--- description: She was the highest-paid model in the industry. title: Gisele Retires After 20 Years on the Runway image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Living](/tag/time-section-living/) ## Living Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Gisele Retires After 20 Years on the Runway  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Apr 15, 2015 10:31 PM CUT  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Apr 15, 2015 10:31 PM CUT Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen formally [announced](https://instagram.com/p/1f6eRuntIz/?taken-by=giseleofficial "undefined") her retirement from modeling on Wednesday after 20 years of walking the runway. 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/ "undefined"). 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. She already has her own line of flip-flops and lingerie. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3824243/gisele-bundchen-retire-model/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3824243/gisele-bundchen-retire-model/"},"headline":"Gisele Retires After 20 Years on the Runway","datePublished":"2015-04-15T22:31:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:56:56.907Z","description":"She was the highest-paid model in the industry","url":"https://time.com/3824243/gisele-bundchen-retire-model/","keywords":["Living","fashion"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3824243/gisele-bundchen-retire-model/","name":"Gisele Retires After 20 Years on the Runway"}}]}] ```