Gisele Bundchen Harper’s Bazaar April 2009 Pictures

Popcrunch reveals Mrs. Tom Brady graces the cover of the April issue of Harper’s Bazaar, hitting newsstands March 24.

Supermodel Gisele Bundchen is known for the knockout figure that makes her a standout on the runway, but the Brazilian bombshell says her fast-paced lifestyle began taking a toll on her about five years ago.

Highlights from the article:

"I didn't want to leave my whole family, but my parents were working and I had five sisters, so things were challenging. I figured I could be independent and work. I thought I could take care of myself and it would be one less child for them to worry about."

Gisele gushes on Tom Brady saying, "Tom is a good guy," she continues tentatively. "He has a very pure heart. He's very naive, almost like a child. That is my favorite quality about him. One thing that I thought was so amazing when I first met him is that he is innocent. He sees the world with colored glasses." (While Gisele speaks several languages, occasionally some charming malapropisms escape her.) "It's beautiful, but I think that is rare. I love that about him. No one else sees that. He's very strong and focused in his job, but he's so sensitive, it's amazing."

"I'll never forget the day when a woman came up to me and said, 'No, you could never be on a magazine cover. Your face features don't work; your eyes are small, you have a small face but a big nose.' I was only 14 and I had never noticed any of that stuff, you know?"

"I want to have a big family," she says. "My parents have been together for 36 years, and that is what I want. I am in that place. It's all good in that part of my life. It's one part of my life that I'm learning about every day. I've been challenged a lot by it, but it's the most rewarding part."

"She brought sexy back way before Justin Timberlake," says Galliano.

Downward Spiral

"I was drinking a lot of red wine, smoking a pack and a half of cigarettes a day, and eating cheeseburgers all day. I was treating my body, which is my temple and my best friend, as my worst enemy," she says. "I was almost punishing myself. I was so tired. I was working so much, and I was numb."

"I haven't seen Tom in 10 days and now I'm going to show up like this?" she wailed. But of course Gisele, red face and all, is still Gisele.