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  • WeHo Whispers: The Fashion Internet’s Verdict on the 2026 Victoria’s Secret Show

    WeHo Whispers: The Fashion Internet’s Verdict on the 2026 Victoria’s Secret Show

    Top photo: Jasmine Tookes at the 2014 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in London. Photo: Timesniper.com, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    WeHo Whispers · Victoria’s Secret

    The Angels flew into Culver City on Sunday. By Monday the fashion internet had opinions, and honey, they were not whispering. Here’s what the forums, the bloggers and the group chats said, and what we think.

    By Nightlife Report. Tue Oct 20, 2026. Everything below is what other people published or posted, linked and attributed. Opinions are labeled as opinions. Nothing here is a rumor we made up.

    Quick setup for anyone who was out on Sunday night: the 2026 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show came back to Los Angeles for the first time in 19 years, staged at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City on Oct. 18, per LAmag and Elle. Adam Selman, in his second year as executive creative director, built it around the four seasons. Bella Hadid opened. Adriana Lima closed. And Kylie Jenner wore the $50 million Fantasy Bra. That last one is where the trouble started.

    1. The Bra Heard Round the Internet

    The Fantasy Bra hadn’t hit a runway since 2018. Grazia counts 4,410 natural diamonds set in 18-karat gold, made with Jacob & Co. Grazia also spotted Timothée Chalamet and Kris Jenner cheering from the front row. The forums, less moved:

    So Kylie Jenner gets the fantasy bra. Yawn. What a waste.

    theFashionSpot forum member Summer Day, as published by theFashionSpot

    The Fantasy Bra going to Kylie Jenner perfectly sums up what’s wrong with the new Victoria Secret show.

    A Reddit user, as quoted by The Tab

    Fans floated names they’d have preferred, Barbara Palvin, Candice Swanepoel, Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio among them, per Enstarz and The Tab. Selman’s defense, via The Tab: Jenner is a “cultural powerhouse.” Enstarz notes some viewers loved the moment, and that the gripes were individual opinions, not a consensus.

    Our take: The bra is a trophy. Trophies are supposed to mean you earned something. Hand it to the biggest following in the building and you get a great headline and a slightly cheaper trophy.

    2. Too Many Girls, Not Enough Tempo

    theFashionSpot rounded up its members’ reviews, and the theme was production, not people:

    • “They really should do a smaller cast. Like 45-50 girls. 70+ is waaaaaay too much.” (Mrs.T)
    • “The show had no momentum. It stayed flat and never picked up. You need tempo.” (melissablu)
    • “Overall, I think this year’s show had a stronger cast than last year’s, but somehow managed to deliver a weaker show.” (kitsune21)

    All three quoted from theFashionSpot’s forum roundup, Oct. 19, 2026.

    Not everyone was sour. Member ur6 called the wings “so big and beautiful,” naming Alex Consani, Adriana Lima, Elsa Hosk and Anok Yai’s as the best. Member imjustken was happy to see high-fashion regulars on the runway.

    Our take: Seventy-plus walks is a parade, not a show. Cut the cast, keep the wings.

    3. The Ones Who Didn’t Get a Call Back

    The casting drama started before the show. Former Angel Romee Strijd and VS alum Frida Aasen both said they were turned down, and Fashion Times reported fans threatening a boycott over it. We covered the details here.

    Then there’s the new Angel. Solange Omon won the brand’s open-casting docuseries Angels Among Us and debuted on the runway. Dominican outlet Punto y Coma reports fans of finalist Andreína Martínez flooded the brand’s post arguing she should have won, and that Victoria’s Secret defended its pick. We’ll say what the comment sections won’t: a 21-year-old walking her first major show doesn’t deserve a pile-on. Judge the casting, not the girl.

    4. The Editor Who Said It First

    Evie Magazine founder Brittany Hugoboom’s post on Sunday, asking where the unknown faces went, passed 800,000 impressions on X by Monday. We wrote a full response: Victoria’s Secret Stopped Scouting?. She also posted that Barbara Palvin walked six weeks after giving birth, with husband Dylan Sprouse cheering. That’s her report, and it’s the sweetest thing anyone posted all weekend.

