JROCK177217

I'm intrigued as well

I guess currently it makes more sense if they are expanding into the Spanish demographic to push Blanca a bit, a la Sui He and Ming Xi for Shanghai, but I do think that the fact that they are pushing her so early, rather than after an announcement about the move to Spain, is a bit suspicious, especially if the store opening is the only thing occurring in Spain. I still believe that Blanca may play a larger role later. VS tends to gravitate towards girls who develop a big following (look at Josephine prior to VS) and Blanca is well appreciated by a large audience, which they definitely have taken note of. Isn't VS also expanding into Poland soon? Too bad Anja Rubik, Magdalena, and Jac no longer work for them. Ed hasn't mentioned Alannah in a while. I think she got creeped out and dipped while she could. I would hope VS would like Taylor's weight gain, since she clearly received more attention from her modeling shots. I think, at this point, everything seems to have been circumstantial and Tay just had bad luck. I can see VS going on without her, but I think Tay's probably safe for now.

Erin vs Izabel is a hard one, I'd be fine with either winning their round

Selita Ebanks (girl got a FB, Stella ain't done shit) Sara Sampaio (Ines was a filler Angel) Izabel Goulart

Monika Jagaciak

So basically, she was supposed to close a segment, but lost her opportunity and the girl who took her place ended up closing the entire show. Talk about downgrading.

I assume Lily will take her opportunity to go out on top, rather than fade into the background like Lindsay or Erin did. Lily is rising in the high fashion world and I can see her be as successful as Doutzen if she is able to efficiently move from her VS career into a full high fashion focus. She just needs a famous campaign to put her on a higher level immediately after VS and she could rack up jobs. She would be one of the only girls to do 10 shows, which is a pretty big deal in itself, finish her VS career strong, then proceed to pursue different jobs that will give her more exposure. Behati ain't coming back. She had a good run, but everyone's over her. Everyone claimed that Jac had another show to fill her contract but sis hasn't been mentioned since 2015. I think Candice actually enjoys shooting with VS, which is why I don't see her doing the "Ale vacation forever" lifestyle and only showing up for shows and a shoot every nine months. I don't see her shooting as frequently as the New Angels, but her campaign work this year convinces me that she will maintain a more fulfilled Angel contract. I agree that Candice probably won't spend many more years with the brand, but I think her final years will be filled with more campaigns and contributions to the brand, which can be argued to equal the work Ale put in. She may not walk for 17 years, but Candice will definitely finish strong with 12 or 13 shows. If VS decides to host the show in Brazil (which would be my dream), I can see Candice sprinting in high heels with two babies in her arms to walk that runway. Elsa was around the same age when she was contracted. Martha was 26 at the time, so it's not unreasonable. I just don't think she's angel material in the first place, so the age certainly doesn't help.

I'm fucking dead, this is hilarious

Georgia Fowler Wings: 4/10 = one point for each feather lol Overall: 6/10 Josephine Skriver Wings: 9.5/10 = gotta give credit, I love when VS actually gives detail to the wings Overall: 10/10

I agree that Behati is completely done with VS. To be honest, she kinda burned out in the high fashion world and I doubt she is gonna try to get back to VS, so I think she might be done with modeling overall. Being a mom is time-consuming with one child alone, so I bet she is completely fine staying at home with her kids. I think Lily will probably stay for her 10th show and exit gracefully, but without many photoshoots. I think Candice is probably gonna be back for the show, but based off of how crucial she is to campaigns, I assume that VS will beg her to stay and she'll probably give another two years or so. Candice is one of their cash cows, so she's not going down without a big celebration. Seeing how next year will probably be about Lily if she leaves and Adriana has the 2020 show, either 2019 or 2021 will probably be her last. Might be my hopes more that fact, but that's how I see everything going down. I honestly have a lot of doubt that Alexina will be made an Angel. Ed went this crazy about other girls who dropped quickly after (remember Alannah Walton?). I think Kelly and Grace have better chances anyways. Seeing how Ale's gone, VS needs to hit gold again and I doubt Alexina can be that, especially if she only has a few years with the brand, since she's almost 27. I could see Kelly being a big marketing tool, since she's young, well rounded in the fashion world and expandable, and one of the few famous South Asian models (she's Half Indian). Grace is already huge in high fashion and can only get bigger. Either would be smarter Angel contracts than Alexina. Blanca is definitely gonna be an Angel in a few years. I remember watching the casting video for this year and the way that Ed, Sophia, and Monica lit up when the saw her gave me the impression that they will be head-over-heels for her. She got some of the best outfits, was featured a lot backstage, and had a interview during the aforementioned casting video. No way they don't do something with her in the next few years, especially if they are expanding to Spain. I bet Robin and Roos will probably be big contenders as well. In terms of Taylor, it's hard to tell whether she'll stay for much longer. She's huge outside of VS, anyone who's seen her Instagram can tell. She just isn't that great of a model, which makes her harder to market as well as someone like Candice or Adriana. I think VS has noticed this and used her less because of it. I think Martha, Taylor, Kate, and Jac were supposed to be their big players, but Josephine showed up and Jasmine, Elsa, Sara, Romee, and Lais did better than expected, even though I have pegged them as the better Angels from the get go. Kate and Jac obviously didn't work out. Martha started off strong, but fell short in some areas of her role after the Taylor Swift friendship hype died down. That leaves Taylor to carry a lot of weight that the other girls clearly usurped from her. Hence why she got good outfits this year (they know she's beautiful and can pull off most anything), but they didn't give her anything significant. Part of me wants to think that they don't want to oversaturate the public with Taylor, since she's featured on various international covers and does many high fashion campaigns and runways, but that justification falls short when referring to Josephine or Candice circa 2012 - 2014. I assumed the same from Kate. I think VS knows she deserves bigger things, but the inability to expand her into international prominence due to the language barrier and the short window they had with her age made her virtually impossible to transform into a marketing spokesmodel. I bet they'll give her a closing next year if she goes to castings and drop her after. That's what I had in my plan/fantasy/hope

