Michelle Alves (born September 19, 1978 in Londrina, Brazil) is a Brazilian supermodel, and daughter of a lawyer (mother) and an engineer (father).
She is featured in the 2003 and 2005 editions of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
Alves was a top student in civil engineering at Brazil's Londrina State University prior to moving to Sao Paulo, where she pursued modeling.
She is presently contracted by Valentino and Christian Dior, and also appeared in the 2003 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, and in the Victoria's Secret catalog.
She is an avid reader and self-described "nerd". She is a polyglot, fluent in Portuguese, Italian, French and English.
