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Name: Alessandra Ambrosio

Height: 5′ 9″

Nationality: Brazilian

Birth Date: April 11, 1981

Birth Place: Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Profession: Model

Ambrosio was born in a small town of Erechim, Brazil. When Ambrosio was 12 years old, she enrolled in modeling classes then, began modeling for Dilson Stein at age 15. Her first big modeling job was the cover of the Brazilian Elle magazine. Her best known collaboration is with American lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret. She appeared on the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show for the first time in 2000, and continues to be a participant in the subsequent shows. Her most notable walk down the runway was in 2005 wearing lingerie made entirely out of candy .

Ambrosio has made several television appearances, Late Night with Conan O’Brien; The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn; as guest judge on Project Runway season 2: Team Lingerie and The Tyra Banks Show where she was a guest twice. She appeared alongside TV personality, Regis Philbin in a worldwide commercial for Hummer H2. In 2006, she had a cameo on the box-office hit movie, Casino Royale appearing briefly as tennis girl #1

She was chosen as one of People magazine’s annual 100 Most Beautiful People in the World, in May 2007 along with fellow ‘Angels’ Ambrosio is among the world’s top-earning models.