Gisele Bundchen has quit as the face of Victoria’s Secret lingerie, because they reportedly would not increase her US$5 million ($6.7m) annual salary.

Gisele Bundchen has quit as the face of Victoria’s Secret lingerie, because they reportedly would not increase her US$5 million annual salary.

The Brazilian supermodel ? who formerly dated Leonardo DiCaprio ? was the top Victoria’s Secret Angel but has now ended her contract after they allegedly refused to meet her financial demands.

“Her demands were outrageous,” a source told Brazilian website Glamurana. “She got a new lawyer who was unrealistic.

“Victoria’s Secret doesn’t care. They have five new hotter, younger girls debuting next year. And they won’t have to deal with any craziness.”

Gisele’s sister, Patricia Bundchen, confirmed the model had broken off her contract talks with the lingerie company.

A representative for Victoria’s Secret declined to comment.

why we like her?

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then we could write volumes about Kurkova. Her long, blonde hair, and body that was sculpted for lingerie, harken back to the larger-than-life supermodels of the past.

why is she famous?

Well-known in her Czech hometown since her early teens, Kurkova drew attention in North America after appearing in the Victoria’s Secret popular TV specials and gracing the cover of Vogue. She has since been living the life of a true supermodel, with magazine and runway appearances aplenty.

quote

“I don’t really have a New Year’s resolution to go on a diet or anything like that. I am who I am, and I don’t want to be somebody else. Mother Nature made me the way I am, and I should be happy.” -Karolina Kurkova

bio

Born in the town of Decin, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) on February 28th, 1984, Karolina Kurkova had a slight taste of what celebrity would be like, as her father Josef Kurka was a star basketball player. As a child, her height made her relatively awkward and gangly, but that would all change with age.

Karolína Kurková is a Czech supermodel, best known as a Victoria’s Secret angel. Kurková has made more than 80 magazine cover appearances.[citation needed] Most recently, Kurková has appeared on the cover of Korea’s W, as well as the Greek Vogue. Kurková has been featured in fashion spreads in most major fashion magazines including UK, U.S., and French Vogue (as well as other international versions of Vogue), Vanity Fair, The Face, and W. She has worked with well-known fashion photographers including Steven Klein, Mario Sorrenti, and Mario Testino.She was also featured in the 2006 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.Kurková is also set to make her film debut alongside Frankie Muniz, Harvey Keitel and Amber Valletta in Howard Himelstein’s coming-of-age dramedy, My Sexiest Year.