    5. Overheard in the Audience

    • When Adéla’s song “Nicole Kidman” came on, Nicole Kidman herself laughed in the audience, per Elle.
    • Tate McRae performed “Housewife” as Gigi Hadid returned to the runway; Megan Thee Stallion, KATSEYE and Megan Moroney also performed, per Grazia and Elle.
    • Rosie Huntington-Whiteley returned after 16 years away, and Adriana Lima walked her 21st Victoria’s Secret runway, per Grazia.

    The Nightlife Report Verdict

    The wings were great. The bra was a casting stunt. The cast was too big. And the best runway in LA last weekend, dollar for dollar, was the one with no $50 million anything: independent designers at The Bureau Fashion Week in West Hollywood, two nights earlier. See the looks.

    When the casting fight is about who gets to walk, the benchmark it gets measured against is older than the show. The Ford standard, as Eileen Otte Ford laid it out: the “tall, thin, often blond” Ford woman with “wide-set eyes and a long neck” (AP), and the blue-eyed Nordic look Vogue credits her with popularizing in the early 1960s (“They work hard, and they look more American than American girls,” she said of Swedish models). Anyone under 5 feet 7 was told to forget it: “If you’re short you’re not going to model. That’s it” (The Telegraph). The high-fashion bracket, as Robert Lacey records it in Model Woman (Vanity Fair adaptation), started at 5 feet 8, with a 32- to 33-inch bust, a 20- to 21-inch waist and 33-inch hips, because, as she explained, “photographic models must fit manufacturers’ samples.” The 34-24-34 figure is often cited for Ford models (Los Angeles Times, 2014). That’s the historical benchmark, not Nightlife Report’s standard.
    Sources: Robert Lacey, Model Woman: Eileen Ford and the Business of Beauty (2015); the New York Times and AP obituaries (2014); The Telegraph; Vogue; Los Angeles Times. Her own books: Eileen Ford’s Book of Model Beauty (1968), Secrets of the Model’s World (1970), Eileen Ford’s A More Beautiful You in 21 Days (1972) and Eileen Ford’s Beauty Now and Forever (1977).

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  • Victoria’s Secret Stopped Scouting? Evie’s Brittany Hugoboom Says So. Here’s Our Take.

    Victoria’s Secret Stopped Scouting? Evie’s Brittany Hugoboom Says So. Here’s Our Take.

    Commentary · Victoria’s Secret

    Evie Magazine’s editor in chief says Victoria’s Secret stopped discovering new faces. We think she’s half right, and the other half is happening on runways like the ones we shoot in West Hollywood.

    By Nightlife Report. Tue Oct 20, 2026. Commentary. Every quote is linked to where it was published; anything we could not confirm is labeled as reported and attributed.

    Brittany Hugoboom founded Evie Magazine and runs it as editor in chief. She’s a former model who got her start after winning ELLE’s model search, she writes the paid Substack Vanity & Virtue, and spent the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show weekend doing what good fashion critics do: watching closely and saying the uncomfortable part out loud.

    On Sunday, Oct. 18, the day of the 2026 show at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, she posted on X:

    What frustrates me the most about Victoria’s Secret is that they won’t discover beautiful, young, unknown faces anymore.

    Brittany Hugoboom, X, Oct. 18, 2026

    She went further: the brand, in her words, leans on the returning icons and “otherwise using nepo babies and influencers.” And she asked the question that turned the post into the weekend’s most-shared take on the show: “Where are the stunning girls with under 1,000 followers you just found walking down the street in Brazil?” By Monday, X’s public counter had the post past 800,000 impressions.

    Hours later she put a longer version behind her paywall, “Victoria’s Secret Used to Sell a Fantasy. Now It Casts for Followers.” The subtitle is the thesis: “The icons still look incredible. But a brand can’t build its future entirely out of women we already know.” It’s a sequel, of sorts, to her October 2025 essay “The Death of the Angel: How Victoria’s Secret Misdiagnosed Its Own Illness.” We haven’t read past the paywall, so we’re responding to what she published in the open.

    Where she’s right

    Discovery was the product. The old show sold a fantasy, but the engine under it was scouting: unknown names who became household names on that runway. When a brand casts mostly people who arrive with an audience, it’s renting attention instead of creating it. That’s a fair critique, and the fans agree with her. After the show, the loudest complaint on Reddit and in fashion forums wasn’t about the clothes. It was about who got the moments. (Our roundup of that chatter is here.)

