Brazilian model Gisele Bündchen, who rose to fame signing with the exclusive Victoria Secret brand when she was only 19, is out of the public eye by deciding to stay away from lingerie shows. However, an action she took on December 4 put her back on the radar.
The supermodel was walking along the paradisiacal beaches of Brazil when she spotted a sea turtle in distress. The animal was washed ashore and had been caught face down in a fishing net and was approaching a fateful end. But it was not like that. Gisele was determined to rescue her, a process that was recorded on her social networks.
“Early this morning I was walking on the beach and my dog Onyx started barking at a pile of ocean trash that had been washed away during high tide. When I got closer, I saw this beautiful turtle upside down with a look of hopelessness and fatigue in her eyes, her body knotted and entangled in a fishing net. “he wrote in his post.
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After a few minutes untangling the mesh, he managed to free the turtle, which was exhausted from having been struggling to free itself from the death trap. Then Gisele Bündchen didn’t think about it and carried her closer to the water.
The adrenaline of the moment made him ignore the fact that adult sea turtles can weigh between 110 and 120 kilos, almost twice the weight of the top model. In the video, you can see how he loads it with great care and gentleness to try to reassure the animal.
“I didn’t think twice, I just picked her up and carried her to the water (It’s amazing how adrenaline can make you stronger!) ”, He said. “I was relieved and very happy to see her swimming freely, grateful to have been there and to have been able to help,” Gisele continued.
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Thanks to his swift action, the story had a happy ending. At the end of the clip it is seen how the marine animal flaps its fins quickly and as soon as it has contact with the sea it begins to swim until it disappears on the horizon.
Gisele Bündchen is UN Ambassador for Environmental Rights
The Brazilian model has shown to be interested in social issues and especially in environmental issues, so she raises her voice in the face of injustices and uses her platforms to publicly criticize the Government of her country when measures are adopted that affect the preservation of nature.
She was the presenter of the episode Feeding the fire of Planet in danger in the Amazon jungle in 2016. Gisele explored a critical scenario and met with several specialists to learn more about the causes that put the forest at risk and what are the effects of deforestation of flora and hunting of wild fauna.
They offered him a job in the government of Jair Bolsonaro
In 2019, the then head of the Brazilian Agriculture portfolio, Tereza Cristina Correa, announced that she would send an invitation to the model, who was already a UN ambassador for environmental causes.
“I pointed out that Gisele Bündchen could be an ambassador for Brazil to show that we produce food for the world while preserving nature,” recalled the minister appointed by Jair Bolsonaro. “The model will receive, shortly, an invitation from us”, assured Tereza Cristina Correa on her Twitter account.
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