en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gisele_B%C3%BCndchen
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Bündchen retired from the runway after signing a five-year contract with Victoria's Secret.
This is incorrect: Bündchen did not retire from runway modeling then. Multiple reputable sources report she retired from the runway in April 2015.
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This sentence places Bündchen's runway retirement around the time of her Victoria's Secret contract in the early 2000s, but reliable contemporaneous coverage says she retired much later.
- TIME reported on April 15, 2015 that "Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen formally announced her retirement from modeling" after 20 years on the runway.
- Vogue likewise reported on March 18, 2015 that she was "retiring from the runway," noting that she had still walked major shows recently, including Chanel spring 2015.
So the article's claim is wrong: Bündchen did not retire from the runway after signing her Victoria's Secret contract; her runway retirement was publicly announced in 2015.
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- Gisele Bundchen Retires From Modeling After 20 Years
Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen formally announced her retirement from modeling on Wednesday after 20 years of walking the runway.
- Gisele Bündchen Retires from the Runway: Remembering Her Best Catwalk Moments | Vogue
Gisele has announced that she is hanging up her stilettos... she is officially retiring her signature, hip-jutting strut from the runway.
Bündchen was the highest-paid model in the world from 2002 to 2017.
This overstates her streak. Forbes reported that Kendall Jenner replaced Bündchen as the top-earning model in 2017; Forbes also said Bündchen earned more than any other model between 2002 and 2016.
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This claim is off by one year.
- In Forbes' 2017 highest-paid models ranking, Forbes wrote: "For the first time since 2002, Gisele Bundchen is not the world's highest-earning model." That 2017 list named Kendall Jenner the highest-paid model.
- Forbes' gallery entry for Bündchen on that same 2017 list says she "earned more than any other model between 2002 and 2016."
So the accurate span is that Bündchen led Forbes' earnings rankings from 2002 through 2016, not through 2017.
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- Highest-Paid Models 2017: Kendall Jenner Takes Crown From Gisele With $22M Year
For the first time since 2002, Gisele Bundchen is not the world's highest-earning model.
- 2. Gisele Bundchen - The World's Highest-Paid Models 2017
She has appeared on more than 1,200 covers in her two decade-long career and earned more than any other model between 2002 and 2016.
World Wildlife Foundation
The organization name is wrong. Earth Hour says it is organized by WWF, and in the U.S. WWF's official name is World Wildlife Fund, not "World Wildlife Foundation."
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This names the organization behind Earth Hour incorrectly.
- The official Earth Hour FAQ says: "Earth Hour, organized by WWF" and also says "Earth Hour is an initiative of WWF."
- In the United States, WWF's official organizational name is World Wildlife Fund. The official WWF page returned in search results is titled "Give an Hour for Earth | World Wildlife Fund."
So "World Wildlife Foundation" is not the correct name here.
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- FAQs | Earth Hour
Earth Hour, organized by WWF, is a global grassroots movement... Earth Hour is an initiative of WWF.
- Give an Hour for Earth | World Wildlife Fund
World Wildlife Fund
Goodwill Industries International's headquarters in Roxbury, Massachusetts
This misidentifies the Goodwill office in Roxbury. Roxbury is the headquarters of Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries, a local Goodwill, while Goodwill Industries International is based in Rockville, Maryland.
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The Roxbury location was a local Goodwill headquarters, not the headquarters of Goodwill Industries International.
- Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries' official site says it offers programs at its "Roxbury headquarters" and lists Boston Headquarters, 1010 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA.
- Official Goodwill Industries International materials place GII in Rockville, Maryland. Goodwill press materials are datelined "ROCKVILLE, MD", and GII annual-report documents list "Goodwill Industries International ... Rockville, MD 20855."
So the event may have happened at a Goodwill headquarters in Roxbury, but it was not the headquarters of Goodwill Industries International.
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- About Us - Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries
Goodwill offers programs at its Roxbury headquarters... Contact us Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries Boston Headquarters 1010 Harrison Avenue Boston, MA 02119.
- Goodwill Industries International once again ranked in the top 10 among Forbes' list of America's top 100 charities this year
ROCKVILLE, MD — Goodwill Industries International was once again named a top charity among the nation’s top 100 charitable organizations in Forbes Magazine’s coveted rankings for 2024.