Go Inside Gisele Bündchen’s New Miami Home—And See Her Most Prized Possessions

“It’s never really the object, let’s be honest,” Gisele Bündchen says when asked to name her favorite things in her Miami, Florida home. “It’s something emotional.” Indeed, the supermodel treasures the artwork she was given by her children more highly than pieces from established galleries. “It has her energy. I love that,” she says of a pot made by her daughter, Vivian, before pulling out a drawing by her son Benjamin. “He is an incredible artist,” she says. “I am so proud of him.”

She only moved to this house a year and a half ago, but already, the family has settled in. There are animals everywhere, including a stable with horses—Vivian has one named Idem, while Gisele rides another named Alfie—as well as a particularly affable German Shepherd. “It feels like Brazil—I love how warm people are,” she says of Miami.

Bündchen also revisits her first American Vogue cover. “It was a very special day. We were at the park in New York, it was Steven Meisel,” she says of the July 1999 issue, which coincidentally came out the day of her 19th birthday.

It was also the end of something: heroin chic. While the ’90s saw waif-thin models on the catwalk, Bündchen marked a paradigm shift towards curves and athleticism. “It was a very important moment,” she says. “It was kind of a beginning of a new era in fashion,” she says.

She also brings Vogue into her kitchen to prepare some homemade granola. Bündchen’s cookbook, Nourish, was recently published by Clarkson Potter. It focuses on how to make healthy recipes and embrace a healthy mindset: throughout, Bündchen encourages the reader to focus on gratitude. “It’s such a gift, such an honor for us to have food and receive food,” she says. “Food is what sustains our life.”

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