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November 30, 2001 - Gisele dumps Leo. The Sun reports Gisele has dumped Leonardo DiCaprio after her attempts to film a Victoria's Secret ad in Los Angeles to spend time with Leo resulted in Leo instead going to Las Vegas with his buddies. Gisele called off their engagement and handed back a huge diamond ring given to her by Leo and left him a 'Dear John' note saying it's over. Said a pal, "Gisele has realised Leo loves to party with his buddies and is starting to wonder what married life would be like." Leo reportedly has bombarded Gisele with phone calls trying to win her back, but she has ignored him.

November 22, 2001 - The New York Post reports crews at the taping the Victoria's Secret show for last week's ABC special hid a camera behind a two way mirror where the models changed. Molly Sims revealed, "Gisele was like doing something and I'm like, 'No, no, no, no, don't do that, don't do that because you're being taped.'"

November 22, 2001 - ABC  executive in charge of alternative programming, Andrea Wong, responded to complaints that the Victoria's Secret fashion show was too racy for a network audience saying, "There has certainly been racier things on television than this."

November 21, 2001 - ABC's "Victoria's Secret Fashion Show" is under fire after hundreds of calls flooded the network following the show, which complainers said showed too much skin and looked too much like an infomercial for the lingerie store.

November 17, 2001 - Victoria's Secret Fashion Show got about  12.3 million viewers to watch on Thursday, putting it far behind CBS's CSI, with 25.2 million viewers, but still better than ABC's regular Thursday lineup.

November 15, 2001 - Gisele was on with Jay Leno on the Tonight Show Wednesday night to promote the Victoria's Secret fashion show. Gisele talked about learning english with Mariah Carey CD's, turning 21, cooking, and eating Fat Burgers.

November 15, 2001 - The New York Post reports Gisele Bundchen attempted to put the moves on Jeff Klein, owner of the City Club Hotel following the Victoria's Secret fashion show and asked, "Why can't I meet a sweet man like you who owns hotels?" When Klein explained he was gay she replied, "Well, we can still have a baby together."

November 15, 2001 - WireImage.com has photos of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on Tuesday with stills of Gisele Bundchen, Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum, Daniela Pestova, and others. Check them out here. Don't forget to tune into the show tonight on ABC.

November 15, 2001 - MSNBC's Jeannette Walls reports Gisele started crying during a surprise birthday party held by her friends. A Brazilian source revealed Gisele looked unhappy and wondered if she's starting to strain under the constant scrutiny of the media.

November 14, 2001 - WireImage.com has photos of Gisele Bundchen backstage at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on Tuesday. Check them out here.

November 11, 2001 - The Globe has a photo of Gisele in the November 13 issue wearing little if any makeup while carrying boots and wearing sandals. Gisele's right foot is heavily bandaged.

November 10, 2001 - Gisele Bundchen will be on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Wednesday, November 14. Jay's other guests will be former General Electric CEO Jack Welch and musician Tori Amos.

November 3, 2001 - Gisele is featured in ads promoting the Victoria's Secret Fashion this year which will be televised on ABC on Thursday, November 15 at 9 PM Eastern.

November 3, 2001 - Gisele was enjoying Halloween partying at Lotus along with Mark Wahlberg, P. Diddy and Ivana Trump, amongst others, according to the New York Daily News.

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