crazy ride

We were able to determine if this was Candice or not? http://instagram.com/p/gq8EuwAyPI/ (middle video on the right side) It certainly looks like her, I don't think anyone else can sashay their hips quite like hers. That would confirm outfit #3

Simply gorgeous!

Tirade anyone? Your maturity level is astonishing...

You legit took the words right out of my mouth!

My point is, there is WAY too much complaining being done about the artists. You mention Christina, (You think TS is too full of herself, I happen to think CA is the queen of self absorption. But opinions are like @ss holes...) did it cross your mind that she's tied to The Voice at the moment? There is no way she would have been able to do the show. Maybe another year, who knows. We aren't the ones who make these decisions. As I said, FOB and Taylor had big years, they were obviously chosen for a reason (for the record, I greatly dislike FOB). At the end of the day, they are simply one small piece of the grand puzzle of this year's show. I just don't get what the big deal is that everyone needs to carry on THIS much over who is performing. All we are is an audience, after all. Some Candice fans who will still be fans after the show. I can't count how many artists VS has used over the years that I don't like (I'm not a fan of pop music for the most part so I won't really ever see my favorite artists up there, no big deal) but I'm not ever going to let that ruin a show for me. That's all I'm trying to say. I don't see why some of you are making it SUCH a big deal. Or why we need to continue to beat this dead horse in Candice's thread.

I don't get what that means...she's performing. Where would you like her to be, standing in the crowd with the audience? Plenty of other performers have walked down the runway with the models during their performances every other year, if she stood in one spot it would be completely boring, cut the girl some slack! No. The comments were aimed at her being in the Class of 13 photo. She does not belong in it...period. If she walks the runway, fine. No one is arguing that, at least not me. I loved Rihanna on the runway last year. I understand that you may be a Taylor Swift fan, but calm down and actually read the post before throwing a tirade. That wasn't a tirade... And last year Rihanna was in TONS of photos with all the models backstage. I didn't hear anyone complaining about that. Do I like Taylor Swift? Yes. Am I a superfan? No. Do I think people rip on her unnecessarily? Yes. Just because someone asked her to step into a group photo (I'm sure if they didn't want her in it, she wouldn't have been in it) is no cause to tear someone down. It is, after all, simply a group photo representing the 2013 VSFS. Something Taylor was a part of. The sign didn't say "The 2013 VSFS MODELS" So...take a breath. Smile. Enjoy the day. Learn to not let small things bother you so much :)

I don't get what that means...she's performing. Where would you like her to be, standing in the crowd with the audience? Plenty of other performers have walked down the runway with the models during their performances every other year, if she stood in one spot it would be completely boring, cut the girl some slack!

Other than the FB I wasn't blown away by Candice's outfits. Her body is amazing, why you'd cover it up with the snow angels outfit is beyond me! I think she deserves bigger wings (those almost didn't look ling wings at all), but she did get to open the show and wear the FB so she still got a lot of attention this year. Hopefully we'll see more photos after the second run through, thats when they usually release them away, because the first is when the camera men are walking with the girls, and you don't get very good photos when there's a dude shoving a camera three feet from their face As for the bands, I'm exhausted with all the complaints about it. Taylor Swift and FOB are big names. The other two I haven't really heard of, but that doesn't make them crappy. You can't please everyone, and the people who put this show on do this for a living. The VSFS is the biggest event for VS of the year, trust me they work their asses off to make it as amazing as possible, so they aren't purposely choosing crappy bands to piss people off. They try to pick artists who have been popular that year, to try and gain attention for the show from people who maybe wouldn't otherwise be watching. Try to keep that in mind. I can't stand Kanye West, that doesn't mean I didn't think he did a good job when he performed, or thought that VS shouldn't have had him at the show. Its all about bringing in more viewers for ratings. I can't wait to see more photos, judging from that one instagram video, Candice's outfit from Shipwrecked looks a lot like the yellow one AND the outfit from "put a spell on you" that she wore in 2011, with the long drapey skirt thing that she flicks as she turns. Yes, she makes it looks cool, but we've already seen Candice in something like that, so it would have been nice to see her in something different! Maybe no one can rock that skirt flip quite as well as she can, though!

