. I have never met someone withmore of a will to succeed and determination to overcome any obstacle in theway. You never cease to amaze me. Nobody loves life more then you and yourbeauty runs much deeper then what the eye can see. I can’t wait to see what’snext. I love you. #GOAT #thebestisyettocome.”
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In the fashion industry, Gisele’s career has been unrivaled, and she hasbeen named the World's Highest-Paid Model byForbes eight years in a row, having pocketed over $47 million lastyear alone. While her runway daysare over, as Tom put it: the best is yet to come.
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