Meet the 44 models walking in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show this year

The long-awaited Victoria's Secret Fashion Show will take placenext week (but you won't be able to watch it until December 8).In advance of the show, the company has released its list of 44 top models who made the cut.Landing amodeling contract with Victoria's Secret is considered a top job within the industry, whether you're a brand favorite like Adriana Lima and Allessandra Ambrosio or a celebrity like Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid.All the models this year unsurprinsingly have active Instagram accounts, so mega-fanscan follow them for behind-the-scenes shots of the show before it officially premieres on December 8.Of the 44 women, the first 15 listed here are the designated "Victoria's Secret Angels" ' the ambassadors of the brand who travel the world promoting Victoria's Secret year-round. The other 29 women are models who werechosen to walk in this year's Fashion Show.Keep scrolling tomeet them all.Brazilian model Adriana Lima is one of the returning Angels. She's been a Victoria's Secret Angel since 2000 and is one of the highest paid models in the world.Instagram Embed:http://instagram.com/p/83ScV9s6jU/embed/Width: 800pxFollower Count: 5.7 millionBrazilian model Alessandra Ambrosio wore the Victoria's Secret Fantasy Bra last year. She's also an ambassador for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.Instagram Embed:http://instagram.com/p/9uXbSOqbrs/embed/Width: 800pxFollower Count:4.7 millionBehati Prinsloo is a Namibian model who has been an Angel since 2009.Instagram Embed:http://instagram.com/p/8KGE_Xwlla/embed/Width: 800pxFollower Count: 2.6 millionSee the rest of the story at Business Insider
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