Couldn't it be those boots?

http://vsallaccess.victoriassecret.com/2013/11/11/train-like-an-angel-candice-swanepoel/ A new "train like an angel" video featuring Candice has been posted on the VS All Access site. Good lord, she really has the most amazing body...

I do believe this is the first time the show has been opened with the fantasy bra, no?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0kZX9fuPi8 I really hope this isn't a repost...I looked back and looked back and didn't see it but I was REALLY excited so I may have missed it...if you watch, Candice talks about how she's OPENING THE SHOW IN THE FANTASY BRA. i mean...they should just call it the Candice Swanepoel fashion show instead of the Victoria's Secret Fashion show at this point!

I love that you can see how happy she is in these photos. She's positively glowing, and I think that's part of whats making her look extra radiant. So stunning! I also loved in the GMA interview the lady said "Only YOU can wear this, right?" and Candice said "YES!" perhaps a little dig for the whole Adriana thing?

I think what irritates me the MOST about all of it, is that there are so many disgusting people using this whole thing (replica bra or not) as an excuse to put Candice down, and take away from the honor that was bestowed upon her by VS to wear it. People are saying she doesn't deserve the FB, that she can't promote it well enough and that's why VS put Adriana on that show, that Candice is too boring to promote anything well. I don't see any of the other VS angels get the hate directed at them by some of the Adriana/Ale fans like Candice does. It blows my mind, because when A&A were up and coming, they (especially Adriana) got TONS of attention showered upon her from VS, and I don't recall ever seeing fans of the greats like Gisele, Heidi, or Tyra constantly tearing either of them apart for being the new girls coming into their time to shine. Modeling is a ticking time clock of a job, and Adriana and Alessandra have already gone well past the average age span of a typical model BECASE they did so well with VS, but they can't keep this up forever. They have lives, and young children and I'm sure there is going to come a day sooner rather than later that they aren't going to want to keep up this crazy, hectic lifestyle. And when that happens, there needs to be someone else ready to step into their shoes and take the reins. So why do their fans feel the need to constantly hate and tear down Candice? She's not pushing them out. VS is never going to fire Alessandra or Adriana. Those two will be gone when they retire, it won't have anything to do with Candice. Yet they're still so threatened by her that they aren't happy unless they're ripping her apart like rabid beasts. Its so disgusting, I swear I can't stand to go on Candice's tag sites like tumlr most of the time because of it. /rant I think I can speak for all Candice fans and say that this is what angers us the most. I to can't even stand going through her tumblr tag, especially on those model confession blogs.

That bra is definitely (in my opinion, at least) a replica. If you zoom in on it a little you can see there are quite a few differences. 1. The big red gem on the belt on Adriana's outfit is a teardrop shape, however on the actual fantasy bra it is round 2. The big red gem on the belt AND the bra appear to be surrounded by white gemstones/metal/whatever. On the actual fantasy bra, those parts are surrounded by gold. I'd say this could be bad lighting, however there are other parts of Adriana's outfit that look perfectly gold, so I feel safe to say that they are silver/white. 3. The scalloping around the top of the cups of the actual fantasy bra seems to be missing from Adriana's outfit. 4. There don't appear to be any of the red, blue, and white little star/flower clusters in the cups of Adriana's outfit. It just goes from red, to gold. 5. In the center of the actual fantasy bra, where the cups come together they just curve and are joined with that little seashell looking thing, and the big round blue sapphire. On the one Adriana is wearing, you can see that there is a band that comes across the front of her chest in the front between the two bra cups, its gold and sparkly so it kind of blends in, but its definitely there, and the big center piece is kind of stuck onto it, not dangling from the center where it all comes together, as it does on the actual fantasy bra. That's a screenshot of the picture posted above zoomed in with google chrome, because it doesn't pixilate it like Photoshop does when you zoom. I figured the numbers and arrows would help because I know its sometimes hard to explain the different parts but if you look at it next to this shot of the actual bra, and I even tried to catch Candice wearing it at a similar angle that Adriana was standing they just look...very very different. Don't get me wrong, I'm still annoyed that they're having Adriana wear a mock fantasy bra that looks like Candice's (it makes no sense) but I am convinced it's not the real one. Which I can't see them risking damaging a 10 million dollar bra by trying to fit it onto someone it wasn't made for BEFORE the show, especially when they're so protective that they won't even let people touch it without gloves. Perhaps because the premise of the episode is to have a little mock VSFS (having those actress/wannabe models/whatever they are portray angels with wings and Adriana make a cameo in a mock FB) I guess we'll all have to find out later, but IMHO the bra Adriana is wearing is indeed a fake.

