Victoria’s Secret Fashion show returned with a blast this month after a six-year hiatus, with several modeling OG’s walking the runway in style. However, notably missing from the carefully handpicked lineup was former Victoria’s Secret angel and reportedly pregnant supermodel Gisele Bündchen. At the time, reports claimed that Victoria’s Secret reached out to the 44-year-old, who retired from modeling in 2020. However, her team declined the invitation on her behalf, claiming she no longer wanted to “walk runways for shows” per TMZ.
Declining this offer denied Gisele a chance to make the historic return to the VS runway with the likes of Tyra Banks, Adriana Lima, Taylor Hill, and Barbara Palvin among other returning past angels. Naturally, fans were left curious, and even disappointed at the star’s decision to turn down what was most considered a great opportunity and a moment of historical significance. The claims that Gisele no longer walked runways for shows only served to fuel the flames, as the lingerie giant’s first runway in six years wasn’t just any show.
Weeks after fans fruitlessly tried to make sense of the “half-baked” explanation, and respect Gisele’s decision, the model dropped another bombshell. On Monday, news broke that the former Victoria’s Secret model Gisele Bündchen was expecting her first child with boyfriend Joaquim Valente, 37. The couple began dating in June 2023, about one year after the model’s divorce from ex-husband Tom Brady. Notably, Gisele is already a mom to two kids, including son Benjamin Rein, 14, and daughter Vivian Lake, 11, both from her ex-husband.
Fans Figure Out the Reason Behind Gisele Bündchen’s Victoria’s Secret Runway Snub
While the news of Gisele Bündchen’s pregnancy undoubtedly caught fans off guard, more shocking is that the model is reportedly about six months along already! Being over halfway through her pregnancy, a visible baby bump is expected, and near-impossible to conceal under lingerie, before thousands of onlookers. Fans have since taken to social media to share their sudden realizations that the need to keep her pregnancy private kept her from making her Victoria’s Secret return. One fan wrote,
“So THAT’S why Gisele wasn’t at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. Got it. Happy for her.”
Another voiced,
“Ohhhh now I know why Gisele Bundchen was not at the Victoria’s Secret fashion show. I swear I was mad, but now it makes sense.”
While Gisele Bündchen has yet to comment on the news that she is pregnant, it is clear she went to great lengths to keep the pregnancy under wraps. Aside from declining to walk the Victoria’s Secret runway, the model has continued to share sultry snaps flaunting her super-toned abs in the last few weeks.
Last month, the mother of two took to Instagram to share snaps from her vacation to Rio de Janeiro, featuring her in revealing crop tops, lingerie, and denim, showing off her trim physique on the beach. She followed up with a sponsored video promoting some herbal products and supplements in a tank top earlier this month strategically keeping her midriff out of sight. While fans thought nothing of the clip at the time, many have returned to the video after the pregnancy reveal, analyzing all the glaring signs that she had a baby bump cooking. Congratulations Gisele!
