Top 10 Victoria Secret Models

Hailing from a small town Gunnedah in Australia, Miranda spent her early years within the beauty of nature.

 Before kick-starting her modeling career, she was a student of Nutrition and Health Psychology at the Academy of Natural Living in Australia.

Miranda's childhood dream was not to become an established model. Getting into the modeling sector came up quite unexpectedly when Miranda's friend signed her up for a modeling contest in 1997.

At the young age of 13, Miranda won the contest - and that was her first fame as a model.

Miranda Kerr is also a businesswoman. Founder and CEO of KORA, an organic skincare brand, Miranda has proved that she is the classic example of beauty and brains.

In 2007, Miranda Kerr became the first Australian woman to be signed as a Victoria's Secret Angel. Louis Vuitton, Prada, and Dior are only a few of the many prominent names that Miranda has worked with during her successful modeling career.

Miranda got married to the founder and CEO of Snapchat - Evan Spiegel in 2017. She is a mother to three sons, out of which she shares one with her ex-husband Orlando. Miranda has also published her book Treasure Yourself, as a means to empower women.

 The book was a hit in Australia, quickly climbing the bestseller spot.

One of the most sought-after models, Candice Swanepoel is a successful Victoria's Secret model. The story of how she became a model is quite interesting. After being spotted by a model scout at a local flea market, she was introduced to the world of modeling. She admits that she still gets nervous on the ramp, even after years in the sector.

However, not many people know that her first love was not modeling. She wanted to be one of the best ballerinas, and for the same reason, she wanted to move to New York City.

However, fate had other plans and she ended up making an extremely successful modeling career for herself. She's a mother to two adorable boys, and she claims that it is during her motherhood that she appreciated the blessing of being a working woman.

Candice is also a huge advocate for sustainability. She argues for the same through her swimwear brand, Tropic C. Since she grew up in South Africa and was surrounded by the beauty of nature, she understands the concept of giving back what we take from nature. She is a beauty with brains and can speak up to three languages - English, Portuguese, and Afrikaans.

Ever since Adriana Lima aced the Supermodel of Brazil contest, there has been no looking back for her. She began her modeling career in the 90s and has been one of the most popular names in the fashion industry ever since. Lima worked the longest with Victoria's Secret, for a whopping 19 years.

She was raised alone by her mother ever since their father abandoned them. Before winning Ford's Supermodel of Brazil contest at the young age of 13, Adriana had not considered modeling as a career.

 However, she moved to New York three years after winning this contest to pursue her modeling life. Having worked with prominent names such as Bebe, Armani, Versace, BCBG, and Louis Vuitton - she secured her first role as an actress in the short movie The Follow.

Along with being ranked in the top 100 list of askmen.com's most desirable women for four consecutive years, Adriana was also listed in this world's best-paid celebrities compilation by Forbes in 2005.

Along with being one of the top Victoria's Secret supermodels, Adriana is also a devoted roman catholic. She attends mass every Sunday and is a part of a charity that helps orphanages in Salvador. As of now, she is expecting a child with her boyfriend Andre members.

German-American model and a businesswoman, Heidi Klum is a television and a TV-host too. Klum began her modeling career as an 18-year-old participant in Model 92, a German beauty pageant.

She beat 25,000 contestants and managed to bag an amazing contract with New York’s Metropolitan Models. After many achievements in her modeling career, Heidi was declared Victoria's Secret angel in 1999.

Heidi has been known to be one of the highest-paid models, and in 2013 she was judged on the famous show America’s Got Talent. She even won an Emmy for her series project runway in 2013. In total, Heidi Klum has managed to bag 6 Emmy nominations.

The now-retired Victoria's secret model has also appeared in a video game. In the James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing, Heidi Klum was featured as the antagonist Dr. Katya Nadanova. She has also worked in many music videos and is a fashion designer too.

As if acting, singing, producing, judging for shows, and creating her product lines were not enough – Heidi Klum managed to shine as a painter too. Her artworks have been featured in many art magazines. She is now married to the guitarist of Tokio Hotel, Tom Kaulitz.

Former Victoria’s Secret model has appeared on the cover of more than 1000 magazines; Gisele Bundchen is a model, businesswoman, and activist.

She has been married to Tom Brady since 2009 and is a mother to two kids. With her elegance and grace as a model, it is hard to believe that she was rejected 42 times in London before getting cast in a runway show.

Gisele Bundchen had always been an academically smart student and wanted to become a professional volleyball player. However, she was picked by a modeling agent at the age of 13 – and the rest is history.

With her all-natural skincare Sejaa, Gisele Bundchen aims to help teenage girls deal with the various insecurities that she faced as a child.

Since she had a lot of acne too, she admits that it caused her to be extremely conscious of her face. She promotes a trend of healthy and natural beauty amongst teenage girls, along with the need to take proper care of our bodies.

Bundchen has bagged the Phytoervas Fashion Award and Vh1/ Vogue Fashion Awards for the model of the year, Harvard Medical School Global Citizen Award, International Green Awards for Best Green International Celebrity Award, and Green Carpet Fashion Award under the category of Eco Laureate award. 

