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All Of Your Favourite Victoria’s Secret Models

These Victoria’s Secret models know how to work both the camera AND the runway. - by Rhys McKay
  • 21 Sep 2019
All Of Your Favourite Victoria’s Secret Models
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No other industry event has the same pull as the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. Every year, the global lingerie giant brings some of the biggest names in fashion, showbiz, art, and music together for a huge runway celebration. The stars of the show? The Victoria’s Secret Angels, of course.

Decked out in the season’s newest styles, expensive fantasy bras, and larger-than-life wings, the VS models sure know how to put on a show. Unfortunately, this year’s runway was cancelled. But don’t worry, we’ll give you your Victoria’s Secret fix – here’s a list of our 12 favourite Victoria’s Secret Angels.

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Victoria’s Secret

Victoria’s Secret is known as one of the top lingerie, womenswear, and beauty brands in the world. The company was established in 1977 as a reaction to the dismal options for women’s lingerie at the time – ugly robes, boring nighties, and straight-up frumpy designs. Victoria’s Secret changed the lingerie market by providing undies that were sexy, comfortable, and luxurious.

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The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show was first held and broadcast on prime time TV in 1995. It became a huge success, attracting both male and female viewers. It became a mainstay in the fashion world, growing bigger every year – the first show had a budget of $USD 120,000 ($AUD 176,000); its budget in 2011 was more than $USD 12-million ($AUD 17.6-million). 

The Angels

In the early ‘90s, around the same time that the concept of ‘supermodels’ was rising in popularity, Victoria’s Secret hired famous names like Yasmeen Ghauri and Jill Goodacre to become brand ambassadors for their lingerie. Later, in 1998, the company featured top models Helena Christensen, Tyra Banks, and a few others in a commercial. VS called these women “Angels” after one of their product lines. They walked, for the first time, at the 4th annual fashion show.

The 2018 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
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The Angel lineup continues to change, with older models dropping off and younger ones coming to take their place. VS has boosted the careers of many women, such as Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Miranda Kerr, and Alessandra Ambrosio.

Models Versus Angel

Although you might think that all Victoria’s Secret models are Angels, there’s actually a very clear distinction between the two. A VS model is anyone who walks the runway or does a campaign for the brand. But out of the dozens of women who walk the annual fashion show, only a handful of them are part of the ‘exclusive’ group of brand ambassadors called the Angels.

Beyond the fashion show, Angels have other contractual obligations, such as talk shows, appearances, and more. Plus, Angels are expected to maintain certain measurements through strict diets and intense workouts, especially since their work often has them in the nude or almost naked.

Despite recent attempts to be more inclusive (like hiring their first openly transgender model just last month), most Victoria’s Secret models have the same look – tall, beautiful, and skinny. Maintaining that model figure is a must if an Angel wants to keep her contract.

With the additional expectations comes additional fame and additional pay – most of the highest paid models in the world are or were Victoria’s Secret Angels. 

The Angels are also the only models on the VS runway who can be chosen to wear the Fantasy Bra, a multi-million dollar bejewelled bra that’s the crown jewel (literally) of the VS Fashion Show. Getting to wear the Fantasy Bra is a huge honour for any Angel.

The Top Victoria’s Secret Angels And Models

Gigi Hadid

Age: 24 years old

Nationality: American

VS shows walked: 3 (2015-2016, 2018)

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Headed into the second quarter of Fashion Month ! 🇬🇧

Cara Delevingne

Age: 27 years old

Nationality: British

VS shows walked: 2 (2012-2013)

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Some call me Green solo, others Yoda. @savagexfenty #savagexfentyshow

Kendall Jenner

Age: 23 years old

Nationality: American

VS shows walked: 3 (2015-2016, 2018)

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👩🏼‍🎨

Adriana Lima

Age: 38 years old

Nationality: Brazilian

VS shows walked: 19 (1999-2003, 2005-2008, 2010-2018)

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💎 Last night at @harpersbazaarus 💎 Kindly let me know who toke the picture so I can tag 💎 makeup @graceleebeauty hair @rebekahforecast style @erinwalshnyc 💎

Candice Swanepoel

Age: 30 years old

Nationality: South African

VS shows walked: 11 (2007-2015, 2017-2018)

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Baby blue

Elsa Hosk

Age: 30 years old

Nationality: Swedish

VS shows walked: 8 (2011-2018)

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Morning 💡

Kelly Gale

Age: 24 years old

Nationality: Swedish-Australian

VS shows walked: 5 (2013-2014, 2016-2018)

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It was a bootyful sunset in Atlanta yesterday 🌇🙊

Kelsey Merritt

Age: 22 years old

Nationality: Filipino-American

VS shows walked: 1 (2018)

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team @cameron_hammond @_rachelgill_ ✨

Jasmine Tookes

Age: 28 years old

Nationality: American

VS shows walked: 7 (2012-2018)

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Last nights look by moi! 🙋🏾‍♀️

Bridget Malcolm

Age: 27 years old

Nationality: Australian

VS shows walked: 2 (2015-2016)

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Last rays of summer in @motelrocks #motelrocks ❤️👁

Ming Xi

Age: 30 years old

Nationality: Chinese

VS shows walked: 6 (2013-2018)

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Erin Heatherton

Age: 30 years old

Nationality: American

VS shows walked: 6 (2008-2013)

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Bare ✌🏼🌸💋 @adamdmayer

Conclusion

Victoria’s Secret Angels are the cream of the crop – only the best of the best make it into this exclusive ‘club’. With million-dollar contracts, guaranteed worldwide exposure, and proximity to the top models in the world, becoming an Angel is any model’s biggest dream.

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