Return of the waif - Kate Moss

Kate Moss is looking goooood

Kate Moss

Kate Moss for Coco Chanel

Kate Moss

Kate Moss in a hat

Kate Moss in a pink dress

Kate Moss for Missoni

Kate Moss looking beautiful




Bio: From Wikipedia

Katherine Moss (born 16 January 1974) is an English supermodel who is most famous for her high profile relationships, recent cocaine addiction and iconic advertising campaigns.

Biography

Moss was born in Addiscombe, London Borough of Croydon, England. Kate attended Ridgeway Primary School, then Riddlesdowne High School but she was not noted for her academic success. According to Vermorel's book "Addicted to Love: Kate Moss" she gained one C (in Science) and all the rest were Ds, Es, and Fs at GCSE level, however she did excel at sport. She was discovered at the age of 14 by Sarah Doukas (the founder of Storm Model Agency) in 1988, at JFK Airport in New York City, after a vacation in the Bahamas.. Moss then went on to become the anti-supermodel of the 1990s in contrast to the supermodels at the time, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Claudia Schiffer, and Naomi Campbell. This began with her first major cover and photoshoot in British magazine, The Face.

She ushered in the waif look in 1997(which prompted much speculation over her weight) with a highly publicised campaign for Calvin Klein, including posing nude in ads for its perfume brand, Obsession. Some have even blamed her for popularizing the dangerous "heroin chic" look. Storm Model Agency lists Moss as being 173 cm (5' 8") but it is widely known that she is shorter than that, around 5' 7". Twiggy, a famous model during the 1960s who is 5' 6", wrote in her autobiography that she and Moss are about the same height.

Despite this apparent disadvantage, Moss charmed the fashion industry and has walked/campaigned for such elite houses as Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Louis Vuitton, Versace, Chanel, Missoni, and David Yurman. Now in her 30s, Moss is still working and has become a "supermodel" in her own right.

She has a daughter, Lila Grace, born on 29 September 2002, with Dazed & Confused editor Jefferson Hack.

In September 2005, after she was filmed while allegedly cutting and inhaling cocaine, several of her sponsors disassociated themselves. However, led by Virgin, work has rapidly returned.

The Beautiful Gisele Bundchen

A selection of photos from http://giselebundchenpics.blogspot.com/

Just Gisele

Gisele in a skimpy black swimsuit

The beauty of Gisele

Gisele Bundchen in a yellow bra and panties

Gisele Bundchen looking good

Gisele at the Victorias Secret Party

Gisele in Beauty Special

Gisele for Ralph Lauren

in the movie - Taxi

Lying down

On the Vanity Fair Cover

Gisele in a red bra

Gisele in Lingerie

On the beach in a bikini

in Harpers Bazaar

Gisele in a red swimsuit

Gisele in white panties for Victorias Secret

Gisele in a Net

Gisele for Dolce & Gabbana

Pink bikini

Bio:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Birthdate: July 20, 1980
Birth location: Três de Maio, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Birth name: Gisele Caroline Nonnenmacher Bündchen
Measurements: 34-24-34 (US); 86-61-86 (EU)
Height: 178 cm; 5'10"
Weight: 127 lb (57 kg)
Shoe size: 38 (EU), 7 (US)
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Light brown
Ethnicity: Deutschbrasilianer

Gisele Caroline Nonnenmacher Bündchen (born July 20, 1980) is a Brazilian supermodel and occasional actress.

Biography

Gisele Bündchen was born in Três de Maio, near Horizontina, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. She is the daughter of Valdir and Vânia Bündchen, both of German descent, along with five sisters: Raquel, Graziela, Patrícia, Gabriela and Rafaela. Patricia and Gisele are fraternal twins. Bündchen has mentioned several times that at least one of her sisters has attempted a modeling career as well. Pictures of her family reveal they share the same statuesque bone structures, and long, wavy brown hair.

While in school, Bündchen was so thin that her friends used to call her "Olívia Palito" (Portuguese for Olive Oyl, Popeye's skinny friend), and Saracura (a kind of long-legged bird). She liked to play volleyball, and had even thought of becoming a professional for the Brazilian team, Sogipa.

An often told story about the "discovery" of Bündchen is when, as a schoolgirl, she went to a McDonalds and was eating a Big Mac when an agent discovered the bronze-haired beauty. In an interview, Bündchen remarked that she at first did not know what a model was, thinking it was something perhaps akin to being a hooker.

In 1993, Bündchen, 13 years old, joined the Dilson Stein's mannequin course to correct her posture, with her sisters Patrícia and Gabriela, because her mother insisted. The course was for teenagers who wanted to be models.

In May 1994, Stein took 50 girls to São Paulo to give them a chance to walk in a big city and to let them be evaluated by Brazilian Elite agents. On August 20, 1993 Bündchen was playing volleyball for Sogipa, in Porto Alegre. Elite "kidnapped" her and took her to a contest. She came between the five finalists. Then, she travelled to São Paulo. She came in second in the national Elite Look of the Year contest - Claudia Menezes, from Bahia, was the one in the first place. In the world contest, in Ibiza, Bündchen came in fourth. While she was easily noticeable for her beauty, she still endured physical criticism.

As a teen , Bündchen moved to New York City to begin her runway debut at Fashion Week. She was so nervous she decided to get a blue star tattoo on her wrist. The star tattoo is very noticeable on the model, but there seems to be no attempt to cover it up with make-up in photo shoots or runway shows. After her debut in NYC, she was immediately embraced by the fashion world.

Bündchen has done ads and runway shows for various fashion houses including Valentino, Zara, Bvlgari, Tommy Hilfiger, Chloé, Celine, Versace, Christian Dior, Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren, Victoria's Secret, Dolce & Gabbana, and Louis Vuitton. She has also appeared on the covers of Allure, Marie Claire, Vogue,Harper’s Bazaar, Arena, and Rolling Stone. Her curvaceous figure prompted Vogue to refer to her body of work as the "return of the sexy model", since she seems to have marked the end of a trend of "waif" models such as Kate Moss.

Bündchen is rumored to be the face of an advertising campaign for Apple Computer, however, this has yet to be run.


Trivia

She has received the "Model of the Year" award and has been named "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" by Rolling Stone.
She has hosted the VH1 Fashion Awards and appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
She has a star tattoo on her left wrist.
Former head of Elite Models, John Casablancas, has had tiffs with Bündchen; he once famously claimed that her infamous breasts were fake and that she has slept her way to the top.
She treasures her dog, Vida.
She broke up with Leonardo DiCaprio in November 2005 and is now dating surfer Kelly Slater. Before DiCaprio, she had been romantically linked to male model Scott Barnhill, Brazilian tycoon João Paulo Diniz, Hotel tycoon Vikram Chatwal and actor Josh Hartnett.
She endorses several Brazilian brands, notably including Vivo (a cellular service company) and the Brazilian subsidiary of C&A (a major retailer). Her brand of flip-flops have sold enormously well in her native Brazil.
She waved the chequered flag for the 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix.
Her other homes include an apartment in Manhattan’s Tribeca district and a house near Woodstock, NY.
Her debut as an actress came in the 2004 movie Taxi. The film failed miserably at the box office and at present Bündchen seems to be entirely focused on her enormously successful modeling career, rather than pursuing other film roles. She appears to have made an exception, however, to take the part of Allyson in the 2006 film version of The Devil Wears Prada.