Gisele Bundchen has been criticized by Brazil's new Agriculture Minister for her statements on the rainforest and her environmental activism. The supermodel with Brazilian roots is "a bad Brazilian" and pity the image of the country abroad, said Tereza Cristina Dias, according to "Guardian".
Bündchen, who is married to US football star Tom Brady, has long been committed to protecting rainforests in their homeland. In 2009, she was named Special Envoy of the UN for Environmental Protection. She also worked on clean water initiatives. So far, the model did not respond to the minister's comment.
Dias had spoken directly to the model in a radio interview with broadcaster Jovem Pan-Radio: "I'm sorry, Gisele Bündchen, you should be our ambassador to tell us how your country protects the environment (...) Do not come here to say bad things about Brazil without knowing the facts. "
Subsequently, the politician wrote on Twitter that Bündchen will receive an invitation shortly. Accordingly, the model would like to work as an ambassador for the country.
Na Jovem Pan sinalizei que a Gisele Bündchen podia ser embaixadora do Brasil para mostrar que producimos alimentos para o mundo preservando a natureza. A modelo vai receber, em breve, convite nosso. @giseleofficial
- Tereza Cristina (@TerezaCrisMS) January 14, 2019Bündchen, according to the "Guardian" report, said a few days after the election of Bolsonaro against his proposal to merge the Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment. She had called the move "potentially catastrophic and a way of no return". Other environmentalists fear that the new government of Jair Bolsonaro will neglect environmental protection.
Already in 2017, the model interfered in the environmental policy of their home country, she accused, for example, the government to "auction" the Amazon to the private sector.