    The Fantasy Bra is the clearest case. Grazia reports the $50 million Jacob & Co. piece, the first runway Fantasy Bra since 2018, went to Kylie Jenner on her first Victoria’s Secret runway. Executive creative director Adam Selman called her a “cultural powerhouse.” Both things can be true. It’s still a casting choice that rewards an existing following over a new face.

    Where we’d push back

    Victoria’s Secret did try scouting this year, just on camera. Its open casting, filmed for the YouTube docuseries Angels Among Us, ended with 21-year-old Solange Omon named the newest Angel and walking the show, as Elle and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit reported. Fashion Times says thousands applied. You can argue the format is reality TV, and plenty of fans argued about the winner. But it’s not nothing. It’s a door that wasn’t there before.

    And the girl “you just found walking down the street” doesn’t go straight to a $50 million runway. She goes to the small shows first. That’s the part of the pipeline the big brands stopped paying attention to, and it’s the part we cover.

    Our take from the West Hollywood photo pit

    Two nights before the Victoria’s Secret show, we were in the media pit at The Bureau Fashion Week at The Lot Studios in West Hollywood: the Opening on Friday, Oct. 16, and the Finale on Saturday, Oct. 17. Eleven designers, a runway full of working models, most of whom you’ve never heard of yet. That’s where discovery lives in 2026: independent designers, small runways, and people who show up with a camera and actually credit who they shot.

    So we’ll take Hugoboom’s challenge literally. If Victoria’s Secret wants new faces, they’re not hiding. They’re on runways in LA every season. We publish the looks, we credit every designer, and we keep a list. Start here.

    Agree with her? Think the influencer era is just the new scouting? Tell us on the forum.

    Brittany Hugoboom’s posts and essays are hers; we link to them so you can read her in full. Quotes are short excerpts for commentary. Her Substack essays are paywalled and we have not read their full text.

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  • Rejected: Ex-Angel Romee Strijd and Frida Aasen Didn’t Make Victoria’s Secret’s Cut. Kylie Jenner Got the $50M Fantasy Bra.

    Rejected: Ex-Angel Romee Strijd and Frida Aasen Didn’t Make Victoria’s Secret’s Cut. Kylie Jenner Got the $50M Fantasy Bra.

    Top photo: Romee Strijd at the Cannes Film Festival, May 20, 2025. Photo: YantsImages, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Breaking · Casting

    A former Angel trained all summer, flew to New York, sat on a “maybe” list for weeks, and got a no. Another VS alum got one too. Then the $50 million Fantasy Bra went to Kylie Jenner. Victoria’s Secret says it released Romee Strijd on September 6. Romee says she was kept in the dark for weeks.

    By Nightlife Report. Updated Oct. 19, 2026. Every quote below is linked to where it was published. Anything we couldn’t confirm ourselves is labeled reported and attributed.

    Romee Strijd did everything a model is supposed to do. She trained. She went to the casting in New York. She waited. And waited. Then, days before the 2026 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, she went on TikTok and told the internet what her agency had finally told her: it’s a no.

    Then Norwegian model Frida Aasen, who walked the VS show in 2017 and 2018, showed up in Romee’s comments with the same news. The news spread fast via @CoutureIsBeyond on X and amplified by an @eviemagazine reel on Oct. 12, turned a casting decision into the loudest storyline of the week. The show went on anyway: Sunday, Oct. 18, in Los Angeles, with Kylie Jenner in the Fantasy Bra.

    The Receipts: What Romee Actually Said

    Romee posted two back-to-back TikToks. In the first, filmed before she had an answer, she explained why she wanted back in. Per Cosmopolitan’s transcript:

    “I wanted to do the show again even after kids, it felt like the right timing.”

    — Romee Strijd, TikTok · via Cosmopolitan

    @romeestrijd · Watch on TikTok

    Romee Strijd’s first TikTok, Oct. 12, 2026. Embedded from @romeestrijd. Credit: Romee Strijd / TikTok.

