The VS girls are way more famous than your average model. They're celebrities in the industry. Far from being household names like say Tyra, but people definitely know them. People can identify them. In the current rooster, Adriana is Queen. She's more exposed to people than the others. You don't 2 GQ covers (one of them being the highest selling of the magazine ever) and 3 super bowl commercials, appearance in popular tv series', etc etc if you're not exposed to the public to some extent. Miranda is also making it happen. I mean, famewhoring pays off (look at the Kardashians). For Ale, I just think people don't take her seriously, because Lawd knows she tries. The rest are also quite known but not as the above mentioned. The millions of people who watch the show year after year may pick up the names of some of the angels. If they don't, then they probably have brain damage or amnesia. I do believe that someone may be in the spotlight in full force for sometime and then have a faded star afterward. Someone like Paris Hilton. She was one of the biggest celebrities in the early/mid 2000s. But today, you rarely here anything about her. That doesn't mean she still doesn't have a loaded bank account. Because she's running a successful business. Now, from 2005 to now, how many people are now interested in pop culture that haven't been exposed to paris? How many kids grew up and now follows the industry that don't hear her name? I think Gisele is in the Paris situation. You are likely to come across Miranda or Adriana's name than hers today. This is just my opinion though. You can visit each of their wikipedia pages or Ask Men profiles or anywhere else to make your own judgement.