With the 2009 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show just a few days away, Modelinia’s wondering just how much you know about your Angels. Currently, there are five: Marisa Miller, Alessandra Ambrosio, Miranda Kerr, Adriana Lima, and Doutzen Kroes—not to mention the ultimate Heidi Klum. And while we’re sure model and VS fans out there are well aware of the Angels’ accomplishments and life stories, Modelinia found a few little-known facts.
Early on, Miranda Kerr was compared to Gemma Ward and Adriana Lima because of their similar baby face looks. She not only won the Dolly model search, but she was also featured on Veet commercials and in Delia’s catalogs before she made it big!
A young, fresh-faced Doutzen Kroes sent her pictures to Paparazzi before she was discovered, and grew up in a small province in the Netherlands called Friesland with a population of only 1,500. Nine months after sending in her pictures, she was walking the runways.
She’s no stranger to wearing bikinis, but did you know that Alessandra Ambrosio modeled for a Rolex campaign—which featured the supermodel underwater like a sea princess?
Adriana Lima is generally touted as part of the Brazilian invasion given her hometown of Salvador, Bahia, but she’s a mix of many different ethnicities, which can account for her exotic good looks. She’s Brazilian, African-Brazilian, Portuguese, French, Japanese, and Caribbean.
Everyone’s well aware that Marisa Miller’s hobby is surfing, given her discovery story involving Mario Testino, a surfboard, and the beach. But did you know she grew up riding horses as well?
