Gisele Bundchen celebrates 20-year catwalk career with naked Vogue cover

The model appears completely nude on the cover of Vogue Brazil for its 40th anniversary issue.

(Gisele Vogue Brasil Inez & Vinoodh)

Vogue Brazil is celebrating two anniversaries with a very special cover this May, starring Gisele Bundchen - naked.

For the 40th anniversary of the magazine and to commemorate 20 years of Bundchen on the runway, the Brazilian supermodel has stripped off for a very racy shoot.

The black and white image, shot by photographers Inez & Vinoodh, sees the world's highest-paid model pose in nothing but her birthday suit, showing off her flawless body on the cover of the double anniversary issue.

A photo posted by Gisele Bündchen (@giseleofficial) on Apr 28, 2015 at 12:50pm PDT

It's a Gisele-special issue with the model appearing in a blockbuster five editorial shoots for the May issue of the magazine spread over 80 pages.

Gisele in Vogue Brazil photographed by Zee Nunes (Gisele Zee Nunes)

Earlier this month the model took her final turn on the catwalk during Sao Paulo Fashion Week for Colcci after two decades as a runway model.

The 34-year-old model explained the reasoning for her retirement to Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper.

"Automatically my body tells me if what I do is worth it, and it asked to stop. I respect my body, it's a privilege to be able to stop," she said.