What Victoria's Secret Angels Really Eat (2024)

In the weeks leading up to the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, one topic seems to dominate all talk about the runway show—even more so, perhaps, than what kind of million-dollar, precious gemstone-bedazzled bra will be presented during the grand finale: How do the models prepare to strut down the runway in little more than their underwear and luminescent/glittery/graffiti-embellished angel wings?

It's a question the models are asked in practically every interview leading up to tonight's show, which airs on CBS this December, and it often focuses on what, exactly, they're eating. There's an implicit undertone: Is their diet actually healthy?

Here's how sixAngels have answered those questions.

Lily Aldridge

The supermodel, who will be wearing this year's Fantasy Bra—a $2 million number that features 6,500 gems set in 18-karat gold—says she tries to eat a little healthier.

"I don't really diet, but I just try to eat cleaner – a lot of protein and vegetables, no burgers," she toldHello!

Being a Victoria's Secret Angel requires her to stay in shape year-round, though the model admits that during the two months prior to the show, she focuses on her diet and workouts even more, tacking on an extra 15 minutes to her six-times-a-week gym sessionsand avoiding all alcohol, in addition to her low-carb diet, according to the Daily Mail. The week before the show, she cuts out all salty foods.

Adriana Lima

In 2011, Lima made headlines for saying she drinks only protein shakes—no solid foods—for nine days leading up to the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, then stops drinking liquids entirely the 12 hours before she hits the runway, in an interview with UK's Telegraph.

It seems she's adopted a more moderate diet in the years since, telling Ellein 2014 that she's more about eating "vegetables, protein, knowing how to balance the right amount of carbs—that's for me, not my kids. Because my metabolism is slowing down right now, I have to be careful now."

Candice Swanepoel

Swanepoel focuses more on amping up her exercise routine than changing up her eating habits: "I eat a lot of protein; I try to eat more to be more muscular ...I don't change my diet. My exercise routine, I do. I push it quite a bit 10 days before [the show]," she's quoted as sayingin Tales from the Back Row.

Jasmine Tookes

Tookes has recently been crowned (er, haloed?)as a VS Angel, and like Swanepoel, she focuses on getting plenty of protein.She eats a lot ofgrilled chicken and vegetables, but she doesn't avoid carbs as much as some of the other models. "Also, I'll eat a lot of pasta, because I'm naturally on the smaller sideso I try to eat a lot, gain a little muscle,"she toldElle.com.

The native Californiancombines this diet with hour-and-a-half-long workouts seven days a week—a combination of weight training, barre and pilates.

Alessandra Ambrosio

The model and mother of twosticks to grilled chicken, vegetables and salads before the show, E! reports, and turns down sweets for the most part—except on Halloween, because she is human, after all. (She grabbed a lollipop, in case you're curious.)

Behati Prinsloo

At this point, you probably have a good idea of what to expect from an Angel's diet, and Prinsloo's is no different. Before the show, she avoids carbs, salt and sugar, and eatsa combination of protein and vegetables—but she's been known to sneak a few fries before heading down the catwalk. "I still eat chocolate sometimes," she told Hello! Fashion, and said she bumps up her twice-a-week workouts to daily sweat sessions in the two weeks leading up to the show.

If she's feeling hungry between meals, she usually reaches for almonds—or steals a snack from Aldridge. "Lily is like my mum. Sometimes when we travel together, she's like, 'I packed you a whole snack bag,'" she told Elle.

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