2008-01-25 21:38:00
Izabel Goulart was born on October 23, 1984 in São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil. She is of Italian-Brazilian descent. She has four brothers and one sister. Goulart once said that "the hardest part about being an Angel is I spend time away from my mom's food and away from my home with my five brothers and sister." Goulart has stated that school was a particularly rough time, as she was made fun of for her skinny build, and was even called names such as "giraffe". While shopping for groceries with her mother at age 14, a hairstylist suggested that she should become a model. She moved to the state's capital São Paulo and started modelingGoulart is currently engaged to businessman Marcelo Costa since August 2006. Goulart is Catholic. She is also devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Goulart does charitable work helping with hospitals in her native Brazil to raise money to provide free insulin for diabetic children in need. She also wants to help on finding a cure for diabetes.
