SOUTH AFRICAN ANGEL


Model Candice Swanepoel was the first South African to be chosen as a Victoria's Secret Angel to showcase their lingerie line at the annual Victoria's Secret fashion show in Los Angeles. Candice was born in Mooi River, and lives in New York. She started modelling at the age of 15 when she was spotted at a Durban fleamarket. Since then she has appeared on the cover of Vogue (Greek issue), in advertisements for Nike and Diesel, and on the catwalk for Tommy Hilfiger and Diane von Fürstenberg. She is dating Joshua David Jones, a soldier serving in Iraq.