Gisele Bundchen has slammed the portrayal of ''unattainable'' beauty in adverts.
The
Brazilian supermodel - who is the new face of Chanel's No 5 fragrance -
admitted that while adverts for such brands can be seen as
''aspirational'', they are often nothing more than a distant reality for
the majority of women.
The
34-year-old beauty told The Sunday Times Style magazine: ''Sometimes I
feel like adverts like this can make women feel so distant.
''They
are so glamorous and so unattainable and so aspirational that you
really can't touch them, in a way. They are kind of a dream.''
However,
Gisele insists that the Parisian fashion house has made a conscious
effort to make their latest campaign more relatable to regular women.
She
said: ''The idea really was to show this modern woman and all that she
is, with her struggles and her vulnerability. And yes, she is glamorous.
Of course she's glamorous - she is powerful and successful - but she is
also struggling. You know she is a mother, a wife and a professional,
and she is juggling all of that, and you know that's not easy.''
The
stunning mother of three - who has Vivian, 22 months, Benjamin, four,
and a stepson Jack, seven, with her husband, NFL star Tom Brady - also
stressed the importance of balancing her busy work schedule with raising
her children, believing it is ''empowering'' when women like herself
are able to perform both roles.
She
said: ''We are all trying to juggle these different parts, and it's not
easy. No matter how much work you put in, no matter how glamorous it
looks. We always put pressure on ourselves.
''We
should be allowed to dream and to want more. We want to have more than
just to be the pretty woman who sits there. I think that it's a very
empowering thing for me to be able to be successful in my job and not
feel like I need to sacrifice being a mother.''