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With the annual Victoria Fashion Secret Show just one day away, the models are about to drop their wings and shaved underwear.
However, one of the most influential angels of the brand's show is a reminder of his past life.
Gisele Bündchen in the new memoir Lessons: My Way to a Reasonable Life, supermodels reflect her incredible career modeling Victoria's Secret – and how she made a surprise decision to leave.
Bündchen was only 19 years old when she signed a commercial contract with the women's underwear brand – she still explained that her book explains that there is a strong division between the fashion model and the catalog company's modeling.
At that time she was so happy about the opportunity and financial security that was with it.
Although she later became the world's highest paid supermodel for 15 years in a row, in her first modeling years Bündchen discovered her annual paycheck from Victoria's Secret was 80 percent of her annual income.
However, despite being named one of the most recognizable models of the brand, Bündchen was finally tired of the lifestyle and requirements that came with the angel.
Sample signed with the brand when she was 19 (Getty)
"During the first five years I felt comfortable modeling in laundries, but, as I continued, I felt less and less that shooting on a runway with a bikini or strap," she wrote. "Give me my tits, graves, wings – please do something for me to eat a bit!"
So until the time when the supermodel decided to renew the contract in 2006, she was in conflict.
Victoria's Secret Show 2014
"… I was in another place during my life, and I was not convinced that I wanted to continue working there," she said.
To help her treat her, Bündchen relied on an unconventional method – she "mixed two small pieces of paper" with the words "yes" and "no" to them and placed them in an empty kettle.
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Alessandra Ambrosio on the stage
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Adriana Lima on the pedestal
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Fur Ribeiro wears a 2 million euro champagne night Fantasy Bra with Mouawad
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Romee Strijd on the pedestal
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Miguel sings like Leomie Anderson walking along the runway
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Cindy Bruna offers creation
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Ming Xi offers creation
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Adriana Lima leads from other Victoria's Secret models
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Maria Borges offers creation
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Bella Hadid walked along the runway
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Martha Hunt walks along the runway
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Harry Styles performs as Blanca Padilla, walking on the runway
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Sanne Vloets walks along the runway
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Sara Sampaio offers creation
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Elsa Hoska walks along the runway
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Victoria's Secret Models on the Pioneer Board together
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"I closed my eyes and thought: any paper page I chose would be my highest and best personality and the right decision," she explained.
Although the selected paper completed her career with Victoria's Secret, the supermodel said she was "in peace" with the decision, because it was an answer "unknowingly wanted to hear".
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The Bündchen book is available here.
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