Retired supermodel, Gisele Bundchen is on the cover of the July edition of American Vogue but rather than relish the honour of the photo spread in the
Retired supermodel, Gisele Bundchen is on the cover of the July edition of American Vogue but rather than relish the honour of the photo spread in the magazine, the Brazilian ex super model is busy trying to make amends for her comments in the interview with the magazine. Gisele Bundchen had made a comment about the pressures faced by young models which forces them to self promote on Instagram.
The seemingly harmless comment didn’t go unnoticed by many who forced the supermodel to apologize. She took to twitter saying,
“I’m sorry that my words in my most recent Vogue article were misunderstood. My intention was simply to express that I come from an older generation and am not technologically savvy. I admire the younger generation and their skill to manage all the added demand of social media. I certainly never feel that I am wiser than anyone, and I believe that we are all learning.”
In the interview, Gisele Bundchen who unknown to many is an environmentalist told Vogue that her sister created an Instagram account for her because she was generally apathetic about the platform. “If it was me, it would only be pictures of sunsets. It’s not my generation I have to be honest about that. I’m older, wiser. If I had to promote myself in the way girls modeling now have to do, forget it. I wouldn’t do it.”
Here below are excerpts of her interview
On not getting sucked into the glam model game in spite of her success:
“I was watching all the chaos but never getting that close,” she remembers. “Drugs. Girls coming and going, some making it, some heading down a bad path and going home. I was never a party girl. You can’t be reading Lao Tzu and partying. The environment I was living in wasn’t matching the things I was interested in. I was wondering, How is it that we’re all floating on this blue dot in space? I’ve always been a curious person, and I’ve always asked the big questions. What else? What more? This can’t be all there is.”
On being an eco-warrior, one living in great white privilege:
“I am focused on teaching my children; Ben, eight, and Vivian, five, to garden, to show them the pleasure of a thing in its proper season, to instill a patience that digital culture undermines at every turn. They compost. They keep bees. My husband, Tom, is well trained too. He now uses a lemon tincture to flavor his water, lest the trash fill up with plastic bottles, and the kids police their dad when he falls short. They’re the little defenders. When you have privilege, you have to work extra hard. You want to give to your children because you love them, but is that really what’s best for them? Growing the garden with my kids, they understand they have to nourish it from tiny seeds. Ooh, here comes a frost. We lose our plant. And now what? Start again, figure out a new way. Nature is the biggest teacher: She’s always teaching you how to adapt.”
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