Who says beauty is just skin deep? Brazilian-born Supermodel and enviromental activist Gisele Bündchen became a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Goodwill Ambassador today at Washington Square Park in New York City. You may know her best as the out-of-this-world sexy Victoria’s Secret model, but Gisele is also a very active environmentalists. She joins fellow Goodwill Ambassador Yann Arthus-Bertrand, French photographer and creator of HOME -- in taking on climate change and environmental degradation. Gisele is expecting her first child in December with New England Patriots quarterback, Tom Brady.
Gisele on Becoming a UN Ambassador and in securing a healthy
future for the planet:
“The environment has always been my passion. I grew up in a
small town and I had the opportunity to live surrounded by nature.
I couldn't have asked for a better childhood. We must act now,
so future generations have the same opportunity...
Mother Earth is our fundamental life-support system, and by becoming aware and responsible now, we can assist in preserving the planet. I have been working on environmental issues for a long time and agreed to become a Goodwill Ambassador to be part of a global and far-reaching organization. Now it's about action on a global scale to secure a healthy future for the next generation, wherever they live in the world.”
Prior to this honor, Gisele has been involved in the following initiatives, according to Treehugger:
- Started water dress to promote water conservation
(specifically the Xingu river, which flows into the Amazon and is
suffering from deforestation).
- Launched her own green blog. - Continues her Ipanema flip flop
line and this time in a forest outfit to raise awareness on
Atlantic deforestation and to support SOS Mata Atlantica.
- Next Spring she will lend her fame as the animated superhero star
of GiGi & the Green Team, a series of AOL webisodes. In the
cartoon, GiGi "lives a double life--supermodel by day,
superhero protector of the environment by night."
Congratulations to Gisele on being perhaps one of our most beautiful UN Ambassadors ever! Must be nice to be a Supermodel... Sigh...
