Victoria's Secret Models Walk At Prada's High-Fashion Runway

Voluptuous lingerie supermodels of Victoria's Secret prove to us that boobs are not just their best assets as they project to make a smooth transition into high-fashion.

Miranda Kerr, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Doutzen Kroes – three gorgeous women who have been excluded from the runways because they are "too big" – walk in the Prada Fall-Winter 2010-2011 ready-to-wear fashion show at the Women's Fashion Week in Milan on Thursday.


Miuccia Prada has one thing in mind when these type of models were cast:

"It's normal clothes – the silhouette of the 90s, but using many different kinds of models who are much more womanly."

So there it goes. Despite the "uber sexiness" of these Victoria's Secret Angels, they still reflect the kind of bodies closer to regular women, that is, with breasts and bottoms.

Following the trend of replacing androgynous and emaciated models with fuller ones, Prada also tries to redefine "sexy" with a mixed collection of clothes that include winter coats, Mad Men style A-line dresses, lady-like skirt suits, and even odd-looking dress with lots of black and white frills around the chest.

"Our vision of what is sexy in women is getting narrower. It is all about bows and frills and clichés now. Women can't seem to give these clichés up. It's just my take on what's happening today. That's all," says the influential designer.

Meanwhile, Doutzen Kroes says she was happy to walk in the show and see "a change in more healthy looking women on the runway." The voluptuous model has previously told reporters that she rarely does runway shows she might have done so when she was "11 or 12" because she doesn't fit the current runway sample size.

Peek At The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show

The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show will not air on television until December 1, but with the frenzy the annual show brings (especially from watching sexy models walking down the runway in lingerie), it is impossible to keep details away from the public until its airing on CBS next week.


Highlights of the show includes the big reveal of the Victoria's Secret Model Search finalists who catwalks along with the VS Angels, Heidi Klum who surprisingly walks down the runway instead of hosting the show as reported earlier, Chanel Iman strutting her sexy teen stuff as the newest girl on the block, and the hot number provided by Black Eyed Peas. The band features Fergie who equals the sexiness of the VS Angels with her slim body and super tight muscle toned thighs. Then of course, there's the tantalizing regular VS Angels Alessandra Ambrosio, Marisa Miller, Doutzen Kroes, and Miranda Kerr.

For the spectacle, show stylist Charlotte Stockdale explains:

"We came up with the idea of this girl who lands from outer space in Paris. She gets on a train that comes to a halt in Pinkland, where pink girls get on and off. Then they go into this fairy-tale forest and little lady bugs and butterflies land on them and vines grow up on their clothes. Then, there's Tick-Tock Time; the wings in this section are based on clocks — there's one modeled after a pocket watch with metallic feathers. And she ends up in this regal realm of princess-ness, where the wings have Swarovski jewels and peacock feathers."

Two lucky girls from the VS model search have walked with the Angels during the fashion show, but only one of them will win a contract from the lingerie company. Since there's not much talk about them in the press, Victoria's Secret is probably keeping the details until the airing of the show on CBS next Tuesday.

How New Victoria's Secret Angels Prepare For Lingerie Shows?

Even the sexiest lingerie models of Victoria's Secret have to do workouts and dieting before they strut the catwalk in their underwear. And for the newest addition to the “handpicked” models of the giant lingerie company – Doutzen Kroes, Marissa Miller, and Miranda Kerr – preparation for lingerie shows requires not only body toning but also psych conditioning and moral support.


The 23-year old Dutch model Doutzen Kroes admits that modeling for Victoria's Secret is very important for her: "I love feeling so sexy and I love to be on this runway, but you're nervous because it's lingerie and it's on TV. There are so many people seeing you live, it's not like a picture when there is Photoshop after."

However professional and confident as she is, she admits to still feeling anxiety during upcoming shows: "I get butterflies in my stomach, for sure." So to look her best for lingerie shows, Doutzen says she normally eats what she wants because she exercises often, goes on a strict sugar-and-carb-free meal plan and spends many extra minutes a day jumping rope. "For other fashion shows you can be skinny, but for Victoria's Secret, you need definition," she points out.



For the 30-year old Marisa Miller, preparation for lingerie shows also include "psyching" herself up: "I'm a little shy and unassuming, which might be hard to believe with my job, so I don't have to quite become another person out there but I have to think about letting it all go. My last outfit was a black velvet one-piece with pink feathers on the back. I had to show the camera my tailfeathers so I did give a little spin," she says.

Although Marisa is innately shy, she also feels excited during her lingerie shows. She shares that despite the extensive fittings and rehearsals and the elaborate set-up (which coincided with $1 billion in renovations to the host site Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel), part of her couldn't wait to take the first step out and enjoy her "moment." Marisa considers being on Victoria's Secret as the biggest thing in her career and her success was greatly due to her workouts. "When you're on the runway, you're moving so it's all about toning up," she says.

When staring at the reality of a huge audience, Marisa realizes that it is during those moments that she hopes to make it to the end of the runway in one piece. “Some outfits are complicated, and you have to be aware of how they shift or if they are restricting. When you're in your underwear, a lot can happen," she believes.



While Doutzen relies on her body confidence and Marissa on her psyche, the 25-year old Miranda Kerr gets her confidence from her family's moral support. She reveals she is comfortable modeling in the catwalk during lingerie shows when her family is in the crowd, her mom and dad winking at her. "My mom didn't mind seeing me up there in my underwear. I am 25 and it's all very lovely and like a costume. It's beautiful and romantic ... it's not like standing up there in my everyday underwear. It's a theatrical show and everyone is there to have a good time."



Truly, how these new Victoria's Secret Angels prepare for lingerie shows are just like ordinary people preparing for important events in life. Like us, these lovely lingerie models get tensed, develop utmost desire to be their best on the big day, and become excited and emotional. The only difference is that they are hardworking and strict when it comes to following a dietary and/or exercise routine – an effort that many of us just find it hard to follow.