I get the sense from Liu Wen she's been over VS for years---maybe since 2012/2013. I think the only reason she came back in 2016 was b/c it was in Paris and they needed big names so they persuaded her. For this year it was in China so they were able to easily convince her. Also she wrote something in Russell's new book and there was a promo for it in China so that might have convinced her as well. I would be surprised if she ever walks the show again. It is kinda beneath her
I thought Xiao Wen Ju was more tolerable this year Falling sucks and I wouldn't want that to happen to any of the models---including the ones I find irritating...ok, maybe just a little Anyway, XWJ was doing promos for VS' Beijing flagship store opening. She looks great but she was trying way too hard to be sexy. It was so wrong and so pedo-ish I think she has been working on her abs and I am pretty sure it is b/c she really want to impress VS