As the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show heads to Paris in November, 2016 promises to be no exception.
Here are just a few of the secrets from behind the runway.
According to Adriana Lima, theladies are spoiled backstage before the show with pizza and cupcakes.
There are also rumors that themodels enjoy a few cocktails to loosen upbefore hitting the runway.
Not a bad deal at all.
And who could blame them, some of those wings are to die for.
That’s right, theVictoria’s Secret Fashion Show happens not once, but two times.
It’s safe to say there’s plenty of retouching going on backstage.
In fact,Chanel Iman said she tried to gain weight for the 2011 show.
“I worked out two hours a day for two weeks before the show,” she told us.
“For me, gaining weight doesn’t happen over night.
I have to really work at it,” she said in an interview.
Like her fellow Angel Iman,Bahati Prinsloo also focuses on being healthy rather than thin.
It takes hours to get runway ready
Forget all the time it takes getting into those costumes.
That’s nothing compared to the time they spend getting dolled up for the show.
Hair extensions, spray tans, and lash extensions, are just part of the process.
“It takes five hours of hair and makeup,” said Lima.
Taylor Swift may have had a model banned from the show
Don’t mess with T-Swift.
“Bless her heart,” Hart said in an interview withWWD, “I think she’s great…
But, I don’t know, to me, she didn’t fit.”
Albeit strict, some people seemed to appreciate the rules.
“It really forced me to stay in the moment,” said one editor.
There’s only one bathroom backstage
Fourty-seven models.
Dozens of makeup artists, crew members and journalists.One bathroom for everyone to share… and it was unisex.
I’m not saying that is definitely what happened, but he went in, then she went in.
They were definitely in there at the same time."
Adriana Lima was among them.
It was a very humbling experience."
So, what happened?
We’re guessing Victoria’s Secret would love to know the answer to that question as well.
Elsa Hosksticks to juice cleanses.
Martha Hunt confesses to abrutal-sounding pilates workoutusing a Megaformer, which she describes as “a torture machine.”
But Jourdan Dunn and Cara Delevingne take a decidedly less active approach.
Cara [Delevingne] and I do nothing."
Probably a good call to not follow through on that one.
But the broadcast regulatory agency ruled that it did not.
And though Copps never specifically called them out, a spokesman for CBS issued a statement in their defense.
“We are confident that the Victoria’s Secret special was completely within acceptable boundaries for broadcast television.”
The show has aired on the data pipe ever since.
According to chief marketing officer, Ed Razek, the show was first livestreamed in 1999.
