Ambrosio was born in Erechim, Brazil on April 11, 1981. Her parents are Brazilians with Italian and Polish ancestry and own a petrol station.
She enrolled at a modelling class at the age of 12, and at the age of 14, she was one of 20 finalists for the 1996 Elite Model Look national competition for Brazil. When Ambrosio was 12 years old, she started modeling classes,and then began modeling for Dilson Stein at age 15
. Competing in Brazil's Elite Model Look competition started her modeling career in earnest
Her first notable modeling job was the cover of Brazilian
Elle magazin
e. Elite passed along some of her Polaroids to Guess which led her booking the Millennium GUESS? campaign.
She has since appeared in advertisements for brands like Revlon, Christian Dior, Giorgio Armani, and Ralph Lauren, as well as the Pirelli Calendar.
She has walked the catwalks for designers such as Prada, Chanel, and Oscar de la Renta.
She has appeared in numerous international magazine covers, including
Cosmopolitan,
Elle,
GQ,
Harper's Bazaar,
Marie Claire,
Ocean Drive,
Vogue and the only model to appear on the cover of
Glamour in the United States in 2006.
Right now, she is Maxim’s ‘world’s sexiest businesswoman’ Alessandra Ambrosio in new
photos from the inside spread for their latest Issue. More photos below…
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