Report: Supermodel Gisele Bundchen to Present 2014 World Cup Winners with Trophy

Supermodel Gisele Bundchen will hand the winners of the 2014 World Cup the trophy after the final in Brazil.
Ordinarily, it's the head of state or senior football figures in the host country who would get the big moment (with FIFA president Sepp Blatter not too far away, of course), but according to Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein of The Boston Globe, there is concern that Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will be booed, as she was at the opening ceremony:

(Appearing at the soccer tournament’s opening ceremony the other night, Rousseff received what might charitably be called a Bronx cheer for spending $11 billion on the World Cup at a time when tens of millions of Brazilians are poor.) So who’ll hand the trophy to the winner? Brazil’s most beautiful export: Gisele Bundchen. We’re told Tom Brady’s supermodel spouse was asked by FIFA to do the job and, barring any riots that would make it unsafe, she will. As for her husband, we’re told he’ll be joining Bundchen in Brazil.

There's no official confirmation on the plans as of yet, but it's a move that would make a lot of sense and have plenty of upside for the organisers.

Key role: Supermodel Gisele Bundchen will present the World Cup trophy, according to reports

Star quality: Bundchen is married to NFL star Tom Brady 

 

  FIFA president Sepp Blatter handed the trophy to Spain captain Iker Casillas in South Africa in 2010.

But with his popularity also low amid allegations of corruption inside football’s governing body, Bundchen will reportedly step in when the competition closes at the Maracana Stadium in Rio on January 13.

The Brazilian beauty is married to NFL star Tom Brady and has recently been named as the new face of Chanel No.5.