Victoria's Secret Swim Special | |
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Genre | Television special |
Directed by | Hamish Hamilton [1] |
Starring | Victoria's Secret Angels and models |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Hamish Hamilton [1] Edward G. Razek [1] Ian Stewart [1] |
Producer | Done and Dusted [1] |
Production location | Puerto Rico |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | CBS [1] |
Release | February 26, 2015[1] – March 9, 2016 |
The Victoria's Secret Swim Special is a television special that aired on CBS on February 26, 2015 and was broadcast in 190 countries as well as live at the Victoria's Secret website. [2] It cost $2 million to film. [2]
It featured the Victoria's Secret Angels Adriana Lima, Candice Swanepoel, Lily Aldridge, Behati Prinsloo and Alessandra Ambrosio as well as models Elsa Hosk, Martha Hunt, Jasmine Tookes, Stella Maxwell, Joan Smalls and Jac Jagaciak. There were also musical performances by Maroon 5 and Juanes.
Another 'Victoria's Secret Swim Special' aired on March 9, 2016, featuring the Victoria's Secret models and musical performances by Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas. [3]
Every year Victoria's Secret Angels and models shoot the swimsuit campaign. At the end of 2014, after the annual fashion show, some of them posted pictures on Instagram announcing an upcoming secret project. After rumors of a fashion show featuring the swimsuit line, it turned out being a television special. [4]
It does not feature all of the shoots of Victoria's Secret's 2015 swimsuit collection. Indeed, some pictures were taken at Saint Barthélemy, including some models who are not featured on the television special. [5]
One of the models, Joan Smalls, was born in Puerto Rico and lived there for 19 years. [6]
Then Angel Karlie Kloss was not featured in the broadcast, fueling speculation that she had left the brand, which Edward Razek would later confirm. [7] However, later the same year, all the featured models in the broadcast aside from Smalls would be revealed as part of the brand's newest Angels. [8]
The Victoria's Secret Swim Special shows Angels and models shooting the Victoria's Secret swimsuit catalogue, [9] including underwater shoots. [10] They also talk about their lives and careers, dance to the songs performed by Maroon 5 and Juanes [11] and are said to "tackle jungle treks, underwater shoots and overcome personal fears". [12]
The first edition of the Victoria's Secret Swim Special was filmed in Puerto Rico in December 2014 and premiered on February 26, 2015.
Artist | Song |
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Maroon 5 | "Sugar" and "Animals" |
Juanes | "Juntos (Together)" |
The second edition of the Victoria's Secret Swim Special took place in St. Barthélemy and premiered on March 9, 2016.
Artist | Song |
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Demi Lovato | "Cool for the Summer", "For You" and "Confident" |
Nick Jonas | "Levels", "Chains" and "Jealous" |
Kate Dries from website Jezebel compared the Victoria's Secret Swim Special to Jurassic Park and the upcoming Jurassic World . [13]
As for Alyssa Bailey from fashion magazine Elle , she found the opening of the Victoria's Secret Swim Special similar to the one of The Hills . [14]
The A.V. Club qualified it "unbearable". [15]
Behati Prinsloo is a Namibian model. In 2008, she became a Pink contract model, and moved on to become a Victoria's Secret Angel in 2009. She walked in eleven Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows, and opened consecutive Victoria's Secret Fashion shows in 2014 and 2015.
Candice Susan Swanepoel is a South African model. She is known for her work with Victoria's Secret. She became a Victoria's Secret Angel in 2010. In 2016, she was listed 8th on the Forbes top-earning models list.
Victoria's Secret is an American lingerie, clothing, and beauty retailer. Founded in 1977 by a Stanford Student and his wife, Roy and Gaye Raymond, the company's five lingerie stores were sold to Les Wexner in 1982. Wexner rapidly expanded into American shopping malls, growing the company into 350 stores nationally with sales of $1 billion by the early 1990s, when Victoria's Secret became the largest lingerie retailer in the United States.
Lily Maud Aldridge is an American model. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2010 to 2018. She also appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, alongside Chrissy Teigen and Nina Agdal, for the 50th anniversary cover in 2014.
Joan Smalls Rodriguez is a Puerto Rican model and television personality. In 2011, she became the first Latina model to represent Estée Lauder cosmetics. In 2013, she entered Forbes magazine's "World's Highest-Paid Models" list for the first time, ranking at number eight with over $3 million in earnings, In January 2014, Smalls appeared on the "Return of the Supermodel" cover of American Elle. In 2012, Smalls was ranked the number #1 model in the world by Models.com.
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The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is an annual fashion show sponsored by Victoria's Secret, a brand of lingerie and sleepwear. Victoria's Secret uses the show to promote and market its goods in high-profile settings. The show features some of the world's leading fashion models, such as current Victoria's Secret Angels Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Candice Swanepoel, Doutzen Kroes, Miranda Kerr, Erin Heatherton, Behati Prinsloo, Lindsay Ellingson, Lily Aldridge, and Chanel Iman. Lais Ribeiro also received billing.
