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Gisele Bündchen Is Officially Retiring From the Runway

Following 20 years of catwalking all around the world, Gisele Bündchen is retiring. Sort of. As the highest paid model in the world for eight years running, the 34-year-old will no longer participate in Fashion Weeks and runway shows.

"Gisele will focus on special projects and also spending more time on her number one priority: her family,"Patricia Bündchen, GIsele’s sister and representative said in a statement on Wednesday.

News of Gisele calling it quits emerged last Friday when a Brazil-based newspaper reported that she would take her final bow at São Paulo Fashion Week in mid-April. This would be a fitting place to bid adieu considering it’s her home country as well as a place where she’s found astounding amounts of success from fashion lines to commercial ventures.

But just because she’ll no longer be closing out Alexander McQueen or making surprise appearances at Chanel doesn’t mean she’s going anywhere. Gisele, who is married to New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and has two kids, Benjamin and Vivian, has become prolific not because of her strut — which is legendary — but spokesperson positions, campaigns, and fashion partnerships.

This might be goodbye in one sense, but Gisele’s not going anywhere anytime soon.