Alessandra Ambrosio was born in Erexim, Brazil, on the 11th of April, 1981. Her modeling career started when she decided to take modeling lessons in Brazil. The course led to her participation in Elite's Look of the Year contest in 1996, which eventually led to her contract with Elite Model Management.
Trivia
Her best friend is fellow Brazilian supermodel Ana Beatriz Barros.
As a child, she felt insecure about her appearance, particularly of her large, obvious ears. At age 11, she had her ears surgically pushed back.
At the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2005, she wore bra and panties made entirely out of candy and a pair of angel wings.
She appeared in the MTV show Slater Celebrity Surfer Invitational recently, earning a small award.
On a 2005 Supermodel episode of The Tyra Banks Show, she admitted that she had plastic surgery on her ears, saying that they were too large. Because the surgery had been a bad experience for her, she says she is self-discouraged from having plastic surgery again, despite the fact that she would prefer larger breasts as a Victoria's Secret model.
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