Gisele Bündchen: I Treated My Body Like My 'Worst Enemy'

Gisele Bündchen on Abusing Her Body
Copyright 2009 / Harper's Bazaar
Supermodel and newlywed Gisele Bündchen told Haper's Bazaar that there was a time when she treated her body like it was her "worst enemy."

Gisele is now happily married to football player Tom Brady but five or six years ago her fast-paced life was taking a toll on her. "I was drinking a lot of red wine, smoking a pack and a half of cigarettes a day, and eating cheeseburgers all day. I was treating my body, which is my temple and my best friend, as my worst enemy," she told Harper's Anamaria Wilson.

She continues, "I was almost punishing myself. I was so tired. I was working so much and I was numb.”

Gisele said she got out of her slump by taking six months off and spending some time in her home country of Brazil. "If you are happy, you can give happiness,” she said. “If you don’t love yourself and if you are unhappy with yourself, you can’t give anything else but that.”

Gisele graces the cover of the upcoming issue of Harper's Bazaar hitting newsstands March 24.

Published 3/11/09 by the Insider

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  • eu adori capa da revista de verdade!!!!!!!!!
    Edvand 3/12/09 Reply
  • I HAVE NEVER SEEN A WOMAN AS BEAUTIFUL AS GISELE. SHE IS A SPECIAL YOUNG LADY.
    tjf55 3/12/09 Reply
  • If she was so unhappy she should have done some volunteer work and lived in the real world, like Brad and Angelina do. she should stop being self-centered and donate some money to charities, help sick children, help her country. Btw, Angelina is the...
    happygolucky 3/12/09 Reply
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    nabilen 3/12/09 Reply
  • Cool:)
    NeverLetGo 3/11/09 Reply