@PinkCouture Thank you for allotting me some spots! I appreciate it! I'm gonna take three, just to make this less of a hassle. Jasmine Tookes Isabeli Fontana Jourdan Dunn

Daniela Braga Overall: 2/10 Frida Aasen Overall: 8.5/10 Part of me wants to say that Daniela just gets ugly outfits, but I have a feeling that this girl just can't wear anything...

Emmy Gemma

Awesome competition! Oluchi is the real winner in my book, but good for Edita. Surprised Isabeli and Barbara didn't rank higher, but I'm happy some underrated queens got some high honors.

Martha Hunt Romee Strijd Josephine Skriver Martha is a better spokesmodel than Chanel Romee is better all around than Kate, whose lack of ability to speak English well really impacted her contract Josephine is more of a bombshell than Karlie and fills the role of Angel better than KK

Emilia Clarke [2] Emmy Rossum [0] Last year, I would've voted Emmy, but, after watching her on those Roundtable videos, I changed my mind.

To be fair, this is one of the better ones. Madison Beer and Alexis Ren didn't really give her much competition in the first place...

I love your thought process, because I go through it basically every time I try and organize anything lmao. It's a mixture of both I guess. Originally, I had the likes of Iza and Shanina back, but I changed my mind and went for a more reasonable line-up, letting go of some of the girls I have grown attached to, but have seen VS drop. I've been able to justify not choosing some based off of how I thought they were treated and how their final show went, as well as how they have been following the end of their VS appearances. I've gone through several different casting processes, but haven't quite settled yet. With my most recent planning, I started with location, then selected a 10 person Angel line-up (based off of who I think should stay from the current one). I continued by choosing who got the FB/openings/closings/Swarovski Outfit from the Angels. I picked segments (six mainline and one PINK) based off of themes I thought could be original. I chose the opening and closing Angels for each and left room for non-Angels to fill and then separated the Angels so each had three looks and were distributed to different segments (i.e. Candice went in the first segment and filled segments four and six, which let me drop the other girls so no more than four Angels overpopulated a segment, except for two). After I sorted the Angels, I determined the show interludes from who was going to appear in each segment (ex. I gave Elsa the FB and centered a interlude around it prior to the appearance of it). Now, I'm trying to figure out who I want to fill the slots of the non-Angels and have compiled a list of over 300 girls and narrowed it down to around 50 possibles through different rounds of requirement. I'll probably rethink it and add another 100 girls and go back to square one, but hopefully I figure it all out. A lot of my thinking for 2018 centers around Lily announcing she's leaving and Ed actually dedicating a decent amount of attention to her, so it may be completely intangible based off of how little effort went into acknowledging Alessandra's exit.

I will nominate a bit later, but, in response to your final request, I think that there should be a maximum of 10 Angels. Preferably, I love the idea of having 8 strong ladies representing the brand.

Joan Smalls

Did anyone notice that Sanne almost fell during her pose in Goddesses? Go to around 2:48 to find it.

I agree about the segments lmao. Guess I'll just have to cut one of my segments and add it to my 2019 version. I'd love to see that plan, especially if there are edits, as your work is amazing! I also think that Barbara was just trying to answer the question politely and show that there is mutual respect between herself and the brand. By saying that she isn't as confident as she was in her younger days, I think she means to say that VS is behind her.

Bella Hadid Wings: 10/10 Look: 9.5/10 Blanca Padilla Look: 9/10

Kasia Struss

Do y'all think that VS will ever do six segments + PINK? I made a whole sketch-up for how I would want the VSFS 2018 to play out and am currently relying on them to add another one lmao.