Alessandra Ambrosio puts her never-ending legs to good work as she sizzles in in stunning Harper's Bazaar shoot

She has walked the most glamorous catwalks around the globe, but gracing the cover of a fashion bible in her home country has special meaning for Alessandra Ambrosio.
The smoking hot Brazilian supermodel is the May 2013 cover girl for Harper’s Bazaar Brazil magazine and was excited to share the news with her Twitter followers.
Wearing a ravishing red one-shoulder shift dress and matching satin shoes and ankle cuffs, Alessandra really does prove she is Rio's reigning beauty.

 

Red on red: Alessandra Ambrosio was ravishing on the cover of the May 2013 issue of Harper's Bazaar Brazil, which is published in her home country

'Here is my Harper’s Bazaar Brasil official cover! Do you guys like it?' the 32-year-old Victoria's Secret angel tweeted.
The stunning cover shot shows her standing defiantly with one hand on her hip in an impressive display of female empowerment, while the headline in Portuguese screams: 'Babado!' meaning to flounce or frill.
Alessandra  was captured by iconic photographer Terry Richardson, who has shot campaigns for Marc Jacobs, Tom Ford, Yves St., as well as covers for Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vogue and Vice.

 

Snow white: Inside, Alessandra swapped sexy for sweet and innocent as she wore puffy ruffles

 

Inside the South American glossy magazine, the 5'10" bronzed model goes from blood red to snow white with girly frills and puffy-sleeves.
Crowned as the first spokesmodel for the Victoria's Secret 'PINK' line in 2004, Ambrosio is no stranger to extreme looks as she once famously walked the lingerie giant's runway wearing lingerie made entirely out of sweets.
The Brazilian beauty has since has modeled for brands including Next, Armani Exchange, Christian Dior, and Ralph Lauren, landing her the 6th ranking on the Forbes top-earning models list of 2012, with an estimated earnings of $6.6 million in a year.

Famed photographer: Ambrosio was shot by fashion guru Terry Richardson for the South American cover

 

Now Ambrosio juggles globe-trotting for her glamorous career with being a working mother to daughter, Anja, four, and one-year-old son, Noah, with her business man fiance of five years, Jamie Mazur.
Along with clearly being genetically blessed, Alessandra maintains the flawless figure that earned her fortune by practicing yoga at Maha studio in Brentwood, near her Santa Monica, California home.
She is often spotted wearing workout clothes, make-up free and carrying a yoga matt to the challenging classes.
Strike a pose: Always professional Alessandra is perfectly at home in front of flashing cameras