News snippets: Gisele Bundchen

June 24th, 2006

Supermodel Gisele Bundchen and surfer boyfriend Kelly Slater have ended their relationship. The pair had been dating for eight months and both are reportedly taking the split hard.According to American publication In Touch, Slater, who has also dated Pamela Anderson, was so distraught over the split he skipped the June 12 premiere of his new film “Letting Go.”

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Gisele has been giving workers on a New York construction site an early morning thrill by working out in skimpy yoga attire in front of them.
The sexy Brazilian felt sure the burly builders couldn’t see into her apartment — but she discovered she was mistaken when they started waving at her.
She explains, “I kept telling my assistant that we needed to put something up, because they could see in my apartment, but she said, ‘Don’t worry about it — you have special blinds where you can see out, but they can’t see in.’”
The supermodel continued to stretch and practice yoga in skimpy outfits every morning in her living room. She adds, “I’m stretching in my shorts and I see a guy looking at me, but my assistant said he couldn’t see me, so I continued.
“I left and came back home and there were more guys looking into my apartment. I decided to wave (to see if they could see) and they all waved back. “They could see me the entire time! I could have killed her (assistant)!”

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Further, Gisele is taking over Uma Thurman’s role as the face of luxury goods label Louis Vuitton. Actress Thurman has represented the French fashion house for two seasons, but Louis Vuitton designer Marc Jacobs believes the company needs to use professional models again.
Jacobs explains, “We just wanted a fashion icon more than the celebrity thing”. “I certainly feel Gisele is iconic and recognized all over the world as Gisele. Also, the clothes were hot and sexy and colorful, and we thought she would exaggerate the strength and the heat of the collection.”
Previous faces of Louis Vuitton include Jennifer Lopez, Scarlett Johansson, Christina Ricci and Chloe Sevigny.