Maria Izabel Goulart Dourado is a Brazilian fashion model. She is best known as having been one of the Victoria’s Secret Angels from 2005 to 2008 and for her work with Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and Armani Exchange.
Nick Name: Iza, Giraffe (was called by this name in school)
Born: October 23, 1984, 39 years old and 1 months, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Hair Color: Light Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 5 ft 10½ in / 179 cm
Measurements: 33-24-35 in / 85-61-88 cm
Bra Size: 32B US / 70B EU
Izabel Goulart in Bikini – Hot Personal Pics
Izabel Goulart in Bikini
Izabel Goulart in Bikini – Hot Personal Pics
Izabel Goulart in Bikini – Hot Personal Pics
Izabel Goulart in Bikini at the Beach in Rio de Janeiro
Izabel Goulart in Bikini at the Beach in Rio de Janeiro
Ethnicity
She has Italian and Portuguese ancestry.
Family
Siblings – She has 6 brothers and sisters.
Early life and career
Goulart is of Portuguese and Italian descent and has four brothers and one sister. Goulart once said, “the hardest part about being [a Victoria’s Secret Angel] is I spend time away from my mom’s food and away from my home with my five siblings”. School was a particularly rough time for Goulart, as she was made fun of for her skinny build and was called names such as “giraffe”.
While shopping for groceries with her mother at age 14, a hairstylist suggested that she should become a model. She moved to the state capital, São Paulo, and started modeling, moving to France shortly afterwards to develop her career. Goulart returned to São Paulo in August 2001 (aged 16), where she joined former agency Success. Her career in the Brazilian fashion world was launched by Ney Alves, currently the director of Major Models Brazil.
Modeling career
During Goulart’s first ever fashion show appearance, she experienced a wardrobe malfunction when her top fell open. The incident made many Brazilian newspapers. She eventually put this event behind her and returned to the runway to model collections for A-list designers such as Alberta Ferretti, Bill Blass, Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta, Isabel Marant, Givenchy, Altuzarra, Oscar de la Renta, Valentino, Balmain, Jil Sander, Chanel, Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren, Emilio Pucci, Dolce and Gabbana, Emanuel Ungaro, Loewe, Roberto Cavalli and Stella McCartney, among others. Goulart has also modeled for H&M, Express, Neiman Marcus, Missoni and DSquared².
In 2005, Goulart appeared on the covers of the April edition of Marie Claire France and, in December, Vogue Brazil. She first appeared in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in 2005, the year she was contracted as an Angel. She received a star on the Hollywood “Walk of Fame” prior to the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2007. Although she is no longer an Angel, Goulart walked in every Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show from 2005 to 2016. In 2008, she replaced fellow Victoria’s Secret Angel Alessandra Ambrosio as the face of A/X Armani Exchange and she was featured in three seasonal print campaigns for the label.
In 2010, Goulart appeared on the cover of the October issue for GQ Mexico, Vogue Brasil and appeared in a campaign for Avon. In the same year, she was voted the best international top model by the magazine Glamour Mexico.
In 2011, Goulart appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She can be seen in the spring/summer 2011 campaign for Dolce and Gabbana, the Pre-Fall 2011 campaign for Givenchy, Yamamay’s 10th Anniversary Collection and the Fall/Winter 2011 campaign for DKNY Jeans. The same year, she ranked number 100 in FHM magazine’s list of the 100 Sexiest Women In The World. She also appeared on one of the four covers of Elle Brasil.
In February 2012, she was photographed by Dusan Reljin for Vogue Spain, and later that year by Mario Testino, again for Vogue Spain, in an editorial entitled “Las majas”, which also featured Alessandra Ambrosio, Doutzen Kroes, Miranda Kerr and Isabeli Fontana. In November, she was recognised as “Fashion Personality of the Year” by the Brazilian magazine Isto é Gente, and she also appeared on the cover of Glamour Brazil in December 2012.
In February 2013 she appeared on the cover of one of the four issues of Vogue Brasil, together with Bette Franke, Magdalena Frackowiak, and Mirte Maas.
In mid-2013, she became the face of MAC Cosmetics Tropical Taboo range and she was photographed by Zee Nunes for the October edition of Vogue Brazil in an editorial entitled “Olympiada Fashion”. Later that year she appeared in a campaign for Agua De Coco promoting its spring/summer 2014 beachwear collection. She also appeared on the cover of GQ Portugal in December 2013, after she was elected as the magazine’s “International Woman of the Year” in May of that year.
Public image
In 2007, Goulart won the Cool Magazine’s “Toshiba Cool Planet Award” in the category of “Best Model”. As a Victoria’s Secret Angel, she was chosen as one of People magazine’s annual “100 Most Beautiful People in the World” in May 2007.
Personal life
Goluart can speak Portuguese, English and French.
Goulart, whose youngest brother, Guilherme, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 1, does charitable work, helping hospitals in her native Brazil to raise money to provide free insulin for diabetic children in need. She also has taken an active role with the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) at the University of Miami, a recognized leader in cure-focused research. In 2009, Goulart became the DRI’s international ambassador and in that role helps to promote the work of the DRI throughout her travels.
In 2006, she began dating Brazilian businessman Marcelo H. L. da Costa. The couple were engaged in 2009, but ended their relationship after eight years. In 2015, she began dating German footballer Kevin Trapp, the goalkeeper for Eintracht Frankfurt. On 5 July 2018, they became engaged.
First Film
Izabel debuted with comedy film Baywatch in 2017.
First Fashion Show
Izabel appeared in Ready to Wear – Spring / Summer 2005 fashion show in which she advertised for Iodice.
First TV Show
As an actress, her debut television appearance was in Two and a Half Men as a Movie Theater Date in just one episode. Her role was uncredited.
Izabel Goulart Favorite Things
Favorite Sport – Road Biking
Favorite Record – Dark Side of the Moon, The Main Ingredient
Favorite Beach – It is in Thailand and does not has a name
Izabel Goulart Facts
She was made fun of her skinny body and was called “Giraffe” in school.
She experienced wardrobe malfunction in her first ever fashion show.
She decided to be a model when a hair stylist suggested her to become one at age 14.
She appeared in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue 2011.
One of his brothers has Type 1 diabetes.
Izabel is fluent in languages like English, Portuguese and French.
She has served as the international ambassador for DRI (Diabetes Research Institute).
She was ranked at 100th position in 2011 FHM World Most Sexiest Women.
Goulart appeared in an episode of Two and a Half Men (season 4, episode 9: “Corey’s Been Dead for an Hour”).
She made a guest appearance in the thirteenth episode of Season 3 of Entourage alongside fellow Angel Alessandra Ambrosio.
Goulart was featured at the end of the 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in Rio. The ceremony ended with a fireworks display and a tribute to Rio’s signature event, the Carnival, which showcased Brazil’s musical dance culture. The 250-person strong parade was led by Izabel Goulart and street cleaner Renato Sorriso, with the carnival anthem Cidade Maravilhosa playing in the background.
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