For people saying that photo looks old, if you go to the instagram page it originated from (I included it as a source, so no one could try to say it was photoshopped because its so grainy and blurry) you will see that it was posted just last night. Its definitely not an old photo. I'm not convinced the bra is a replica, I don't know why they'd go through the trouble of making one. I have a sneaking suspicion this is the actual bra. It looks different because it doesn't fit Adirana the same. It was made for Candice, so I wouldn't expect it to, and it's also missing the parts of the belt that come up over the hips and fasten in the front. (My guess is they were too small to fit over Adriana because her hips/waist are wider than Candice's). I think Adriana got booked for the show, and maybe VS or maybe even the company that made the bra (can't remember the jeweler's name other than that it starts with an M) wanted to get some publicity for it, so they stuck it on her thinking no one was going to care/notice/mind. I just think its a shady thing to do. It takes some of the specialness out of it, some of the uniqueness of it being JUST for Candice. It also makes it seem like Candice can't promote it enough herself, so they have to bring Adriana in and put it on her to gain more press. It's silly, but still rude. Who knows, maybe they talked to Candice and she's fine with it and we're getting offended on her behalf for nothing, but I have to agree with what other people have said and say that if anyone else had been selected to wear that bra, and they put it on Candice for promo, I think they'd feel the same way.

Even if it's just for that show, or whatever the hell they're filming, Adirana shouldn't be wearing it. That's Candice's bra. It doesn't even look good on her (and I wouldn't expect it to, since it was custom made to fit Candice's exact measurements). I've never seen them put a Fantasy Bra on another girl. I'm trying to be optimistic and think maybe they're in rehersal and Adriana is standing in for Candice while she's in Sao Paulo for SPFW and Candice will be the one who actually wears it once she's done down there...but I don't think we'll be that lucky. I think they wanted press for the FB so they stuck it on Adriana. Bad move, VS. This is Candice's bra, and should only be worn by her. Its a respect thing, and I feel kind of bad for Candice right now

(source: instagram.com/brittneysharaun) Am I the only one who thinks it's kind of weird and rude (to Candice) that Adriana is wearing Candice's Fantasy Bra...

SO WELL SAID! (Y) I'm so tired of the unnecessary hate directed toward her because of the opportunities that VS gives her. She'd be foolish to ever turn them down, and people who think she should are insane. She's an excellent businesswoman who works tirelessly year round and VS recognizes that. I hate to generalize, but it almost always seems to be Adirana and Alessandra fans that crap on her the most, which is stupid. The two of them are getting older and eventually will retire. Someone new is going to come up in the ranks, that's just how business works. When they were coming up woman like Gisele and Heidi who were the "veterans" and I don't think their fans were so hateful toward Adriana and Alessandra when they started getting all the opportunities they did. Haters are always going to hate out of jealousy, though. Candice deserves the FB this year, hands down and I'm so glad that she got it!

(source: instagram: @angelcandices) The panties look a lot better there, and keep in mind there is more to the full concept we aren't seeing yet. Last year Ale had the little leaves on her hips so there may be something else going on that is going to cover them up a bit.