Top supermodels expected at Sao Paulo Fashion Week

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008

SAO PAULO (AFP) — Supermodels Naomi Campbell and Gisele Bundchen are scheduled to headline Latin America's foremost fashion event, Sao Paulo Fashion Week, which sashays onto the runway this week.

The British and Brazilian beauties are to put celebrity punch into the June 17-23 event, which has been growing in importance and size every year since it began in 1996.

They have been contracted to appear next weekend, on different days and in different shows, Brazilian media said.

But while Bundchen is sure to do her turn in front of the flashbulbs next Sunday, Campbell's appearance next Saturday is less certain.

The 38-year-old is due to appear in court on Friday on charges relating to her alleged assault April 3 on a police officer at London's Heathrow...