Candice Swanepoel is a South African supermodel, associated with the popular brand Victoria’s Secret
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Candice Swanepoel is a South African supermodel, associated with the popular brand Victoria’s Secret
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She has been dating Brazilian supermodel, Hermann Nicoli, whom she met in Paris at a fashion event in 2006, since she was 17 years old.
Candice Susan Swanepoel was born on October 20, 1988 in the village of Mooi River, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa into an Afrikaner family of Dutch settlers.
She was pursuing her schooling from all-girls boarding St. Anne’s College when she was spotted by Kevin Ellise, a modeling scout, at a flea market in Durban which changed her life forever. She was just 15.
Within a year, she walked the ramp for major designers and got busy booking more modeling contracts all over Europe, earning around €5000 a day. She also appeared in the Italian magazine ‘Vogue’.
She started off as a runway model for Tommy Hilfiger and Dolce & Gabbana at Ready to Wear – Spring / Summer 2006 fashion show.
Her charm and hot looks got her recognition from all directions of fashion, with top designers and magazines craving to sign her.
She worked for various modeling agencies in Milan, London, Paris and South Africa for two years, after which she moved to New York to take up modeling as a full-time career.
In 2007, she was signed by lingerie brand, Victoria’s Secret, and walked the ramp for them. Since then, she has appeared in their commercial advertisements and modeled for swimsuit campaigns on various occasions.
She was made a Victoria’s Secret Angel for one of its lingerie line, Angel, in 2010.
This tall stunner with drop-dead looks gained worldwide recognition when she was hired by Victoria’s Secret in 2007 and got associated with their modeling assignments and lingerie commercials.
In 2013, she ramp-walked for Victoria’s Secret fashion show featuring the most expensive ‘fantasy bra’ – ‘Royal Fantasy Bra’ costing $10 million, encrusted with 4200 precious gems, including a 52-carat pear ruby, designed by Mouawad.