Gisele Bundchen, 46, makes sizzling lingerie cameo during the 2026 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show despite skipping the runway amid injury
Gisele Bundchen thrilled fans on Sunday with a surprise cameo during the 2026 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.
The Brazilian supermodel, 46, kicked off the show with a sizzling pre-taped segment that showed her lounging on a sofa in peach lace lingerie and the brand’s signature pink-and-white striped silk robe.
‘Are you ready for the show?’ she said in the clip, which played right before Bella Hadid opened the star-studded runway, which also saw Kylie Jenner make her Victoria’s Secret debut in a $50 million bra.
The bombshell returned at the end of the show with another cameo where she teased a potential collaboration with the brand.
‘Wasn’t that amazing? You’re gonna be seeing more of me real soon,’ she said with a wink to the camera.
Bundchen did not walk this year’s runway, as photos from Friday showed her hobbling with a black medical boot strapped around her right ankle amid what appeared to be a foot injury.
Her cameo comes 20 years after her last runway appearance on the show in 2006.
Gisele Bundchen, 46, thrilled fans on Sunday with a surprise cameo during the 2026 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show
The Brazilian supermodel kicked off the show with a sizzling pre-taped segment that showed her lounging on a sofa in peach lace lingerie
The beauty made her Victoria’s Secret debut in 1999 at age 19.
A year later she signed a record-setting $25 million contract with the brand.
She remained a staple on the Victoria’s Secret catwalk for six years, and famously wore the Red Hot Fantasy Bra in 2000.
Wearing the Fantasy Bra is considered one of the highest honors a supermodel can receive.
She rocked the pricy piece of lingerie – featuring 1,300 diamonds and Thai rubies – for the VS holiday catalog rather than the runway.
At $15 million, the piece held the crown for the most expensive Fantasy Bra ever made – a record that was smashed by reality TV star Jenner on Sunday, after she hit the runway in a $50 million diamond-covered design.
The tradition kicked off in 1996, when Claudia Schiffer debuted the first-ever Fantasy Bra, valued at $1 million, in a Victoria’s Secret advertising campaign.
Though it’s been 20 years since Bundchen walked the Victoria’s Secret runway, she did appear in the brand’s print campaign in 2023 with fellow models Adriana Lima and Naomi Campbell.
Bundchen did not walk this year’s runway, as photos from Friday showed her hobbling with a black medical boot strapped around her right ankle amid what appeared to be a foot injury
Her cameo came 20 years after her last runway appearance on the show in 2006
‘Are you ready for the show?’ she said in the clip, which played right before Bella Hadid opened the star-studded runway
The bombshell returned at the end of the show with another cameo, where she teased that viewers would be ‘seeing more of me real soon’
The beauty made her Victoria’s Secret debut at the age of 19 in 1999. She remained a staple on the Victoria’s Secret catwalk for six years; Bundchen walks the runway in 2005
She famously wore the Red Hot Fantasy Bra in 2000. At $15 million, the piece held the crown for the most expensive Fantasy Bra ever made at the time
That record was smashed by reality TV star Kylie Jenner on Sunday, after she hit the runway in a $50 million diamond-covered design
Bundchen announced her retirement from modeling and walked her last fashion show in 2015.
