First she was. Then she wasn’t. Now she’s officially hanging up her heels. According to a report in a Brazilian newspaper, Gisele Büdnchen is stepping down from her catwalk duties to focus on her editorial work.
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“Automatically, my body tells me if what I do is worth it, and it asked to stop. I respect my body, it’s a privilege to be able to stop,” she says, according to a report picked up by Yahoo!. And it doesn’t surprise us that the woman who once said she didn’t want to treat her body like a “garbage disposal” during her pregnancy is incredibly in-tune with what that body wants. “I’ve learned to listen to my body,” she reportedly said.
She won’t be laying low, though, according to the report. “I don’t see how to continue [modeling on the catwalk],” she said ?”and stopping will leave room for other projects I have for myself.” And boy, does she have a lot of projects. Last year she racked up at least 16 campaigns, handily earning her the title of Forbes’s highest-paid model, who reportedly raked in about $47 million in 2014. So yeah, we don’t think her runway retirement will hurt her too badly.
Are you surprised she’s stepping off the catwalk?
–Alex Apatoff
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