Finding Supermodels in Rural Brazil

If you’ve ever wondered how supermodels like Gisele Bündchen and Alessandra Ambrosio were discovered, here you go, courtesy of The New York Times:

“The girl has to be tall, she has to easily maintain her measurements, she has to have the desire to be a model.”

Sounds to me like a recipe for image issues, but that’s the way the beauty / fashion industry works I suppose.