    In the follow-up, after speaking with her agent: “It’s a no, which is fine, because rejection is part of modeling, and that’s totally fine.” She said she was told “they thought you wouldn’t fit in the show this year.” (Cosmopolitan)

    Then the part that lit the fuse. Romee said the timeline she was given didn’t add up: “She said, ‘You were already released,’ which is a completely different story than what they were telling me. The last couple weeks, I’ve been asking IMG to give me an update.” (Just Jared)

    “I don’t feel supported by my agency. I don’t feel like I have the straight story. Just be honest, just tell me, and I can go on with my life and let it go, because it’s fine.”

    — Romee Strijd, TikTok · via Cosmopolitan

    And the closer: “I don’t think I’m gonna cast anymore in the future ‘cause I don’t like the way it went. I don’t like how the whole process went. I don’t like the way I was treated, and I would love to keep the positive memories, obviously.” (Cosmopolitan)

    @romeestrijd · Watch on TikTok

    Romee Strijd’s follow-up TikTok, Oct. 12, 2026. Embedded from @romeestrijd. Credit: Romee Strijd / TikTok.

    Frida Aasen: “It Was a No”

    Frida Aasen didn’t post a video. She left a comment under Romee’s TikTok, as quoted by Cosmopolitan and Norway’s Dagbladet:

    “I’m so sad you didn’t get it! I also went to the casting and it was a no ♥️ it sucks but sending you lots of love ♥️”

    — Frida Aasen, TikTok comment · via Cosmopolitan

    Reported We could not load the comment thread ourselves; the wording above is as published by Cosmopolitan. Dagbladet reported that Norwegian outlet MinMote tried to reach Aasen and had not heard back. Nightlife Report has not seen a public statement from Aasen beyond the comment.

    The post that took it wide: @CoutureIsBeyond on X, Oct. 12, 2026. At the time of our check it showed more than 4 million impressions (X public metrics, Oct. 19, 2026).

    Victoria’s Secret Responds: “Formally Released … on September 6”

    VS answered through Vanity Fair. A representative said, via email:

    “We can confirm that Victoria’s Secret and [casting director] Piergiorgio Del Moro communicated directly to her representation and formally released her from the casting process on September 6.”

    — Victoria’s Secret representative · via Vanity Fair

    The full statement opened with: “Romee holds an important place within Victoria’s Secret and we deeply value her longstanding relationship with the brand and the dedication she has demonstrated throughout her career with us,” and ended: “While we cannot speak to the communications between talent and representation, Victoria’s Secret values and respects all talent partners—past, present and future.” (Vanity Fair)

    Translation from corporate: the brand says it said no in early September, to her agency. Romee says she was still being told “maybe” five weeks after the casting. By VS’s account, somebody had that answer for more than a month. Vanity Fair reported that neither Strijd nor IMG responded to its request for comment by press time. Open question Nightlife Report has not seen a public statement from IMG.

    Romee’s Walk-Back: “Never to Encourage Hate”

    By Oct. 13 fans were calling for a boycott (Fashion Times). On Oct. 16, Romee posted another TikTok. Dutch daily AD quoted her (in Dutch): „Dit was nooit om haat richting hen aan te moedigen. Ik hoop gewoon op eerlijke en duidelijke communicatie in deze industrie.” Nightlife Report translation: “This was never meant to encourage hate toward them. I just hope for honest and clear communication in this industry.” RTL Boulevard also reported that she said she still loves the brand and wished it a beautiful show.

    Meanwhile, On the Runway

    The show happened Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026, in Los Angeles; VS’s own press release set the date. British Vogue and BFA place it at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City. Performers: KATSEYE, Tate McRae, Megan Moroney and Megan Thee Stallion (British Vogue).

    Who walked, per Cosmopolitan UK’s post-show list: Barbara Palvin, Alessandra Ambrosio, Bella Hadid, Cindy Bruna, Amelia Gray, Grace Elizabeth, Precious Lee, Liu Wen, Joan Smalls, Adriana Lima, Devyn Garcia, Imaan Hammam, Anok Yai, Candice Swanepoel, Ashley Graham, Paloma Elsesser, Abby Champion, Alex Consani, Gigi Hadid, Elsa Hosk, Ming Xi, Bertie Salazar, Ravleen Varghese, Felice Nova, Irina Shayk, Doutzen Kroes, Jasmine Tookes, Behati Prinsloo, Vittoria Ceretti, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Kylie Jenner, Luíza Perote and Malika El Maslouhi.

