Victoria’s Secret Angel Alessandra Ambrosio is no less than a real angel. With never ending legs and sultry, sensual eyes, Ambrosio has to be the sexiest woman alive. At the age of 35, she looks extremely gorgeous with a bare face, she can hardly be called the mother of two. But before we barge in into how many children and love affairs she’s had, let’s know about her achievements in life.
Alessandra Ambrosio for GUESS. Source: Elite Model Look
Brazil-born Alessandra Ambrosio began modelling at a meagre age of 15. She worked for Dilson Stein before participating Brazil’s Elite Model Look competition. Her first breakthrough work was landing on the cover of Elle’s Brazilian edition which opened numerous doors for her. Her work on Elle led her to the Millennium GUESS? Campaign. By the year 2004, she’d been a known model and worked for high fashion designers like Prada, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Givenchy, Christian Lacroix, Bottega Veneta, Escada, Tommy Hilfiger, Dior, Marc Jacobs, Louis Vuitton, Balmain, Ralph Lauren, Halston, Vivienne Westwood, Giles Deacon, and Oscar de la Renta.
Alessandra Ambrosio in her first fantasy bra. Source: DailyMail
Apart from this, she had also ended up being majorly involved with Victoria’s Secret. In 2004, she became the first spokesmodel for Victoria’s Secret PINK. The model is known for her work with Victoria’s Secret than any other brands. In 2005 for the VS Fashion Show, Ambrosio wore lingerie made entirely out of candy. In 2009, she opened the show and in 2011, she flaunted the heaviest pair of wings ever made. In 2012, Ambrosio wore ‘The Floral Fantasy Bra’ which featured amethysts, rubies, sapphires, and diamonds. All sorts of precious stones for the precious lady! She was chosen again, along with fellow angel Adriana Lima, by the Victoria’s Secret team to wear the Dream Fantasy Bra worth $2 million in 2014.
Alessandra Ambrosio is the face of NEXT, a UK-based brand. She is also the face of Colcci, a Brazilian sportswear brand. She has graced the covers of many magazines like Cosmopolitan, Elle, GQ, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, Ocean Drive, Vogue and was the only model to appear on the cover of Glamour in the United States in 2006. She also has her own fashion and lifestyle brand Ále by Alessandra in a collaboration with US retailer Cherokee.
Alessandra stuns on the cover of Vogue. Source: CelebMafia
Ambrosio has also made a several silver screen and TV appearances, some of them being her appearance on the box-office hit Casino Royale, HBO's Entourage, New Girl, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Project Runway Season 2: Team Lingerie, The Tyra Banks Show, and the 20th cycle of America's Next Top Model. She also guest starred on TV series How I Met Your Mother with her fellow VS Angels Adriana Lima, Selita Ebanks, Marisa Miller, Miranda Kerr, and Heidi Klum. She made her acting debut in the Brazilian telenovela Verdades Secretas in 2015. She also played herself in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.
Alessandra Ambrosio is one of the world’s highest paid models along with biggies like Gisele Bundchen, Kate Moss, Natalia Vodianova, Adriana Lima, Doutzen Kroes, Miranda Kerr, Lara Stone, Caroline Murphy, and Candice Swanepoel. In 2012, she ranked #6 on Forbes’ highest paid models’ list having earned $6.6 million in a year. She has an estimated net worth of $40 million.
The National Ambassador for National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Alessandra Ambrosio is engaged to businessman Jamie Mazur for eight years now.Ambrosio has two children, a 8-year-old daughter Anja Louise Ambrosio Mazur and a 4-year-old son Noah Phoenix Ambrosio Mazur. Ambrosio recently went on a vacation with her family to Ibiza, Spain.