Exclusive: Meet the New Victoria’s Secret Angels Inline
Photo: Courtesy of Elsa Hosk1/10Elsa Hosk
Country: Sweden
About her: Before the Swedish flaxen-haired beauty first started walking the Victoria’s Secret runway in 2011, she was a professional basketball player in Sweden.
Photo: Courtesy of Jac Jagaciak2/10Jac Jagaciak
Country: Poland
About her: The Polish stunner is everywhere, from the runways of Ralph Lauren and Michael Kors to those of Public School. As for before she was a model? She hails from a very athletic family. Jagaciak started running at four. Her older sister Anna is a professional long and triple jumper, her father is a jumping and sprinting coach, and her mother is a physical education teacher.
Photo: Courtesy of Jasmine Tookes3/10Jasmine Tookes
Country: United States
About her: The California-born beauty got her start in the modeling world in a Bruce Weber–lensed Abercrombie Fitch shoot and later went on to walk the runways of Tom Ford, Marc Jacobs, and Dolce Gabanna.
Fun fact: Tookes’s mother is a celebrity stylist.
Photo: Courtesy of Kate Yrigoreva4/10Kate Grigorieva
Country: Russia
About her: Before Kate Grigorieva walked the runways of Stella McCartney, Versace, and Dolce Gabbana, the Slavic stunner was an accomplished ballroom dancer with a Bachelor’s degree in marketing, and a Miss Russia contestant in 2012.
Photo: Courtesy of Lais Ribeiro5/10Lais Ribeiro
Country: Brazil
About her: Ribeiro has walked shows ranging from Oscar de la Renta and Balmain to Jean Paul Gaultier and, eventually, Victoria’s Secret in 2010.
Fun fact: The Brazilian head-turner went to school for nursing before she was a model.