Bundchen piled on pounds after quitting cigarettes

22/07/2007 - 13:38:06
Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen piled on 15 pounds (6.8 kilograms) within weeks of quitting smoking at the beginning of 2007.

The catwalk beauty gave up cigarettes as a New Year's resolution, which delighted her clean-cut sports star boyfriend Tom Brady - but the big quit played havoc on her weight.

Bundchen tells Britain's GQ magazine: "When you stop smoking you gain weight, because food tastes better than when it tasted like ashtray."