BUNDCHEN CASH

GISELE BUNDCHEN was paid £50,000 yesterday for modelling three bikinis. The supersonic supermodel returned to her homeland to make a rare appearance on the catwalk for Brazilian swimwear label Cia. Maritima. She made three trips up the runway: once wearing a mini wrap over a bikini, once in a short tube dress and finally in a relatively large bikini hidden by a sarong that she only took off for a second.
And the curvy girlfriend of Leonardo diCaprio explained to reporters afterwards that her decision not to go for the traditional Brazilian teeny-weeny bikinis this time was due to a new found modesty.

"I don't really feel like showing all of my body to the whole world," she said. And she didn't feel like talking much either, refusing to answer any questions about her romance with the Hollywood actor or about her rumoured resolution to give up smoking. Cia. Maritima, who are planning to open stores in the US this year, are thought to have spent more than £100,000 on the half-hour show, half of which went straight to Gisele. But they weren't complaining.

"With all the press that was here to see her, you can bet they got a good return for £50,000," said Regina Guerreiro, a local fashion critic.