I can remember my first experience with Victoria Secret. I was a 12-year-old girl shopping in the new Pink section of their store. Around the time I turned 12, the Pink section was still fairly new. It was my first time shopping at the store. I fell in love with the giant pink dog and the colorful patterns. I was not big enough to wear any of the clothes yet, but that did not stop me from shopping at the store. I remember buying colorful and cute undergarments and a sweatshirt with the word "Pink" on it. From that day on I was SOLD!
I remember staring at the models on the wall and thinking I would love to be like them one day. Not because they were skinny and thin, but there was a sense of self-confidence that they had and I was looking for. Believe it or not, wearing the clothes from that store seemed to help me with that self-confidence. I remember leaving the store that day and telling my mom I am going to be a Victoria Secret model.
Every year I watch the fashion show and think I could be one of the Angels. The fashion show is a chance for people like me to dream of a day when we can see ourselves on the stage. There is something about the musical performances and all the lights that help to ignite that dream in me.
The women in this fashion show seem so elegant and graceful. They stride across the stage like movie stars. They have a sense of confidence and proud that makes them incredible and beautiful people. They wear these gorgeous outfits that shimmer and sparkle. The outfits that they wear have all kinds of jewels and rhinestones that add something special to the look. The highlight of the show is always, what they call, the "Fantasy Bra". This bra has a lot of diamonds, rhinestones, and jewels. The jewels and rhinestones often come from all around the world. The model that gets to wear the "Fantasy Bra" is the model that everyone aspires to become. She has a sense of elegance and grace that can only seem to come from the confidence of wearing this bra.
There have been many different "Fantasy Bra" through the years. Some of my favorites are the 2007 bra that was holiday inspired. The model wore a bra that was covered in diamonds and had rubies and emeralds. This was one of my favorites because I love the holiday times. It has always been a dream of mine to wear a bra like the one I saw in 2007.
Another one of my favorite bras is the 2008 "Fantasy Bra" because of the black diamonds on the bra and the gorgeous black and white wings that Adriana Lima wore with the bra. Then there were bras like Miranda Kerr wore in 2011 that had beautiful colored wings that drew extra attention to the bra, and the one that Alessandra Ambrosio wore in 2012, that was not only colorful but had amazing flower details.
My favorite "Fantasy Bra" was the ones that Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio wore in 2014. The bras contrasted each other perfectly. Adriana wore a bra covered in sapphires and diamonds, and Alessandra wore a bra covered in rubies and diamonds. There were jewels that dangled and hung all around the bra.
There are some many Victoria Secret models that I look up to and admire to be like. Some of my favorites are Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid, Taylor Hill, Miranda Kerr, Karlie Kloss, Behati Prinsloo, and Candice Swanepoel and Martha Hunt. These are the women that I look up to and want to be like. Every year I feel like I could become a Victoria Secret model because of how amazing and beautiful they look at the Victoria Secret Fashion show.
