Gisele Bündchen is reflecting on her transformative year defined by strength and self-trust.
The supermodel, 45, shared never-before-seen photos on Wednesday, December 31, including a few showing off her bare baby bump prior to the arrival of her son shared with husband Joaquim Valente.
“As 2025 comes to an end, my heart is full. This year brought deep lessons and profound growth,” she began her Instagram caption. “Becoming a mother again reshaped everything — my time, my priorities, my heart.”
Bündchen had her baby bump painted in the first image, which captured the Victoria’s Secret Angel rocking a black long-sleeve crop top and matching pants while savoring the sunset.
Another sweet snapshot she posted showed Valente, 38, cradling Bündchen’s belly as she posed in a floral-patterned bikini set paired with a leopard sarong.
Bündchen included more special memories shared with her loved ones, including a photo breast-feeding her bundle of joy and photos of her son Benjamin Rein, 15, and daughter Vivian Lake, 12, whom she shares with ex-husband Tom Brady, bonding with her baby boy.
Within her series of portraits, she was all smiles while enjoying the holidays with family and while posing for a selfie during a home workout session with her little one.
“I’m grateful for these sacred moments that changed me in ways words can’t fully hold. Thank you, 2025. I step into this new year with gratitude, love, and trust for what’s next. ❤️🙏🏼✨,” she concluded her caption.
Earlier this month, the fashion icon and her jiu-jitsu instructor beau tied the knot in an intimate ceremony held in Surfside, Florida, on December 3. Bündchen and Valente obtained their marriage license in Miami two days prior on December 1, according to a marriage certificate obtained by Us Weekly on December 19.
Bündchen and Valente began dating in June 2023 following her divorce from Brady. The model and Brady, 48, were married from 2009 to 2022. (In addition to their two children together, Bündchen is also stepmother to Brady’s son Jack, 17, whom he welcomed with ex Bridget Moynahan.)
As for Bündchen and Valente, they were first spotted together in November 2022, when the duo visited Provincia de Puntarenas with her kids.
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“Joaquim was there for Gisele through her divorce, as a friend, and they turned romantic this past summer,” a source exclusively told Us last February.
They grew close thanks to their “similar lifestyles” as both are “dedicated to fitness and nutrition,” the insider added at the time. “Gisele loves being with someone who is from Brazil, they both have a shared history that she hasn’t had with anyone she’s dated,” the source continued, noting Valente is “amazing” with her kids.
Bündchen also sang his praises in an April 2023 cover story with Vanity Fair. “I’m so grateful to know [Joaquim and his siblings], because not only have they helped me and helped my kids, but they have become great friends, and Joaquim especially,” she said. “It’s so good to have that kind of energy, to have my kids around that type of energy.”
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