    Plus the new Angel: Solange Omon, winner of VS’s YouTube casting series Angels Among Us, debuted on the runway (USA Today) and, per NorthJersey.com, gets a one-year IMG Models contract. Yes, the same agency Romee says left her in the dark.

    And the PINK “Halftime Show” featured Gabriela Moura, Yoon Young Bae and Jordan Leftwich, among others, per WWD. PINK president Ali Dillon told WWD: “We have incredible creators, we have athletes.”

    The Kylie Factor

    The Fantasy Bra came back for the first time since 2018, valued at $50 million, and it went to Kylie Jenner in her VS runway debut (Vogue; Page Six). Vogue cited her 380 million Instagram followers. VS creative director Adam Selman called her a “cultural powerhouse” and told Vogue: “we’re going to put it on an unexpected talent who has a massive following and massive cultural impact.”

    That sentence is the whole debate. Fans on X put it bluntly: “They had place for Kylie Jenner in the show but not for Romee Strijd, Frida Aasen or Taylor hill? Victoria’s Secret is a joke” (@IvyMBergman). Under a TikTok by Bethenny Frankel, one commenter wrote: “I love inclusivity, we need models that all look different, but there’s something ethereal about the early VS shows, every girl had that IT factor that’s what made it so iconic, we want the bouncy blowouts and the cute iconic outfits” (as quoted by Vanity Fair).

    Reported Vanity Fair reported that fans also argued for Taylor Hill and Lais Ribeiro, “who they assume have also not been cast.” Neither appears on Cosmopolitan UK’s list of who walked. Nightlife Report has not seen either model say she cast or was rejected, so we’re not saying it either.

    View this reel from @eviemagazine on Instagram

    The reel that framed the debate: @eviemagazine on Instagram, Oct. 12, 2026, with on-screen source credit to @CoutureIsBeyond. Embedded from the original public post. Credit: Evie Magazine / Instagram.

    Explainer: How Victoria’s Secret Casting Actually Works

    If you think a former Angel just calls and gets booked, think again. Here’s the machine, explained the way Eileen Otte Ford would have explained it (if you missed it, we covered her playbook in The Business of Beauty).

    The Ford standard, as Ford laid it out: the “tall, thin, often blond” Ford woman with “wide-set eyes and a long neck” (AP), and the blue-eyed Nordic look Vogue credits her with popularizing in the early 1960s (“They work hard, and they look more American than American girls,” she said of Swedish models). Anyone under 5 feet 7 was told to forget it: “If you’re short you’re not going to model. That’s it” (The Telegraph). The high-fashion bracket, as Robert Lacey records it in Model Woman (Vanity Fair adaptation), started at 5 feet 8, with a 32- to 33-inch bust, a 20- to 21-inch waist and 33-inch hips, because, as she explained, “photographic models must fit manufacturers’ samples.” The 34-24-34 figure is often cited for Ford models (Los Angeles Times, 2014). That’s the historical benchmark, not Nightlife Report’s standard.
    Sources: Robert Lacey, Model Woman: Eileen Ford and the Business of Beauty (2015); the New York Times and AP obituaries (2014); The Telegraph; Vogue; Los Angeles Times. Her own books: Eileen Ford’s Book of Model Beauty (1968), Secrets of the Model’s World (1970), Eileen Ford’s A More Beautiful You in 21 Days (1972) and Eileen Ford’s Beauty Now and Forever (1977).

    1. The casting director

    Brands hire a casting director to build the lineup. For VS in 2026, the brand named Piergiorgio Del Moro in its statement (Vanity Fair). Castings are in-person “go-sees.” Romee said she went to New York in early September even though she already knew the casting director, because “I still had to come in” (Cosmopolitan).

    2. The agency is the switchboard

    Models generally don’t hear from the brand directly. The brand talks to the agency; the agency talks to the model. VS said exactly that: it “communicated directly to her representation.” That’s why the fight here isn’t really about the no. It’s about where the no sat for a month. Romee is represented by IMG, per her own TikTok (Just Jared), her X bio and Vanity Fair.

    3. The “maybe” list

    In general, a big show is cast in rounds: confirms, holds (“maybes”) and releases. A hold costs the brand nothing and keeps options open until the run of show is locked. For the model, a hold means training, keeping the calendar clear and waiting. Romee said she was still on that list, “five weeks after the casting” (Cosmopolitan). VS says she was released on Sept. 6.

