Angel Candice Swanepoel is the ultimate beach babe in lingerie giant's new campaign

What's her Secret? Angel Candice Swanepoel is the ultimate beach babe in lingerie giant's new campaign

By DEBORAH ARTHURS

PUBLISHED: 17:31, 6 June 2012 | UPDATED: 18:52, 6 June 2012

There is something almost otherworldly about Candice Swanepoel. Her figure, with its coltish long legs, flat stomach and enviable curves, is as far removed from those of normal folk as it gets. 

The supermodel (should they wear capes?) is very much its own species - and Victoria's Secret models, or Angels, as they are called, are at the top of the pile. 

Candice, who became a Victoria's Secret Angel in 2010, is currently one of the world's highest paid models - the Forbes Rich List ahs her among the top ten highest earning models after she brought home £1.9m last year. 

What's her Secret? Candice Swanepoel looks alarmingly good in these new shots for Victoria's Secret

Despite her ethereal looks, she is an earthy girl at heart. Brought up on a dairy and beef farm in a small town called Mooi River in South Africa, Candice revealed in a recent interview with GQ magazine that she was bullied as a schoolgirl for being thin. 

As is so often the way, the duckling blossomed into a swan, and at 15, she was picked up by a model scout in a Durban flea market.

The rest, as they say, is history. Candice has now walked for top designers including Tommy Hilfiger, Dolce and Gabbana, Fendi, Chanel, Diane von Fürstenberg, Givenchy, Jean Paul Gaultier, and made it onto Vogue's hallowed cover.

At 23, she's already settled down - she has been dating her Brazilian model boyfriend, Hermann Nicoli since she was 17 - though she admits she enjoys nights out with fellow Angels including Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. 

'It's so nice. We live a very different life that not many other people can understand,' she said.

Earthy roots: The Victoria's Secret Angel grew up on a dairy and beef farm in Mooi River in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province. The model reveals she was teased for being thin as a schoolgirl - but was then discovered by a modelling agency age 15

Success: Candice features on this year's Forbes Rich List of top ten richest models after bringing in £1.9m last year

Romantic: Candice has been dating her Brazilian model boyfriend, Hermann Nicoli since she was 17

Summer collection: Candice models the latest line from the lingerie giant, featuring vibrant colours with splashes of leopard print and lace trim

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