PARIS: A number of photos showing former supermodel Gisele Bündchen wearing a burqa in an unsuccessful bid to evade the paparazzi as she checked into a famous plastic surgery clinic in Paris earlier this month has sparked controversy.

According to Albawaba, in those images, Bündchen and her younger sister, Rafaela, are pictured stepping out of a black Mercedes outside Clinique du Parc Monceau on July 15 dressed in the traditional Muslim burqa.

But the identity of the ladies is given away by the presence of their longtime chauffeur.

Just a day before the driver dropped off the two women at the clinic, Bündchen — who reportedly got plastic surgery at the facility — was seen elsewhere in Paris with her chauffeur of at least five years.

The sisters also clearly did not do much research on the Muslim culture, as they are both wearing open-toed sandals in the photos.