Tyra banks have managed to inspire numerous young women by achieving many milestones throughout her modeling career. After becoming the first black woman to win America’s Top Model, she never ditched the concept of staying at the top ever.

Everyone has a dark past, and so did Tyra Banks. She is a sweetheart now – but she admits to being a mean bully in high school. However, she realized the importance of staying kind when she started getting bullied by her mates for losing weight unexpectedly.

Starting a career in modeling was not a piece of cake for Banks. When she started looking out for agents, she was rejected by as many as four of them – who cited her race as the reason for rejection.

When she turned 16, she was finally signed by L.A. Models. Banks received her first break as a model when she got the offer from Elite Model Management, one of the top modeling agencies – and she didn’t have to think twice before dropping out of her college.

As soon as Tyra reached Europe to model, she did not take time to get accustomed to everything around her. She immediately bloomed – booking 25 shows on the Paris runway in her very first season itself. As if that was not the best, she started getting complimented as the upcoming Naomi Campbell – one of the best supermodels in the world. However, the two did not get along well and were repeatedly involved in feuds.

After her immense success in Europe, Banks had to struggle with every model’s worst nightmare – weight gaining. She ditched her European modeling career to try out Victoria’s Secret, where her weight should not have been a problem. However, she was rejected on her first attempt to do so. However, she tried again and landed a ten-year contract with Victoria’s Secret.

Known to be falling in the list of top 10 highest-earning models, Alessandra Ambrosio has appeared on 70 international magazine covers. She has also been the spokesperson for Victoria’s Secret for about 10 years now.

One of the biggest insecurities that Alessandra had as a child was her huge ears. She never felt comfortable with them, and hence decided to get them fixed through surgery.

 At the age of 11, she had her biggest insecurity dealt with – and now she was ready to take over the modeling field.

 She started taking classes for the same from the age of 12, and at the young age of 14, she managed to be amongst the top 20 finalists in the elite modeling competition held in Brazil.

In 1999, Alessandra was chosen as the first ambassador for Victoria’s Secret Pink. Her line of swimwear was launched in 2004, which was a massive success. In 2007, she was included in the People’s Magazine's top 100 most beautiful people in the world. In 2011, she also became a blogger for Vogue – posting her wardrobe pictures every day for a whole month.

Along with modeling, Alessandra has also appeared in many popular fictional shows such as "Entourage," "How I Met Your Mother, and "Gossip Girl” and has been the face of prominent brands such as GUESS, Revlon, Christian Dior, Giorgio Armani, Rolex, Escada, Calvin Klein, and Ralph Lauren.

Alessandra got engaged to Jamie Mazur in 2008 and is now a mother to two kids with him. According to reports, the couple has now split up.

Doutzen Kroes is a supermodel and actress, who began her career in modeling in the Netherlands. After being sent to New York by her agency, she was cast by Victoria’s Secret as an angel in 2008.

She has also been the ambassador for L’Oreal Paris for over 10 years.

Along with a steady modeling career, Doutzen has had experience in acting too.

Her debut in the field of acting was through a Dutch movie, and she went on to be cast as Venelia in the famous movies ‘Wonder Woman’ and ‘Justice ‘League’.

Since both her parents were speed skaters champions, Doutzen had the dream of becoming one too. However, after landing in the field of modeling – she does not regret choosing her career path.

She was chosen as the model of the year by a reader’s poll by Vogue in 2005. She also has her wax figure displayed in Madame Tussaud's museum in Holland. She is also an activist and a philanthropist.

Doutzen married Sunnery James Gorré in 2007, and the couple has been together ever since. They have two children together – both born in Amsterdam.

Rosie is an English supermodel, actress, Content Creator, and influencer.

She is also a fashion designer, businesswoman, and the founder of RosieInc. She was born in Plymouth, England, and completed her schooling at Milton Abbot Primary School. She went on to join the Tavistock College, Tavistock too and holds a graduate degree.

She was given a chance to be a part of the Transformers series in place of Megan Fox, which was also the first time that she got to act in such a massive franchise.

 She was on the top of Maxim’s list of top 100 hot people that were made annually.

Rosie married Jason Statham in 2010 and has been leading a happily married life ever since. She also has a child with him - Jack Oscar Statham. Her net worth is estimated to be approximately 30 million dollars.

Liu Wen is an inspirational woman who has managed to achieve many “firsts” throughout her modeling career.

She was the first Chinese woman to be walking for Victoria’s Secret, she was the first Chinese woman to be on the cover of American Vogue, and she became the first Asian spokesperson for Estee Lauder.

Even though Liu is quite successful now, she had to face her share of difficulties finding a job in her initial days of modeling.

Her appearances did not match the requirements of agencies, and hence she had to work hard to secure modeling contracts. However, she soon climbed to the top through her talent.

She is also considered to be amongst the top 10 highest paid models in the world, with more than 3 million followers on Instagram. In 2017, she was featured in Forbes 30 under 30 Asia honoree.