Supermodel Gisele Bundchen shows off her moves at the Rio Carnival

Posted by mija on Mar 7, 2011 in News | 0 comments

Gisele Bundchen swapped the catwalk for a float as she showed off her dancing moves at the Rio Carnival yesterday.
The supermodel, 30, showed off her slim figure in a bottom-skimming gold dress as she performed the samba on a giant float in Rio De Janeiro’s famous Sambadrome.
The world’s highest paid model was proudly watched from the audience by her American football player husband Tom Brady and fellow celebrities Jude Law and Pamela Anderson.

Joining Gisele on the float was her mother Valdir and sisters-in-law Nancy and Julie Brady, who took some last minute samba lessons the day before.
The four women took part in the Vila Isabel Samba School’s float, which had the theme ‘hair’.
Discussing the theme on her Twitter page, Gisele enthused: ‘Women love hair and hair helps give personality to people. I think this theme is super cool.’
Bundchen and the Bradys jetted into the Brazilian city on Saturday morning and have been staying at the Hotel Fasano.
But New England Patriots quarterback Brady couldn’t get too involved with the festivities because he’s recovering from an operation on his right
After her performance, the model changed into a white T-shirt by one of the Carnival’s sponsors Pantene and joined Brady and her friends and family.
With Brady out of action, Bundchen grabbed a female friend and started dancing as she clutched a carton of coconut water.
In between dancing, she managed to find the time for some public kissing with her husband of two years.
The model, who has a 15-month-old son Benjamin, had been Tweeting frantically in the run up to the big day.
She admitted she had been listening to the song and learning the words in anticipation of her performance.
She wrote: ‘We are taking a Samba class with a Samba dancer from the Vila Isabel Samba School. She has been dancing since she was six years old.
‘I’m going to do my best and see if I can do this. OK, here we go.’
Gisele attends carnival every year, but usually just enjoys the dancing from the stands.
She enthused: ‘Carnival is very important to Brazil and is known around the world for being the ultimate joy filled celebration…
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