entertainment">With the relaunch under the name VS Collective, the company hopes to boost its reputation again. Instead of super-slim models, it has now contracted women it calls “leading icons.” The new faces of Victoria’s Secret include soccer star Megan Rapinoe, actress Priyanka Chopra and transgender model Valentina Sampaio.
In 2001, Heidi Klum herself was an Angel during the Victoria’s Secret Show
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entertainment">“It’s good, because they had to change,” the German told the Australian radio show The Sunday Project. “They’ve been doing that for a while, but it took too long.” Klum said she is very happy that Victoria’s Secret “finally understands that there are all kinds of different people who like to wear something beautiful.”
entertainment">The lingerie brand has been hit by accusations of a misogynistic corporate culture, misconduct by one of its managers and ongoing criticism of the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. That catwalk show, at its peak around the turn of the century, good for 12 million viewers in the US alone, according to critics, painted an unrealistic picture of the female body.
entertainment">In 2019 Secret’s Secret came under considerable fire. Leslie Wexner, the founder of the lingerie brand, was forced to resign as CEO. His business ties to former Hollywood boss Jeffrey Epstein played a major role in this. Last year, Wexner completely severed ties with the lingerie brand.
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