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Updates on segment allocation: 90 outfits, with 30 girls wearing 2 and 30 wearing just 1 Taylor Hill is opening the show, but the segment that she is opening in is unknown Mary collab segment: Josephine Skriver Gigi Hadid British Countryside (TBA if this is actually the theme) Behati Prinsloo? Downtown Angels (Rita Ora is performing) Opening: Stella Maxwell Closing: Martha Hunt Some form of red segment (based solely off of recurring colors in the images of the model cards we've seen) Barbara Palvin Alexina Graham Jourdana Elizabeth Unknown: Bella Hadid (wearing shoes different from CA and Mary segments, possibly British / Red / Downtown Angels) PINK Presumably Grace Elizabeth, Zuri Tibby, and Maggie Laine (Grace and Zuri are rumored to have the opening and closing, respectively) Maia Cotton Celestial Angels (closing segment) Elsa Hosk (in FB) Romee Strijd (in SO) Candice Swanepoel Taylor Hill (in a black cape) Kendall Jenner Bella Hadid (with wings) Gizele Oliviera (with wings) probs Jasmine Tookes (Martha is not thought to be in this segment) Closing: Adriana Lima (with moon wings)

Updates on segment allocation: 90 outfits, with 30 girls wearing 2 and 30 wearing just 1 Taylor Hill is opening the show, but the segment that she is opening in is unknown Celestial Angels: Elsa Hosk (in FB) Romee Strijd (in SO) Candice Swanepoel Kendall Jenner probs Martha Hunt and Jasmine Tookes Mary collab segment: Josephine Skriver Gigi Hadid British Countryside (TBA if this is actually the theme) Behati Prinsloo? Some form of red segment (based solely off of recurring colors in the images of the model cards we've seen) Barbara Palvin Alexina Graham Jourdana Elizabeth Unknown: Bella Hadid (wearing shoes different from CA and Mary segments, possibly British / Red / unknown final mainline segment) PINK Presumably Grace Elizabeth, Zuri Tibby, and Maggie Laine Maia Cotton

Here's a general sketch of the show, based on what we know so far: 90 outfits, with 30 girls wearing 2 and 30 wearing just 1 Taylor Hill is opening the show, but the segment is unknown Celestial Angels: Elsa Hosk (in FB) Romee Strijd (in SO) probs Martha Hunt and Jasmine Tookes Mary collab segment: Josephine Skriver British Countryside (TBA if this is actually the theme) Behati Prinsloo? Some form of red segment (based solely off of recurring colors in the images of the model cards we've seen) Barbara Palvin Alexina Graham Jourdana Elizabeth PINK Presumably Grace Elizabeth, Zuri Tibby, and Maggie Laine Maia Cotton

Right?! Mary segment seems to be mostly work-out clothes, oddly?

That could either be full-blown beat faces or all all natural look like 2015. Charlotte better give these girls some heavy make-up.

Just missing Adriana, Alexina, Gigi, Myrthe, Shanina, Yasmin, and Zuri for fittings now. Zuri has confirmed that she'll have her fittings tomorrow. Adriana is still in Miami, while Shanina is in London. Myrthe should be having her fitting tomorrow, as she just arrived in New York. Alexina is in New York, as are (presumably) Gigi and Yasmin.

Herieth has gotten consistently better over the course of her time with VS. She's one of my new favorites.

I'm assuming they meant Winnie. I understand Nadine getting one outfit, since she was technically only supposed to have one last year anyways, but Winnie having two outfits is ridiculous. She's not that famous.

Stupid caption, considering that the show isn't international.

Also fuck VS for giving Winnie two outfits. Let someone like Megan Williams, who has been walking the show for a decent amount of time, get that treatment, not some piece of shit woman who uses her skin pigmentation to avoid being held accountable for her shitty behavior and attitude. They fucked up once by allowing her to even walk in the show, this is quite horrendous.

