Last night welcomed the return of Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show where some of the world’s most beautiful women walk the runway lingerie-clad. Let’s take a look at some of the most dramatic moments – ever

Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show was back with a bang last night – and the lingerie-clad catwalk proved to be quite the spectacle.

The New York City event saw some of the most iconic names in the modelling industry grace the runway, including first pro athlete, US basketball player Angel Reese.

We also saw the world’s most talked about model Bella Hadid, 29, strut her stuff down the catwalk, impressively managing to stay upright while wearing the heavy angel wings.

And veteran Victoria’s Secret model Jasmine Tookes, 34, spectacularly opened the show in a gold fishnet dress where she proudly embraced her huge baby bump.

Although walking down the iconic runway at nine months pregnant is pretty bonkers (and brilliantly so), Victoria’s Secret is certainly not exempt from eye-widening moments.

Here, we take a look at some of the most memorable from the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show history since it’s birth in the 90s – including the time a mega popstar got ‘smacked’ on-stage.

Protestors gate-crash catwalk

The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is a great chance to gawk at some of the most ‘perfect’ humans in their undies.

Despite her jealousy-inducing looks, we’re sure no one wanted to be in mega model Gisele Bündchen’s shoes back in 2002.

The Brazilian, 45, expertly strutted down the runway in a gorgeous underwear getup. However, all eyes quickly flitted towards something else on stage.

Just moments into her turn on the runway, four PETA protestors gate-crashed the stage and held signs claiming: “Gisele FUR scum.”

But, in true professional fashion, Gisele carried on with her iconic walk before the protesters were forcibly escorted off the stage.

The handling of the incident earned the stunning model a huge cheer when she later returned to the stage.

It is believed that the protesters targeted Gisele because she signed a contract with mink furrier brand ‘Blackgama’ that was reportedly worth $500,000 (£372,000). She was also thought to have received two fur coats worth $250,000 (£186,000) at the time.

However, it seems that the gate-crashing had some lasting effect on Gisele and her morals around collaborating with brands.

After the protest, Gisele said in a statement: “It was a bad decision on my part, because I don’t wear fur and I understand their cause.”

‘World’s most expensive bra’

It’s safe to say that the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show doesn’t do anything by halves. And if there’s not a dramatic on-stage protest, then the lingerie brand will be treating viewers to some of the most extraordinary lingerie to be crafted – ever.

Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show introduced the first ‘Fantasy Bra’ for the second year of the event in 1996, with Claudia Schiffer rocking the ‘Million Dollar Miracle Bra’ – which was aptly worth $1,000,000 (£745,000).

These pieces certainly do live up to their name as you’ll have to be quite the dreamer if you ever want to get your hands on one.

The specially built, jewel-encrusted bras for the fashion show are usually an honour for one lucky model to wear.

And Heidi Klum really hit the jackpot back in 2001 when she was chosen to wear the ‘most expensive’ in history, according to the Guinness World Records.

The blonde bombshell rocked the ‘Heavenly Star Bra’ iteration and she certainly looked angelic. The $12,500,000 (£8.5million) lingerie included a whopping 1,200 Sri Lankan pink sapphires and a 90-carat diamond. It was also the first ‘Fantasy Bra’ to be worn on the runway.

Although later bras had the same price tag attached, Guinness World Records recognise the 2001 as the most expensive with inflation in mind.

Ariana Grande ‘smacked’ on stage

The ‘God is a Woman’ singer and ‘Wicked’ star found herself in a bit of a sticky – or feathery – situation during her 2014 performance at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.

Ariana Grande, 32, took to the stage to blast out mega pop banger ‘Bang Bang’ as the beautiful lingerie models walked passed her down the runway.

But the songstress had a bit of close call mid-song when supermodel Elsa Hosk’s angel wing ‘smacked’ her in the face. Both women managed to carry on with their job as the in-house audience and the millions at home awkwardly watched on.

Luckily, Ariana saw the funny side of the incident and took to X, then Twitter, to share her thoughts. She wrote: “A Victoria’s Secret angel accidentally smacked me in the face with her wings and it was awesome #goals #bangbangintomyface.”

The moment has lived on through the internet as Ariana’s reaction became a meme and is often used in comment sections on social media.



By staronline@reachplc.com (Layla Nicholson)

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