Bundchen was discovered in 1993 at a shopping mall by Elite Model Management.

She made her debut at New York Fashion Week in 1996, and from there her career skyrocketed.

She walked notable runways and booked top-tier photo shoots, even gracing the cover of AmericanVoguethree times in 1999.

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Fast-forward to the present day, and she’sstill on top, but it came with a price.

She still gets emotional when she thinks about leaving her family and her sisters, a source toldPeople.

She was only 14 years old and she went off to start a new life, a new career.

She left everything she knew behind.

Everything is possible when we believe, and I am no different from you.

I am simply a person who believed.