Based off of what we know, this is how I'm hoping things play out this year. Taylor opens the entire show, with Candice closing the segment (give Behati a bump of attention in this segment) Martha opens the Chainsmokers segment, with Josephine closing in some giant wings and a good walk Lais opens the third segment, give Adriana the climax of this segment, with Sara closing Zuri opens the PINK segment, with Grace closing (Maggie gets a good highlight in the middle) Behati opens the penultimate segment, give Candice the climax, and closed by Adriana (this would be a huge veteran emphasized segment) Jasmine opens the final segment in the SO, with Elsa closing the entire show in her FB. I'm fine with Stella not getting signifiant highlights and then getting a lot of emphasis for her final show either next year or the year after. That just leaves Romee to get two good outfits within the segments. Hopefully some good internal segment features for Barbara P, Toni, Kelly, Sui, Ming, Shanina, and tbh the nepo girls, cuz VS needs publicity like it needs a new management team. After the show, the plan of Angels should be: Send off Adriana, Behati, and Candice with the 2018 show, and quietly demote Lily, potentially inviting her back (a la Erin 2013) for a final show. Set up a new wave of vet Angels with Elsa, Martha, Lais, Stella, with Jasmine, Sara, and Josephine as the following wave, and Taylor and Romee getting prepped to move up to higher exposure. Lais or Stella should have gotten the show opening, now that I think about it. Give the remaining senior NA the FB next year (either Martha or Elsa, depending on who actually gets the FB this year). Keep the NAs the same for the next two years, then give Elsa, Martha, Lais, and Stella proper send offs, with Sara and Jas getting one final year as the head Angels. By the time Elsa and co. exit, two or three Angels should be added with Romee and Taylor rounding out the Angel line-up. Elsa should probably get heavy featuring in the 2019 show and leave following that. I'd probably give Martha the FB in 2019, to keep her contending with Elsa, then send her off in 2020. Lais and Stella should get show openings / closings / Swarovski outfits (best of all, three outfits) during this time as well, with Sara, Jas, and Jo getting solid opening slots and great outfits / featurettes / big wings, while Taylor and Romee are used heavily for advertising. Have Lais and Stella exit in 2020 with Martha, with Sara or Josephine getting the FB, with the one not wearing it getting it for 2021. Jasmine should probably get the show opening by 2020 and Taylor or Romee getting the SO / show closings. New Angels would be good to introduce after the 2020 show (Grace? Zuri? Lameka?). As they are built up in the years following, Taylor and Romee will have reached their peak Angel stardom and utilized well alongside with Jasmine, Sara, and Josephine eventually moving towards veteran status and concluding their contracts.

Personally, I am kinda bummed about Taylor opening the show. I'd give her one more regular opening and then go from there. The opening should be a huge, explosive entrance. Taylor doesn't have that energy that someone like Jasmine, Candice, or Adriana have. I'll give her the benefit of the doubt, but damn what a missed opportunity they had with using either Behati or Jasmine. Even Josephine would be a better alternative. I am holding out faith that ABC edits this show well. The performers aren't terrible. I am praying VS gets some common sense and does what Etam did a few years ago and has the singer on a different stage, rather than directly in the way of the models on the runway.

Creds to @Clauds for compiling this list. I've inserted some of the information that we know about: Angels: As of September 9th, per VS' official sites. It is presumed that all Angels have 2 outfits, unless some managed to get 3 this year. - Adriana Lima - Behati Prinsloo - Candice Swanepoel - Elsa Hosk - Jasmine Tookes - Josephine Skriver (2 outfits, one is super colorful) - Lais Ribeiro - Martha Hunt - Romee Strijd - Sara Sampaio - Stella Maxwell - Taylor Hill (opening the show) Pink Spokesperson: - Grace Elizabeth - Zuri Tibby - Maggie Laine Returning models: - Sui He - Georgia Fowler - Devon Windsor (wearing 2 outfits) - Herieth Paul - Estelle Chen - Barbara Palvin - Alexina Graham - Shanina Shaik - Leomie Anderson - Alanna Arrington - Lameka Fox (wearing 2 outfits) - Megan Williams (wearing 1 outfit) - Gizele Oliveira (wearing 1 outfit) - Nadine Leopold - Barbara Fialho - Frida Aasen - Kelly Gale (rumored to have the Swarovski wings) - Cindy Bruna (wearing 2 outfits) - Jourdana Phillips (wearing 1 outfit) - Grace Bol - Aiden Curtiss - Toni Garrn - Ming Xi - Gigi Hadid - Bella Hadid - Kendall Jenner Newbies: - Kelsey Merritt (wearing 1 outfit) - Sadie Newman - Winnie Harlow - Alannah Walton - Maia Cotton (wearing 1 outfit, will walk in the PINK segment) - Lorena Rae (wearing 1 outfit) - Iesha Hodges - Melia Tiacoh - Yasmin Wijnaldum - Cheyenne Maya - Myrthe Bolt - Isilda Moreira - Sofie Rovenstine (wearing 1 outfit) - Josie Canseco - Sabah Koj - Mayowa Nicholas - Willow Hand - Duckie Thot

