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The Victoria’s Secret Show did not go entirely smoothly

What happened with Gigi and Doutzen?

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For six years, Victoria’s Secret hibernated. A lack of diversity, the celebration of an almost unattainable beauty ideal, and sexism nearly broke the brand. The show, which used to attract nearly 10 million viewers, could barely scrape together 3 million viewers. Worldwide, mind you. Add the coronavirus pandemic to that, and you understand that a small breather turned into a Sleeping Beauty-like hibernation. But last night they were back. With a bang. Of course. Although we did have some comments in our group chat.

Was Doutzen not allowed to laugh?

As sexy as Adriana Lima seemed to inhabit the catwalk, Doutzen walked uncomfortably. Of course, she was beautiful as always, perhaps even more beautiful because she is more mature. But it also seemed like she was thinking: “What am I doing here? I am a mother. I love nature. This is quite far from who I have become.” No idea, but it didn’t seem like she was really enjoying it.

Gigi Hadid seemed a bit wobbly

To begin with: I think Gigi is the prettiest and maybe also the nicest of all the models. But she came across as a bit wobbly. One hand went along her skirt to straighten the only piece of fabric present. After that, her wings didn’t seem to fit quite right, and you saw her constantly reaching for the straps that held the wings on her shoulders. There are rumors on TikTok that she broke her heel. In any case, it didn’t look like her ideal walk.

Diversity was better

There were plus-size models, Paloma Elsesser, and a transgender model; Valentian Sampaio, with whom they first started working in 2019, and it also seemed like the “normal” models didn’t have to push themselves to Olympic levels to show their abs. Although, of course, there were a lot who probably had signed up for four gym memberships over the past period.

The runway, music, and wings are back

Of course, the wings were back. Some weigh 10 to 15 kilos. The most expensive wings in the history of Victoria’s Secret were those of Alessandra Ambrosio. They were adorned with 100,000 Swarovski diamonds and had a value of $250,000.

The costs

The show costs around 20 million.

Of course, also performances

There were performances by Cher, Tyla and Lisa.

And then a bit about Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks walked in the Victoria Secret Show for the first time.

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New York, New York

The location of the show was the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York.

Line up to drool over

There was again a lineup to drool over with models like Candice Swanepoel, Gigi Hadid, Ashley Graham, Paloma Elsesser, Doutzen Kroes, Adriana Lima, Behati Prinsloo, Taylor Hill, Kate Moss, and Tyra Banks.