    4. Models vs. influencers vs. “culture”

    The 2026 lineup had three lanes. Lane one: career models, from returning Angels to debuts like Bertie Salazar and Ravleen Varghese (Cosmopolitan UK). Lane two: open casting turned content, with Angels Among Us, which VS says drew “more than 100,000 aspiring Angels” (VS press release). Lane three: reach. Kylie in the Fantasy Bra. Creators in PINK. Glossy reported that VS’s creator program has grown to more than 16,000 members and that top advocates were invited to the 2025 show (Glossy).

    5. Why it matters

    Because the show is no longer a TV special. It’s a content franchise. CEO Hillary Super said on the June 2 earnings call: “The strong interest and social engagement around Angels Among Us reinforces our belief that the Fashion Show is more than a single moment” (Glossy). VS&Co reported second-quarter net sales up 10% to $1.611 billion (VS&Co). Casting for followers is a business decision. Leaving a mother of two on hold for weeks is a people decision. The internet just noticed the difference.

    Who they are

    The names in this story

    Romee Strijd

    • Agency: IMG (per her TikTok, X bio and Vanity Fair)
    • VS shows: 2014–2018 (Just Jared); Angel from 2015 (Fashion Times)
    • Notable: Wore the Shooting Star Swarovski look in the 2018 finale (Just Jared); runway for Chanel, Céline, Louis Vuitton, Balmain, Prada, Alexander McQueen (Fashion Times)
    • 2026 status: Not cast. VS says released Sept. 6
    • Followers: Instagram ~7.8M (Reportedthird-party tracker HypeAuditor, Oct. 17, 2026); X 12,586 (X, Oct. 19, 2026)

    Frida Aasen

    • Agency: The Lions, New York, plus European agencies (Wikipedia)
    • VS shows: 2017 (Shanghai) and 2018 (New York) (Fashion Times); never an official Angel
    • Notable: Campaigns for Victoria’s Secret, H&M, Tory Burch; runway for Prada, Louis Vuitton, Loewe, Fendi (Wikipedia)
    • 2026 status: Not cast, per her own TikTok comment
    • Followers: Instagram ~1.05M (Reportedthird-party tracker HypeAuditor, Oct. 12, 2026)

    Kylie Jenner

    • Role: VS runway debut; wore the $50M Fantasy Bra (Vogue)
    • Angel status: Not an Angel; first VS show
    • Followers: Instagram 380M (per Vogue, Oct. 18, 2026); X 39.76M (X, Oct. 19, 2026)

    Solange Omon

    • Role: Winner of Angels Among Us; revealed as VS’s newest Angel on the runway (USA Today)
    • Agency: One-year IMG Models contract as part of the prize (NorthJersey.com)

    Adriana Lima

    • VS shows: 2026 was her 21st show; first in 1999, Angel from 2000 (Cosmopolitan UK)
    • Followers: X 2.06M (X, Oct. 19, 2026)

    Gabriela Moura

    • Role: Creator in the PINK Halftime Show, 2025 and 2026 (WWD; Quem)
    • Followers: TikTok 11M+ (per Quem, Oct. 2025)

    What We Know vs. What’s Reported

    • Confirmed by her own posts: Romee said on TikTok she cast in NYC, waited on a “maybe” list, was told no, and felt unsupported by her agency.
    • Confirmed by VS: Romee was “formally released” from casting on Sept. 6, via her representation.
    • Confirmed via Cosmopolitan and Dagbladet: Frida Aasen commented that she also cast and got a no.
    • Reported: That other 2010s favorites like Taylor Hill and Lais Ribeiro were rejected. That is fan assumption, per Vanity Fair.
    • Not answered: When IMG learned of the release, and why Romee wasn’t told. IMG has not commented publicly as of publication.

    Romee Strijd, Frida Aasen, IMG and Victoria’s Secret: our inbox is open if you want to add anything. We’ll update this story.

    Embeds: TikTok posts by @romeestrijd; X post by @CoutureIsBeyond; Instagram reel by @eviemagazine. All embedded from the original public posts and credited to their creators. Featured card: Nightlife Report.

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