Gisele Bundchen – Harper’s Bazaar

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What I love about her is her sensuality and energy” seconds designer Donatella Versace. “Gisele is one of a kind.”

In her Harper’s Bazaar interview Gisele reminds herself that It took her several years to make her mark, and she endured the typical gasp-inducing criticisms that plague most modeling careers. “I’ll never forget the day when a woman came up to me and said, ‘No, you could never be on a magazine cover. Your face features don’t work; your eyes are small, you have a small face but a big nose.’ I was only 14 and I had never noticed any of that stuff, you know?” Luckily, Gisele’s father supplied a snappy comeback for her. “He said to me, ‘Next time that happens, you tell the person that you have a big nose and a big personality to match.’ Ha!”

Read the full story on http://www.harpersbazaar.com

See the pictures by Peter Lindbergh below: