Tuesday, November 06, 2007

New economic indicator?

Model wants to be paid in Euros, not dollars:

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New York, NY (CNS) - Leggy Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen has recently admitted that she won't work for dollars and prefers to get paid in Euros instead. The 27-year-old beauty insists that the U.S. currency is too weak for her to accept as payment for her work.

According to Bloomberg news, Bundchen's manager Patricia said: "Contracts starting now are more attractive in euros because we don't know what will happen to the dollar."

Bundchen has already taken steps in assuring her paychecks come in the right currency. It has been reported that she has asked current employer Procter and Gamble, where she is the face for Pantene hair products, to pay her in Euros.

Forbes magazine lists Bundchen as the highest-earning model in the world.

Most recently, the American dollar has plummeted to its lowest ever last week against other currencies, including the euro, Canadian dollar, and Chinese yuan. It is also the cheapest in 26 years against the British pound.


Does the horse stamp out amounts or something?

Update: Think Progress says the report is false.

Update: The BBC says it's true.

4 comments:

Steve Bates said...

Perhaps my arithmetic is wrong, but if Think Progress is posted in any American time zone, the BBC article was published before the Think Progress article.

Not that I care. If you want to post more photos of nude supermodels riding horses, go right ahead. :)

ellroon said...

What is time? And who pays attention to it anyway?

She's gorgeous, isn't she?

Steve Bates said...

ellroon, to be honest, she's too skinny for my taste. (You've probably noticed that I hang out with an undeniably round woman. That's not an accident; I could look at Stella all day. And longer.) But yes, this gal is classic for a supermodel. And the horse stereotype actually works in this photo.

ellroon said...

Ah Steve... you are getting points all over the place...:D