Victoria’s Secret Angels debuted in 1999 at the fourth annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. The Angels promoted the new seductive, sheer seamless lingerie of Victoria’s Secret while wearing their lingerie and angel wings in a 15 minute webcast from Manhattan. The cybercast, which was reported as the largest streaming video broadcast at the time, was seen by over 1.5 million people.
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In 2001, the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show and the Angels moved to television, flying over the crowd at Bryant Park in New York City to the gospel song, “Hallelujah”, in what was billed as the sexiest night on
television.
In 2005, Tyra Banks concluded her modeling career on the runway with one last walk as a Victoria’s Secret
Angel.
In 2007, the Victoria’s Secret Angels were put on People Magazine’s list of the 100 Most Beautiful People
in the World and received a start on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Current Victoria Secret Angels
Heidi Klum – Klum entered modeling after winning a $300,000 contract in a modeling contest called Model 92. Klum has been on the cover of numerous fashion magazines and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She is also the hostest of Bravo’s reality show, Project Runway.
Adriana Lima – Best known for her work with Victoria’s Secret, Lima was the subject of a Super Bowl XLII ad
that was watched by 103 million viewers. Lima entered modeling after winning Ford’s “Supermodel of Brazil” competition and placing second in Ford’s “Supermodel of the World”. In 2008, she ranked fourth on Forbes
Magazine’s list of the world’s highest paid supermodels and in 2007 she placed 7th on FHM’s list of the 100
Sexiest Women of 2007.
Alessandra Ambrosio – Discovered when she won Brazil’s Elite Model Look competition, she has since appeared on over 50 magazine covers.
Miranda Kerr – Australian Kerr won the 1997 Dolly Magazine Model Competition, launching her career just before the age of 14. In 2007, she replaced Gisele Bundchen among the Victoria’s Secret Angels.
Marisa Miller – California born Miller has graced the cover of the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition and won the top spot on Maxim magazine’s 2008 Hot 100 list.
Doutzen Kroes – Born in the Netherlands, Kroes was named in 2009 as fifth on Forbes list of the World’s Top Earning Supermodels.
Former Victoria’s Secret Angels:
Helena Christensen
Yasmeen Ghauri
Rebecca Romijn
Laetitia Casta
Karen Mulder
Stephanie Seymour
Daniela Peštová
Tyra Banks
Maria Inés Rivero
Gisele Bündchen
Izabel Goulart
Karolina Kurkova
Selita Ebanks
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