A New York-based former Victoria’s Secret model and her family were kidnapped at gunpoint and held in a shack in Brazil, as police hunt the people behind the crime. Luciana Curtis, her husband and their 11-year-old daughter were seized upon by masked men as they left a restaurant in Alto da Lapa,

Former Victoria's Secret model, Luciana Curtis, was kidnapped at gunpoint and held hostage in a shack in Brazil.

Masked assailants allegedly kidnapped Victoria’s Secret model Luciana Curtis, 47, along with her husband and their 11-year-old daughter outside a Japanese restaurant in São Paulo, Brazil, on Wednesday night.

The 47-year-old Brazilian-born model and her family were forced into their own car at gunpoint and driven to a wooden shack in Brasilandia, where they were held captive overnight.

Luciana Curtis, her husband Henrique Gendre, and their child were kidnapped at gunpoint in Brazil after leaving a restaurant. They were held for 12 hours before being freed.

Luciana Curtis experienced terrifying moments during a vacation in Brazil. The 47-year-old, along with her husband and daughter, was taken captive by criminals after leaving a restaurant. The frightened family was held for 12 hours in a wooden shack in one of the poorer districts of São Paulo.