12 Models You Didn’t Know Walked the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Inline
Photo: Getty Images1/12Naomi Campbell
Campbell made her first appearance in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in 1996, the year the event was affectionately referred to as the “Super Bowl for Super Models” due to the impressive list of legends who hit the catwalk in their skivvies. Nine years later, Campbell was the only one of her fellow supes still working the VS runway—and holding her own, thank you very much.
Photo: Getty Images2/12Jaime King
Now she’s a mother of two and a card-carrying member of Taylor Swift’s squad, but back when King was known as James, she was an Angel—a fact that shocked many of her Instagram followers.
Photo: Getty Images3/12Rebecca Romijn
The transition from model to actress is not always a smooth one, but Romijn has pulled hers off so well, it’s hard to remember that she flaunted her sexy, athletic physique for the brand multiple times during the mid-to-late 1990s, before the runway show was broadcast for the public.
Photo: Getty Images4/12Karen Mulder
Dutch beauty Mulder is known for having graced the cover of Vogue numerous times, but the supe also holds the distinct honor of being one of the first Victoria’s Secret models to ever wear Angel wings. The dramatic feathers premiered in the 1998 show; iconic status ensued.
Photo: Corbis Images5/12Kirsty Hume
The year before she famously chopped off two feet of her waist-length blonde hair for Vogue, Hume landed a spot in the 1999 Victoria’s Secret extravaganza, which was viewable online for the first time (and subsequently crashed the Internet).
Photo: Getty Images6/12Audrey Marnay
French model and actress Marnay has racked up so many impressive credits over the course of her 20-plus-year career that it’s easy to overlook her glorious, lingerie-clad moment on the VS stage. It happened nearly 15 years ago, well before Instagram was around to capture it all.
Photo: Getty Images7/12Alek Wek
In 2001, Wek was still going strong as a runway darling, opening for heavy hitters like Valentino, Yves Saint Laurent, and Oscar de la Renta. In between Fashion Week seasons, the Sudanese stunner took her turn on the VS catwalk for the first and only time.
Photo: Getty Images8/12Karen Elson
Like Wek, Elson also did a one-and-done stint for the Victoria’s Secret show in 2001, sporting her signature red hair and curves for days.
Photo: Getty Images9/12Maggie Rizer
Another unexpected Class of 2001 alum: Rizer. The usually fresh-faced beauty got to show off her sexy side while giving fellow redhead Elson a run for her money.
Photo: Getty Images10/12Frankie Rayder
If you blinked, you might have missed Rayder in the Givenchy Spring 2016 show, but during her modeling heyday in the early aughts, her voluptuous, bronzed body was impossible to ignore. No wonder Victoria’s Secret booked her for its runway four times.
Photo: Getty Images11/12Erin Wasson
Wasson has appeared in a slew of Victoria’s Secret catalogs, but she only strutted down its runway once, in 2007. Her overall experience was a positive one. As she put it: “I worked with them for six years. It’s empowering because, yes, you are owning your sexuality, you are owning your womanhood, and it’s a wonderful brand that really empowers women.”
Photo: Getty Images12/12Sessilee Lopez
Her unique, striking features and edgy vibe are what make Lopez a favorite of fashion photographers—and an unlikely choice for a bombshell-oriented brand like VS. But her back-to-back appearances in 2008 and 2009 proved that Lopez is more of a chameleon than we thought. Well played, Sessilee.
