Siemgi

You speak the truth.

Loving covers 1&2.

This. VS caters to ONE fantasy, and if you are not into skinny with small ass and boobs then you are shit out of luck. VS is primarily an American company and there are LOT of bigger girls in America. From a business standpoint, it just seems stupid to me to not try and tap into that market. But beside that, there are HUGE problems in this country with girls feeling like absolute shit about themselves and their body because of how the media and society is telling them they should look, because they're setting an impossible standard. Not every girl can be super tall and skinny and still be healthy. There are only a small percentage of women who can pull off that body type. And it's not like overweight people are the only ones feeling the pressure and being affected. My best friend has like zero fat on her and she's constantly telling me she has to lose weight. That's normal. Low self esteem and eating disorders are just part of the fucking American life. To me, with how big and influential VS is, they are the ones who should be setting the standards -- and they do. They are by far the most popular and well-known premium lingerie brand around. So why the fuck shouldn't they be held a little responsible for how they represent themselves and portray body ideals? I'm not saying VS should start hiring plus sized models for their runway and shit, because runway has always been its own little world, but hiring more girls like Robyn or Crystal to model in their catalogs would be fucking awesome. And just because plus sized/bigger/curvier/whatever women don't meet YOUR guys' fantasies does not mean they shouldn't be allowed to buy sexy lingerie and feel good about themselves, or at least not hate themselves. And trying to get better treatment from VS seems like a sensible move because they can draw a lot more attention to their cause than with some other barely-known brand. A size over 12 isn't and shouldn't be a body ideal. There. Just because a lot of American are overweight doesn't mean that fashion should promote it, let alone as being healthy. Not saying that everyone should be anorexic or a size 0 either but I think that topic has been appropriately covered by Clauds, Jennka, BlueJasmine et al. In other news, there's a new Angel in town:

Wander Beauty

Blonde doesn't suit her.

She's shooting for Lily Pulitzer right niw and has taken over their Instagram: http://instagram.com/lillypulitzer/

Hair in the face is for uglee girls.

They forgot someone.

Well my idea of advertising the 20th Swim Anniversary Special was a better one.

Doutzen's hands were the first thing I noticed. Love her.

Karolina came back. Once.

That L'Oréal cake is everything! Happy b-day Doutzen!

It's painfully obvious the Superbowl commercial is for #SomethingBigIsComing. So as soon as they reveal the commercial, info will come flooding in.

Sadly it is. She has stated in an interview she wasn't going to renew and then Ed confirmed it. She hasn't shot for VS since the VSFS either.

It's the thing with VS. They started using "supermodels" in late 1991 (shoots)/early 1992 (print) and signed nearly all of them for 3-year runs, so every 3 years since then they are at risk of losing a huge chunk of their roster. It's happened at least in 2000, 2008 and now.

I guess that VSFS tribute/product placement was his swan song.

Ah right I see. They did take quite a lot of photos of her and there are a few individual shots of her (not of her face, but her backside) in the commercial so it's not as minimum as what it was probably expected to have been. All I know is people get uber competitive at the SB, it's America's biggest sporting event of the year and commercials galore. VS usually retains the rights to use the girls' image for a while, sometimes they fail to reach an agreement but that's rather rare. They still use some pics of Selita and Marisa in the semi-annual sale stuff to this day.

VSAA's still have tags of all 6 active Angels (Adriana, Alessandra, Behati, Candice, Karlie and Lily). No Doutzen. http://vsallaccess.victoriassecret.com/2015/01/21/a-reminder-from-victorias-secret-dont-drop-the-ball/

I don't think that's the goal TBH. Charlie is looking at the audience and Doutzen has a comehither look, so they're targeting the audience, not each other.

Do we have any idea which lingerie brand she'll sign with after VS?

Cara's impact!

Isn't that French?

Lindsay was signed from early 2011 to early 2014, they extended it with an invitation to the VSFS like they did for Karolina or Erin. Karlie is supposed to last until spring 2016, so stopping in late 2014 is quite odd. Only Rosie was phased out earlier into her contract and that's because she had her movie. Marisa, Izabel and Chanel all lasted like two years and a half.

I know right? It's really a shame they only get paid thousands of dollars to do such hard work!

What's odd is that Karlie is supposed to be signed for at least another year so it's a bit early for VS to phase her out and the Kaylor thing is a big press draw. But I guess if you don't sell, you don't sell.