Updates from fittings Monday: Megan Williams (1 look) Barbara Fialho Devon Windsor (2 looks) Tuesday: Jasmine Tookes Lais Ribeiro Josephine Skriver (2 looks) Behati Prinsloo Candice Swanepoel Martha Hunt Maia Cotton (1 look in PINK) Sadie Newman Cheyenne M Carty Gizele Oliveira (1 look) Kelsey Merritt (1 look) Isilda Moreira Wednesday: Sara Sampaio Stella Maxwell Taylor Hill Elsa Hosk Grace Elizabeth Kelly Gale Lameka Fox (2 looks) Cindy Bruna (2 looks) Leomie Anderson Jourdana Elizabeth (1 look) Thursday: Josie Canseco Friday: Alannah Walton Missing: Adriana Lima Romee Strijd Zuri Tibby Maggie Laine Iesha Hodges Winnie Harlow Duckie Thot Alanna Arrington Yasmin Wijnaldum Mélie Tiacoh Myrthe Bolt (back in NYC in 3 days, presumably for fittings) Sofie Rovestine (fittings probably tomorrow) Sabah Koj Willow Hand Barbara Palvin Shanina Shaik Toni Garrn Herieth Paul Sui He Ming Xi Alexina Graham Georgia Flower Estelle Chen Nadine Leopold Frida Aasen Aiden Curtis Grace Bol Lorena Rae Gigi Hadid? Bella Hadid? Kendal Jenner?

Been a problem since 2015 and VS seriously needs to address it if they ever have the intention to churn out another Adriana or Candice.

Honestly, the way that VS has been marketing her, she probably should have some nice outfits and something special to push her to greater publicity. I would be confused if she wasn't at least given an opening or closing. Perhaps she was expecting the FB or show opening and wasn't given it. I would much rather give Jas and Lais stuff, but VS doesn't seem to know how to utilize them properly in the show and Josephine has reaped the benefits of that, unless VS fucked up for the umpteenth time and is putting their energy towards another girl and completely disregarded the trajectories of the girls they have been plugging for the past three years. However, I doubt we can make assumptions of this caliber based solely off of Jo's facial expressions. It's probably cold, paparazzi are overbearing sometimes, and we don't know of any other factors they may have affected her mood that day... I cackled.

1. Elsa 2. Behati (Martha is current runner-up)

Wasn't Stella the face of the perfume last year and then it ended up going to Lais?

She has been marketed as an Angel for nearly a decade and has the Adam Levine relationship to flaunt. She's arguably the second / third most famous Angel at the moment (obviously behind Adriana, potentially on par with Candice).

Behati has a genuine media presence, so giving her the Fantasy Bra makes perfect sense. They would kind of throw off the trajectories of a bunch of the other Angels, so I could see her not getting as well.

Did fittings even happen today? It seemed like literally none of the girls besides Devon were anywhere close to the VS HQ.

I don't think Lorena is the best model, but she could very well end up in mainline. A lot of girls this year are PINK material instead of mainline, so I wouldn't be surprised if someone with a relatively mature look like hers got placed in mainline.

Plausible options: Adriana, Behati, Candice, Elsa, Josephine, Martha, Stella, Taylor Dark Horses: Romee, Sara Unlikely: Lais, Jasmine (could technically be a dark horse)

If Maria is in fact coming back this year, I would assume that a girl who had a spot reserved for her is not attending. My guess would be Karlie?

Been a while since I was on here lmao. Everything is weirdly quiet this year. I'm expecting low viewership since VS genuinely has not been giving any exciting updates about the show at all and it's less than two weeks away. However, disregarding the business concern of things, I kinda dig the secrecy surrounding everything from a fan perspective. Right now, I could see VS giving this bra to literally anyone but Lais and Jasmine. If VS actually had marketing strategy, they would've shown Elsa more last year to give her another media boost with a FB this year, but they're idiots anyways so I don't necessarily weigh that as limiting her chances. Josephine seemed to be the only one poised for one, but Behati coming back throws that theory into limbo since both were at peaks in their last shows. Martha, Stella, and Taylor are all potential spoilers, with Sara and Romee being dark horses and Candice / Adri being toss-ups.