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is an annual fashion show sponsored by Victoria's Secret, a brand of lingerie and sleepwear. Victoria's Secret uses the show to promote and market its goods in high-profile settings. The show features some of the world's leading fashion models, such as current Victoria's Secret Angels Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Behati Prinsloo, Candice Swanepoel, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Erin Heatherton, Lily Aldridge, and Chanel Iman. Miranda Kerr and Doutzen Kroes both missed this year's show due to their pregnancies.
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is an annual fashion show sponsored by Victoria's Secret, a brand of lingerie and sleepwear. Victoria's Secret uses the show to promote and market its goods in high-profile settings. The show features some of the world's leading fashion models, such as current Victoria's Secret Angels Heidi Klum, Alessandra Ambrosio, Miranda Kerr, Doutzen Kroes, and Marisa Miller. Candice Swanepoel, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Erin Heatherton, Lindsay Ellingson, and Behati Prinsloo were also featured. Adriana Lima and Karolina Kurkova were absent this year due to their pregnancies. Adriana gave birth to her daughter 4 days before to the show and Karolina gave birth to her son 3 weeks before the show.
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is an annual fashion show sponsored by Victoria's Secret, a brand of lingerie and sleepwear. Victoria's Secret uses the show to promote and market its goods in high-profile settings. The show features some of the world's leading fashion models, such as current Victoria's Secret Angels Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Doutzen Kroes, Candice Swanepoel, Lily Aldridge, Lindsay Ellingson, Karlie Kloss, and Behati Prinsloo. Elsa Hosk received billing.
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is an annual fashion show sponsored by Victoria's Secret, a brand of lingerie and sleepwear. Victoria's Secret uses the show to promote and market its goods in high-profile settings. The show features some of the world's leading fashion models, such as current Victoria's Secret Angels Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Doutzen Kroes, Behati Prinsloo, Candice Swanepoel and Karlie Kloss. Lindsay Ellingson, Martha Hunt, Jasmine Tookes, Elsa Hosk, Lais Ribeiro, and Stella Maxwell all received billing.
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The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is an annual fashion show sponsored by Victoria's Secret, a brand of lingerie and sleepwear. Victoria's Secret uses the show to promote and market its goods in high-profile settings. The show features some of the world's leading fashion models, including then current Victoria's Secret Angels Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrósio, Behati Prinsloo, Candice Swanepoel, Lily Aldridge, Lais Ribeiro, Elsa Hosk, Jasmine Tookes, Sara Sampaio, Martha Hunt, Jac Jagaciak, Taylor Hill, Stella Maxwell, Romee Strijd, and Kate Grigorieva.
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is an annual fashion show sponsored by Victoria's Secret. Victoria's Secret uses the show to promote and market its goods in high-profile settings. The show features some of the world's leading fashion models, such as current Victoria's Secret Angels Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Lily Aldridge, Lais Ribeiro, Elsa Hosk, Jasmine Tookes, Sara Sampaio, Martha Hunt, Taylor Hill, Stella Maxwell, Romee Strijd, and Josephine Skriver. Behati Prinsloo and Candice Swanepoel both missed this year's show due to their pregnancies. The show also featured PINK spokesmodels Rachel Hilbert, Zuri Tibby and Grace Elizabeth.
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is an annual fashion show sponsored by Victoria's Secret, a brand of lingerie and sleepwear. Victoria's Secret uses the show to promote and market its goods in high-profile settings. The show features some of the world's leading fashion models, such as current Victoria's Secret Angels Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Candice Swanepoel, Lily Aldridge, Lais Ribeiro, Elsa Hosk, Jasmine Tookes, Sara Sampaio, Martha Hunt, Taylor Hill, Stella Maxwell, Romee Strijd, and Josephine Skriver. Behati Prinsloo missed this year's show, once again, due to the birth of her second child. The show also featured PINK spokesmodels Grace Elizabeth and Zuri Tibby.
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is an annual fashion show sponsored by Victoria's Secret, an American brand of lingerie and sleepwear. Victoria's Secret uses the show to promote and market its goods in high-profile settings. The show featured some of the world's leading fashion models, such as Victoria's Secret Angels, Lais Ribeiro, Elsa Hosk, Jasmine Tookes, Martha Hunt, Sara Sampaio, Romee Strijd, Stella Maxwell, Taylor Hill, Josephine Skriver, also with head angels Adriana Lima, Candice Swanepoel and Behati Prinsloo making her comeback in two years. The show also featured PINK angels, Grace Elizabeth and Zuri Tibby, also with Chinese angels, Sui He and Ming Xi. Lily Aldridge was also absent due to her pregnancy.
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is annual fashion show sponsored by Victoria's Secret, an American brand of lingerie and sleepwear. Victoria's Secret uses the show to promote and market its goods in high-profile settings.