Gisele Bundchen's Breasts, Nose Knocked By '90s Fashion Editors

Photographer Mario Testino spoke at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston last Wednesday and he had an interesting anecdote about one of fashion's most famous faces, WWD reports.

He [...] recalled meeting fellow South American Gisele Bundchen at the end of the grunge-waif era and trying to convince editors to use her. "It was, 'Uh, no, the nose, the waist, the breasts.' They saw problems everywhere," he said. "A year later, everyone wanted her."

Testino called himself "part psychologist and part magician" and noted that he's sometimes "been criticized for pretty, smiley photographs."

Comments

[LiberalScoop]

10:18 PM on 05/27/2010

Fashion critics, editors; et al, provide nothing of substance to anything. Maybe that's why they're customarily knocking everyone's look. They know they should have done something worthwhile with their life, but they didn't and it irks them.

[rbryanh]

09:54 PM on 05/26/2010

They didn't like her nose or breasts, so she bought new ones and became famous.

Next?

[MRDMSY]

10:20 AM on 05/25/2010

They didn't like her nose and breasts in the 90s? She's had work done on both of those since then! That makes this a non-story because they're not knocking the same famous nose and breasts that we see today on the runway and in ads.

http://www.gossiprocks.com/forum/rhinoplasty/1881-gisele-bundchens-nose-job.html
http://www.stars-plastic-surgery.com/gisele-bundchen-plastic-surgery.html

[mamacat]

07:55 AM on 05/25/2010

A real woman instead of a plastic surgeon's product? What is wrong with that?

[KittKatt]

05:44 PM on 05/26/2010

Nothing wrong with a real woman... but the Gisele you see today is a plastic surgeon's product.

[SkippyJiffy]

03:03 AM on 05/25/2010

Yes her nose is on the larger side. Her breasts are too big compared to most others and she actually has narrow hips/no waist so I can see where the waist problem comes in. Nevertheless she is quite beautiful and knows how to use her body.

[noaxe397]

10:54 PM on 05/24/2010

She has a nose? Oh.

[Vanessa Belle]

10:11 PM on 05/24/2010

I remember when she came onto the modelling scene. She was criticized for having strong angular features and a larger nose by fashion standards. But that's what I liked about her that she didn't have perfect facial features, that she had a stronger profile and was still considered sexy.

She was referred to as "The Body" in fashion circles, but she didn't have much of a body accept for breasts which I don't think were real. Sarting out, her breasts looked fake to me. For such a tall skinny girl with no meat on her bones two perfectly shaped larger spheres did not look natural. I don't if she still has them or what.

[Vanessa Belle]

10:20 PM on 05/24/2010

typing error ... "Starting out..."

[Absolon]

07:44 PM on 05/24/2010

Waist? What waist? Where?

[ezwalker]

05:13 PM on 05/24/2010

What in the hell could ever be considered wrong with those breasts?

[SkippyJiffy]

03:04 AM on 05/25/2010

maybe too big for the industry?

[ezwalker]

11:23 AM on 05/26/2010

No, not anymore. They're probably not plastic enough - the look they're going for is size D boobs on a 14 year old boy physique.

[enemyofignorance]

04:44 PM on 05/24/2010

There is nothing wrong with the photo, try changing the editor with a more current version.

[Balzac]

04:40 PM on 05/24/2010

Gisele is fine. She has a great look.

[sf girl]

04:13 PM on 05/24/2010

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. She's not everyone's cup of tea. But no one is. Big deal.

[yuri nahl]

03:58 PM on 05/24/2010

Comrades, all you have to do is take a gander at her. She is a babe with a depth of beauty which cannot be smothered by any cornball poo-poo remarks. If I had her nose and breasts all I would have to do is get the rest of my body transplanted. http://djanecouture.wordpress.com/
Many a good fashion photo can be found in there. Plus art blogs.

[wizegeye]

03:40 PM on 05/24/2010

Giselle's unique look is what underlies her beauty.

[TruGal]

03:12 PM on 05/24/2010

She's a good model, though not a great beauty.

[anghiari]

04:52 PM on 05/24/2010

Are you nuts....a great beauty is someone who nobody else looks like...Nobody looks like Gisele...and she is fabulous...Take any of these models and wipe the makeup and leave the hair uncoiffed, they are so damn skinny, you would lose them down a drainpipe...Gisele is gorgeous will always be gorgeous... her special look is exactly why the editors didn't want her, they wanted the cookie cutter beauties... she showed them