Gisele Bundchen started modeling clothes and swimwear at age 14. On Wednesday night, at a show in Sao Paolo, the Brazilian supermodel retired, after a final stroll down the catwalk. Bundchen, 34, says she wants to spend more time with husband Tom Brady, the New England Patriots quarterback, and their two children. She plans to continue "working in other facets of the business," she said on Instagram, just not as its highest-paid model. (She made $47 million last year, according to Forbes.) Bundchen has her own line of lingerie and flip-flops.
She made three appearances at the show, representing Brazilian streetwear brand Colcci, ending amid a crowd of fellow models all sporting shirts with Bundchen's image. Brady was in the audience, "competing with his wife for the cameras' attention as he took in the spectacle from the first row," The Associated Press reports. Watch Bundchen retire at the top of her game below. —Peter Weber
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