Back in the day, there was no one more desirable than Victoria’s Secret models, strutting down the runway and looking like real-life angels while doing it. VS gave birth to some of the most iconic supermodels of all time, like Tyra, Heidi, and Gisele. Even today, his legacy lives on. Here are the famous VS Angels of all time, from where they started to where they are today.
1. Adriana Lima
When Adriana started out at age 25, everyone could recognize those piercing eyes from a mile away, and that Super Bowl commercial in 2008. She’s 40 today. Her most recent partner was Marko Jaric, whom she was married to from 2009 to 2016. She recently began dating producer Andre Lemmers and in February, the couple announced that they were pregnant. She showed off her belly at the Cannes Film Festival.
2. Naomi Campbell
Naomi, one of the first African-American supermodels, was discovered in London at the age of 15. She walked for Victoria’s Secret fashion shows between 1995 and 2009, but was also accused of being violent towards attendees. Today, he has cleaned up his act and has performed on television in shows like “Empire” and “American Horror Story.” She’s also still modeling, having participated in a Versace tribute show in 2017 and signing her first beauty contract with NARS in 2019. At 52, she looks younger than ever and just became a mom!
3. Alessandra Ambrosio
Just 24 years old in 2004, Alessandra was one to watch, becoming the head of the VS brand’s Pink line when it came out. She retired from the Victoria’s Secret runway in 2017. At just 12 years old, the Brazilian took her first modeling class. She wore the brand’s Fantasy Bra in 2012 and 2014. She has two children with her ex Jamie Mazur and is currently dating another model, Richard Lee.
4. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Rosie started at the tender age of 19. While starting out with Levi’s, she became an Angel in 2006. Today, her appearance is as stylish as ever. She’s been engaged to Jason Statham since 2016, which is fitting since they’ve starred in action movie franchises like “Transformers” and “Mad Max” and they share two children. The most recent, Isabella, was born in 2022.
5.Tyra Banks
At just 17 years old, the stunning Tyra Banked signed with Elite Management. After becoming the first black woman to cover the “Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue,” VS quickly jumped in to sign this tall beauty. She was one of the most famous models of the brand who launched a complete career change after hosting “ANTM” and having a role in “Coyote Ugly”. Today, she still poses for the covers of the swimsuit issue and hosts “Dancing With the Stars.”
Victoria’s Secret sure has a history of picking up beautiful ladies from Brazil. When she was discovered at a McDonald’s at the age of 14, she never intended to model. However, she ended up on the cover of Vogue in 1999. She had a curvier look than supermodels at the time, which led VS to sign her on in 2000. She has been with husband Tom Brady since 2006. After retiring in 2015, is trying out producing. She was the executive producer of the 2019 agricultural documentary “Kiss the Ground.”
7.Miranda Kerr
Starting her career with Maybelline in 2004, Miranda got her wings after Gisele left in 2007. In 2009, she started her own skincare line called Kora Organics. She left Victoria’s Secret in 2013, around the same time she split from Orlando Bloom. Today she is married to the founder of Snapchat, Evan Spiegel, with whom she shares two children.
8.Heidi Klum
Heidi first landed several Vogue covers in the mid-1990s. Like many of her colleagues, she appeared on the cover of the “Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition” before joining VS for its third show in 1997. She hosted during the years to follow, including 2006, 2006, 2007, and 2008. She made a seamless transition to Concerts as a TV Host, and many of us remember her from “Project Runway.” Today she is a proud mother of four children and is married to a man 16 years her junior.
9. Candice Swanepoel
This South African model started out on a dairy farm in South Africa and worked for years as a solo model before working for VS. For Candice, the appeal was working with a group. In 2011, she officially got her wings and a few years later, in 2016, she became a mother. She returned to the catwalk just 8 months after giving birth. Today, she has her own swimwear line that aims to eradicate fast fashion.
10.Helena Christianson
One of the original Victoria’s Secret models, Helena worked on the runway for major brands in the 1980s and 1990s for brands like Hermes and Prada before working as a Victoria’s Secret Angel in 1997. She then went from modeling to becoming a A requested photographer. and even launched a clothing line in 2006. Most recently, she returned to the runway, walking for Balmain in 2020 and Off White in 2022 for Paris Fashion Week.
