Gisele Bundchen in March 2024.
(Images by James Devaney/GC)PREGNANT Gisele Bundchen spent Christmas in Costa Rica with boyfriend Joaquim Valente.
The supermodel, 44, showed off her baby bump in a black bikini during a day at the beach on Dec. 24, according to photos posted by Daily Mail on Sunday, December 29. A shirtless Valente, 37, stood next to her in sporty surfing trunks.
Bündchen and Valente started the meeting in the summer of 2023 and are now expecting their first child together. (Bündchen also shares son Benjamin, 14, and daughter Vivian, 12, with her ex-husband Tom Brady. She is the stepmother of Brady’s son Jack, 17, who he shares with his ex-girlfriend. Bridget Moynahan.)
“They are deep devoted to each otherbut there are currently no plans for marriage,” a source said revealed exclusively for Us Weekly in November, noting at the time that Bündchen and her new beau were “happy about the pregnancy” and not “talking about marriage.”
Backgrid/MEGA Gisele Bündchen and Joaquim Valente’s relationship started off friendly before turning romantic. Bündchen revealed that she first connected with the jiu-jitsu instructor after he enrolled her and Tom Brady’s son, Benjamin, in Valente’s martial arts academy in Miami. (Brady and Bündchen also have their daughter Vivian.) “It’s actually because of my son that I met Joaquim,” (…)
The insider noted: “They are in love and happy. But right now, marriage isn’t at the top of their to-do list.”
News of the pregnancy came out on October 28, and days later Bündchen showed off her growing baby bump while stepping out in Miami in a little black dress.
Two years ago, Bündchen and Brady, 47, divorced after more than 13 years of marriage. A source said us in November, the retired NFL quarterback was at peace with her decision to expand her family — and move on with a new man.
“He wants to see her happy,” the source told Brady, noting that he and Bündchen remain friendly after their separation in October 2022. “They maintain a co-parenting relationship that focuses solely on the well-being of their children.”
Gisele Bündchen is showing off her baby bump — and stepping out in Miami — after news broke that she’s pregnant and expecting her first child with boyfriend Joaquim Valente. Bündchen, 44, was spotted on Thursday, October 31, wearing a little black dress that revealed her growing belly while running errands, according to photos taken by (…)
In October, an insider said us that Brady was one of the first people to learn of Bündchen’s pregnancy.
“When Gisele told the kids about her pregnancy, she made sure to let Tom know,” an insider close to Brady said. separated at that time. “This happened a few months ago. She wanted to give him that courtesy, and she knew the kids would show it anyway.”
According to the source, Valente has “developed a positive relationship with (Gisele’s) children” and “participated in family activities and supports (Benjamin and Vivian’s) interests.”
Meanwhile, the children are “eagerly awaiting” the arrival of their younger sibling, the insider added.
On Oct. 29, a day after news broke that Gisele Bündchen is pregnant with her third child — her first with boyfriend of one year Joaquim Valente — the supermodel debuted her baby bump outside a fitness class in Miami. Dressed in black leggings, a black cap and a button-up shirt, Bündchen was seen leaving (…)
Bündchen and Valente, who are both from Brazil, met when she enrolled son Benjamin in Valente’s martial arts academy in Miami. She started training with him soon after.
“I feel stronger, more confident and empowered since I started practicing self-defense,” she wrote in a February 2022 Instagram post featuring Valente, thanking him and his brothers for “being amazing teachers and that made training so much fun.”
When her divorce from Brady “was finalized, they moved in together and have been attached at the hip ever since,” another the source said us at the beginning of this year.
