Photo: Vanity Fair May 2009

April 12th, 2009

Meilinda Soerjoko

 Vanity Fair will be selling a lot of magazines this month. Just because Gisele is on the cover. Undeniably gorgeous, she has been voted by readers as the number one most beautiful woman in the world, amongst 18 others drop-dead gorgeous women. Uber model Kate Moss took the number two place.

 Upon reading the article on Gisele, I had the strong impression that in real life she is very much like some of my model friends who are successful in their field: they are different personality-wise than how they potray themselves in their profession. There is an acute awareness that the certain image they are projecting to the world is a professional requirement, but may not necessarily be who they are post-shoot, but often taken literally by the assuming public.

  Bunchen never gets rid of her life-long athletic tomboy status: she religiously practices kung fu, even training on Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, so much that her Bruce Lee-fan husband calls her "Gis-Lee". She also speaks openly and passionately about her love towards her husband, their secret engangement and wedding at a church in Santa Monica.

  If you're human, you would have heard of the drama between Tom Brady and ex-girlfriend Bridget Moynahan, and their son Jack, whom Bunchen claims as her own. This may raise some disapproving eyebrows in some readers but the fact of the matter is, she loves a baby who is her soulmate's son and accepts him as her own. One compassionate mind would say, that's not hard to understand. What she said may piss Brady's ex Bridget off but Jack Moynahan is the luckiest baby boy on earth--two gorgeous moms and Tom Brady as dad. Some karma!

  If you're not a VF subscriber, this month's issue is definitely worth grabbing. The pictures of Gisele are phenomenal and the article is well-written and a pleasure to read.

Kate Moss and Angelina Jolie are also included in the VF list of world's most beautiful women.

Photo: Vanity Fair