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"I'm a workaholic. I've been doing my job for a long time"

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"I'm a workaholic. I've been doing my job for a long time" is Bundchen turning a potentially messy personal trait into a tidy credential. In a culture that treats women’s ambition as either suspicious or cute, "workaholic" does double duty: it admits intensity while preemptively framing it as professionalism, not ego. She’s not confessing a flaw so much as controlling the narrative around her stamina.

The second sentence is where the PR muscle shows. "I've been doing my job for a long time" sounds plain, even humble, but it’s a quiet flex: longevity in modeling is an argument against the industry’s favorite myth, that beauty is a brief lease and success is accidental. She’s positioning herself as craftsperson, not ornament. Job, not image. Work, not luck. That word choice matters because fashion is built on turning labor invisible while monetizing the illusion of effortlessness.

Context does the rest. Bundchen isn’t just any model; she’s a global brand who moved from runway dominance into business, philanthropy, and a life that’s been tabloid-familiar for years. In that spotlight, "workaholic" also reads like a boundary marker: you can speculate about my relationships, but my identity is anchored in work. It’s an assertion of control in an industry and media ecosystem that often tries to take it away.

The line works because it’s both relatable and strategic: a confession that functions like a résumé.

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TopicWork Ethic
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Verified source: AskMen: Gisele Bundchen Interview/Profile (Gisele Bundchen)
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I'm a workaholic. I've been doing my job for a long time.. I could verify the quote text and a source attribution pointing to AskMen on Fashion Model Directory, which displays the quote as: “I'm a workaholic. I've been doing my job for a long time.” followed by “Gisele in AskMen.com.” This strongly suggests the quote originated in an AskMen interview/profile, but I could not directly access AskMen because the site is blocked by robots.txt in the search tool. I also did not find a book, speech, or memoir source for this wording. So the best-supported primary-source attribution is an AskMen interview/profile, but the exact publication date and original page remain unverified.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Bundchen, Gisele. (2026, March 6). I'm a workaholic. I've been doing my job for a long time. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-a-workaholic-ive-been-doing-my-job-for-a-long-164734/

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Bundchen, Gisele. "I'm a workaholic. I've been doing my job for a long time." FixQuotes. March 6, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-a-workaholic-ive-been-doing-my-job-for-a-long-164734/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I'm a workaholic. I've been doing my job for a long time." FixQuotes, 6 Mar. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-a-workaholic-ive-been-doing-my-job-for-a-long-164734/. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.

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Gisele Bundchen (born July 20, 1980) is a Model from Brazil.

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