--- title: Gisele Bundchen Retires From Modeling After 20 Years description: She was the highest-paid model in the industry. canonical: https://time.com/3824243/gisele-bundchen-retire-model/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-15T22:31:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:56:56.907Z og:title: Gisele Retires After 20 Years on the Runway og:description: She was the highest-paid model in the industry. og:url: https://time.com/3824243/gisele-bundchen-retire-model/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Gisele Retires After 20 Years on the Runway twitter:description: She was the highest-paid model in the industry. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Gisele Retires After 20 Years on the Runway > Sponsored content. 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Bündchen posted the news to her Instagram account before a show at São Paulo Fashion Week, her last, along with a picture of herself when she first started at 14: She is the highest-paid model in the industry, [according to _Forbes_](http://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2014/08/18/the-worlds-highest-paid-models-of-2014-gisele-doutzen-and-adriana-steal-the-show/). As the face of brands like Chanel, Carolina Herrera and Louis Vuitton, she earned an estimated $386 million over the course of her career. Her 2014 paycheck alone was $47 million — $16 million more than that of her NFL-quarterback husband Tom Brady. The supermodel, who has two children with Brady, says she is leaving to spend more time with her family but plans to continue to work in the fashion industry, likely as a designer. 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