Izabel Goulart Biography

Izabel Goulart
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Izabel Goulart
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Birth name Maria Izabel Goulart Dourado1
Date of birth October 23, 1984 (1984-10-23) (age 25)
Place of birth São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
Height 5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m) 2
Hair color Brown-Blond
Eye color Brown
Measurements (US) 33-23.5-352 ; (EU) 83-60-89
Dress size (US) 4 ; (EU) 34
Shoe size (US) 92 ; (EU) 39
Agency Women Management2, Major Agency

Maria Izabel Goulart Dourado (born October 23, 1984), better known as Izabel Goulart, is a Brazilian model. She is best known as one of the Victoria's Secret Angels from 2005 to 2008 and for her work with Armani Exchange.

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Early life and career

Goulart was born on October 23, 1984 in São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil. She is of Italian descent and has four brothers and one sister. Goulart once said "the hardest part about being an Angel is I spend time away from my mom's food and away from my home with my five brothers and sister."3 School was a particularly rough time for Goulart, as she was made fun of for her skinny build, and was even called names such as "giraffe".4

While shopping for groceries with her mother at age 14, a hairstylist suggested that she should become a model. She moved to the state's capital São Paulo and started modeling.5

Modeling career

During Goulart's first ever fashion show appearance, she experienced a wardrobe malfunction when her top fell open. The unfortunate incident made many Brazilian newspapers and remains her most embarrassing moment. She was able to put her rocky start behind her and returned to the runway to model collections for A-list designers such as Bill Blass, Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta, Oscar de la Renta, Valentino, Jill Sander, Chanel, Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren and Stella McCartney, among many others.6 Goulart has also modeled for H&M, Express, Neiman Marcus, Missoni and Dsquared.

She first appeared in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2005, the year she was contracted as an Angel. Although she is not an Angel any longer, she remains working for the company. She has shot for top photographers such as Terry Richardson, David Sims, Greg Kadel, and Vincent Peters for such publications as French and Japanese Vogue, French magazine, and Numero. She was replaced by Rianne ten Haken as the face of Armani Exchange.citation needed Goulart can be seen in the fall 2009 H&M campaign.

Personal life

Goulart was reportedly engaged to businessman Marcelo Costa on August 2006.78 However, on the February 7, 2008 Conan O'Brien show, she mentioned that she was single.

Goulart is Catholic. She is also devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.citation needed

Goulart does charitable work helping with hospitals in her native Brazil to raise money to provide free insulin for diabetic children in need. She also wants to help on finding a cure for diabetes.1

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