Gisele Bundchen, 43, admits overwhelming stress during her modeling career led to her fantasizing about 'jumping out of the window' in new candid interview

Gisele Bundchen got candid about overwhelming stress that she had faced during her modeling career which led to her fantasizing about ‘jumping out of the window’ at one point.

The Brazilian-born beauty, 43, who recently revealed that she was ‘just surviving’ before divorcing Tom Brady, opened up about the emotional topic in a snippet of her upcoming interview with Lee Cowan for CBS News Sunday Morning.

The mother of two launched her professional modeling career during New York Fashion Week in 1996 – when she was just 16-years-old.

However, Bundchen expressed hardships that she faced while working in the industry in the past. ‘You know, I was in tunnels. I couldn’t breathe. And then I started being in studios, and I felt like suffocated.’ 

Gisele recalled, ‘I lived on the ninth floor, and I had to go up the stairs because I was afraid I would be stuck on the elevator, and I’d be hyperventilating…’

‘You know when you can’t breathe even when the windows are open, you feel like, I don’t want to live like this, you know what I mean?’

Successful career: The mother of two launched her professional modeling career during New York Fashion Week in 1996 – when she was just 16-years-old; seen in 2000 

Cowan then cut in to ask Gisele, ‘Did you really think about jumping?’ The model then replied with, ‘Yeah. For, like, a second.’ 

In 1993, Bundchen was enrolled in a modeling course with her sisters by their mother, and was later discovered by Elite Model Management. 

After placing second in the national contest called Elite Mode Look, the beauty moved to Sau Paulo to begin pursing a career in the modeling industry. 

She made her professional breakthrough in 1996 during New York Fashion Week, and through the late 90s, starred in campaigns for various luxurious brands – such as Dolce & Gabbana, Valentino and Versace. 

Her first cover for Vogue was for Vogue Paris in 1998, and the following year, she signed with IMG Models.  

Also in 1999, she celebrated her first U.S. Vogue cover, and later that same year, won the VH1 Vogue Model of the Year Award. At the age of 19, Gisele signed a contract with Victoria’s Secret. 

Her success travelled to the 2000s, where she continued to strut on the runway and collaborate with brands. 

The star also stepped into the film industry, and took on roles in films such as Taxi (2004) and The Devil Wears Prada (2006). 

In the past: Gisele recalled, ‘I lived on the ninth floor, and I had to go up the stairs because I was afraid I would be stuck on the elevator, and I’d be hyperventilating…’

Emotional: ‘You know when you can’t breathe even when the windows are open, you feel like, I don’t want to live like this, you know what I mean?’ Bundchen expressed; seen in 2000 in NYC

‘Jumping’: Cowan then cut in to ask Gisele, ‘Did you really think about jumping?’ The model then replied with, ‘Yeah. For, like, a second’; seen in 2005