Victoria's Secret Etc, Etc (PLEASE READ POST #1 BEFORE POSTING)

[Valentine27]

^I agree she looks totally sensational in these candids pics. You should check her thread. I hope she will be in the mainline section this year! She looks phenomenal.

 

[Armani]

Leila walked PINK in 2015, got rejected in 2016, and is back at it again this year. HOPEFULLY they recognize her potential and put her in the mainline...

Fittings are done and no sign of neither Behati nor Shu Pei. Welp...

 

[melissablu]

Maybe Behati got the fantasy bra and she had a secret fitting because they don't want to risk any leaks. I read an article saying she and Candice would be back.

 

[Cute]

Here are the finalists for the model search, Road to the Runway.
Names (in picture order Abby, Angel, Chao, Cristian, Grace, Jaclyn, Leader, Ling, Luna, Nana, Naomi, One, Rachel, Tong, Wen.*

rtvgames

 

[Bobby153]

Those girls are all gorgeous. The 7th one gets my pick.

The only reasonable reason for Behati not having a fitting is if she has the fantasy bra. In which case she would have been fitted weeks ago and if she hasn't shown up this week at all it may mean that that's her one and only outfit.

 

[AtticusFinch]

Oh everyone is offended by everything and everyone is racist.
No one cared about her Melania impression.
It was a biscuit. I didn't even know it was a Buddha biscuit.
But yes off topic.

Anyone know why the show is in China? Like why not Japan or Brazil?
I wonder what stems the location choice.

 

[vivalakenna]

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Anyone know why the show is in China? Like why not Japan or Brazil?
I wonder what stems the location choice.

VS is really trying to expand into the Chinese market. They opened two stores there this year, and them putting this big focus on China is probably a way of appealing to Chinese consumers.

 

[Zposen]

Oh everyone is offended by everything and everyone is racist.
No one cared about her Melania impression.
It was a biscuit. I didn't even know it was a Buddha biscuit.
But yes off topic.

Anyone know why the show is in China? Like why not Japan or Brazil?
I wonder what stems the location choice.

She got tons of heat for the Melania impression but I think she issued an explanation/apology or something... She has not responded to this Buddha biscuit controversy. These girls need to understand not everything needs to be recorded and posted on social media... like keep your lives private and using that forum to promote your work...ONLY!

 

[CommanderTMugler]

Anyone know why the show is in China? Like why not Japan or Brazil?
I wonder what stems the location choice.

To expand their market... they're opening stores there, why not bring their huge hype machine along?

I like that they're doing the show in new locations and not just the NYC Armory, it got so repetitive doing it there year after year. But they need to really use the locations not just replicate the armory, they had the Grand Palais in Paris and it wouldn't have made a difference, they made it look like any other venue. London looked cool but only because of the LED runway but the venue looked the same.

When they did it in LA or Miami you could tell the difference, LA felt like a bigger stage and backgrounds, in Miami one had the side ways runway which was pretty cool.

I would hope they would take the show to Brazil next year, they must have a huge following there with their top angels being natives. It would be a good place to give a send off to Alessandra and Adriana.

 

[theBlueRider]

Some of those girls in the competition have agencies in NYC. Luna for example. Why didn't they just go to the normal castings?
They're all gorgeous but none of them scream VS...they look like a better fit for La Perla which would be so much better than KJ.

 

[Bruce7Lee]

Funny how white people on this forum is trying to define whether the Gigi thing is racist or not. I'm Asian and I'm deeply offended by it, plus Yolanda's comment on not wanting her eyes to look like Chinese earlier in the reality show. The whole thing just seems really rude to me.

 

[lavender]

Funny how white people on this forum is trying to define whether the Gigi thing is racist or not. I'm Asian and I'm deeply offended by it, plus Yolanda's comment on not wanting her eyes to look like Chinese earlier in the reality show. The whole thing just seems really rude to me.

Sadly, racism towards Asians is not taken as seriously.

 

[Armani]

We're starting to veer off topic here, but I think this convo needed to happen. I personally was offended, I'm East Asian and regardless of the circumstance (I mean, come on, a f****** cookie!), to see someone with so much influence make fun of "asian eyes" and not address it publicly as if it's okay isn't right, imo. She wrote a handwritten letter about her Melania impression, but nothing for the buddha video which is still biting her in the back to this day? I wouldn't go as far to say she isn't allowed in China, but also not as far to say it was okay to do.

credit: vsfsupdates on Instagram, naomikyx on Weibo
Naomi's my favorite on the I Supermodel contest, the last pic is a summary of last episode.

 

[Armani]

credit: keepingupwvsangels, johndavidpfeiffer, sannevloet, maggievlaine on instagram, gettyimages

 

[Bobby153]

So when is the taping of the show?
It feels like it's happening earlier this year. It's usually taped in November right?

 

[Armani]

Usually taped in November and shown on TV in early December. ^
This year, it's being broadcast in late November, so I'd assume they're either taping it in early Nov or lat Oct.

 

[Littleathquakes]

Didn't they super duper speed edit it last year? Like taped 1 week before it aired?

 

[Armani]

Didn't they super duper speed edit it last year? Like taped 1 week before it aired?

5 days And they learned their lesson, hopefully. The editing was so quick and all-over-the-place, you can tell it was done VERY quickly. The ratings dropped like crazy too.

 

[cocogirl]

How long did they usually take to edit the show? (I mean like when the show was actually good... which was over ten years ago :/ )

 

[333101]

How long did they usually take to edit the show? (I mean like when the show was actually good... which was over ten years ago :/ )

According to Wikipedia the 2005 show was on November 9 and aired December 6, so presumaly about 3 weeks to a month.