Gisele Bündchen’s mom dead at 75 after cancer battle: report
Gisele Bündchen’s mother, Vania Nonnenmacher, has reportedly passed away at age 75.
Brazilian outlet GZH reports she died in the hospital Sunday following a battle with cancer.
According to the outlet, she had been admitted to Hospital Moinhos de Vento in Porto Alegre, Brazil, for treatment.
Nonnenmacher was a mother to six daughters: Rafaela, Graziela, Gabriela and Raquel, along with Gisele and her twin sister, Patricia.
A rep for the former Victoria’s Secret model did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
Gisele has her mother to thank for her extraordinary career.
The supermodel originally wanted to be a professional volleyball player, but in 1993 her mother enrolled her and sisters Patricia and Gabriela in a modeling course to teach them posture and give them some confidence.
After the course ended, the girls were rewarded with a trip to Rio de Janeiro, where Gisele was discovered by Elite Model Management at a shopping mall.
Earlier this month, the Brazilian stunner, 43, opened up about her parents while promoting her upcoming cookbook, “Nourish: Simple Recipes to Empower Your Body and Feed Your Soul.”
Speaking to Harper’s Bazaar, Gisele — who shares son Benjamin, 14, and daughter Vivian, 11, with ex-husband Tom Brady — revealed that she overhauled her diet after witnessing her mom and dad’s health issues.
“I want to live the longest feeling the best that I can, but for me to achieve this, I have to make decisions today,” she said.
“You can have all the money in the world. If you don’t have your health, it’s not possible to buy it back.”
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Earlier this month, the mom of two kicked off the new year by sharing a rare snap with her entire family in a sweet carousel of photos.
“Reconnecting with the essential ❤️ sending love and wishing a happy and blessed 2024 to all!” she captioned the Instagram post featuring mom Vânia, dad Valdir and her five sisters.
Gisele previously opened up about having the “best childhood in the world” in her 2018 memoir, “Lessons: My Path to a Meaningful Life.”
“When I was growing up in Horizontina, [Brazil], there were six of us girls at the dinner table, six voices rising up to talk or laugh or disagree at once,” she wrote.
“One day, my dad made a rule: if one of us had something to say, we needed to raise our hand.”
