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Going to share some very unpopular opinions here, but I think Izabel is more attractive than 10/15 of the angels. I know she showboats like no other and she'll pimp out any new designer for the right price, but she reminds me of VS back during the brazilian takeover(Gisele, Adriana, Alessandra, Ana B, Iza) and I miss that period. Cockiness and #bodybyiza aside she's not bad at all to me. I could do without the VS Swim Special, it was one of the corniest hot mess programs I've ever seen. I liked when they talked about the photo shoots, even when they made it seem like it was a rescue mission and not a staged scene, but the rest was too much. When Joann pretended to drive that mini car while Lily or whomever took photos in slow motion *cringe!* or when they bandwagoned for that singer whose name I can't even remember or when they danced for Maroon 5. A simple runway show would have been amazing with some behind the scenes of photoshoots stuff would have been great. Lastly I'm bitter that ppl got to take selfies with Sara but not Taylor:p

Maybe they were going to sign Josephine as an angel but her agency wanted too much? It does seem suspicious that she's in everything shot before the 10 got signed, giving her the cover of that catalog is big for a non-angel. They sometimes test the waters by putting an angel candidate in with the angels to see if it pans out. The situation reminds me of Bregje, Nadine, Lais and Barbara to name a few.

I don't think you could shake hands, she had a photo in one hand and a marker in the other though, guess I'm not much of a hand shaker lol. The fans that I was standing had been super excited to meet her but half of them gathered afterwards to voice their disappointment, the rest left directly after. Also looking at snapchat, the Tim Gun look alike walking behind Else was on the same security team as Taylor's event.

She actually signed them on the spot, this lady walked around and asked you for your name and gave you a sticky note with it written out on it. Loll I agree! It would be easy to recover that second "I" into an "L", she even put a cute heart on the first "I". Hiill

This is going to be long winded rant, sorry for the grammatical mistakes but here goes. So I went to the event in Chicago and it was kind of disappointing. I arrived pretty early and they had employees stationed outside with flyers about the event. I took one of the flyers and asked what I had to buy in order to get into VIP, thanks gab6565 and everyone at Bellazon for the tips! After making my purchase(You're limited to a body by Victoria Bra or $50 worth of some new skincare line), I proceeded to find the line with a receipt that had VIP scribbled on it with a circle around the total. Well come to find out the line doesn't form for VIP until an hour before the event, so you have to wander around the store, and the "non-VIP" line starts outside the door and on the sidewalk which was empty. While waiting inside I met some fellow fans and they were super friendly, but we felt like we were loitering. Finally at 6 they started letting everyone who had the VIP-access line up in a special cue inside(about 40-50 people total), as an overzealous DJ screamed out "I'm pulling raffle numbers" every 5 minutes with blaring music! As we are all standing in line we notice someone plop down a stack of Taylor photos that looked like a Sears Catalog lingerie cover or a modeling 101 portfolio(she's wearing a beany and holding her face in her hand with her entire body cropped), this is when the realization hit. We glanced at the flyer and noticed it said that you only get to say "Hi" and get an autographed photo of Taylor ONLY, I REPEAT YOU DON'T GET TO TAKE YOUR PHOTO WITH ANY OF THE NEW ANGELS, just a signed photo of the Angel! They proceeded to tell us that we cannot take photos, have more than one photo signed and other rules. At a few past 7pm Taylor walked out and she looked even better in person! They start to usher us in-front of her with a sticky note that has our name on it. As everyone said before, you have MAYBE 15 seconds to say Hi and they tell you to keep it moving! The teen girl, a few people in-front of myself literally had one of the rude security staff grab her by the waist to move her along, are you serious? On my turn the security guards breath was on my neck the entire time so naturally I felt rushed so I asked her how she liked her day in Chicago! Some of the people I was waiting in line with had gathered and started to complain or return their purchases. After walking outside I saw maybe 50 people had gathered in the "non-VIP line", many asking who Taylor Hill was to the girls handing out flyers or others that that had been attracted by a line, meanwhile I was wishing I could tell them all what I waited hours for. I looked down at the photo in my hand that had my name scribbled on it and "Love Taylor Hiill" WITH 2 I'S!! WHAT?? Overall I feel like Victoria's Secret botched this one bad! I love Taylor, and I don't blame her for this at all. However Taylor isn't Adriana, Alessandra or even Candice whom all pose with fans at these press events. I blame Victoria's Secret, they don't owe me anything but after spending $50 and waiting hours it just seemed pointless. The details on VS All-Access came up way after the event was announced, if I knew I had 15 seconds to ask a cheesy question and walk away with a catalog photo I would have thought twice about attending. Why on earth wouldn't a company want the face of one of their "Newest Angels" plastered on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and other social media with fans? What better way to generate publicity and buzz, especially from fans at these events, usually real super fans like myself who actually go out of their way to attend these functions. Recognizing the face of a spokesperson is everything, hence taking photos with that spokesperson for exposure. I don't think anyone uploaded their "signed" photo of Taylor online. The entire atmosphere of the event felt tainted and low brow, now I'll make sure to wait to see the exact details of the event before going out of my way. Rant Over =) Open to questions!

Going to meet one of the angels at a meet and greet event, does anyone have any tips? It's my first time going and I remember reading for the previous events that you have to purchase $75 to get into the VIP line, does the VIP line go first? Also it says one picture, does that mean you can only take one with your phone or how does that work? Any info would be great

I agree! If it's streamed longer on YouTube I'd watch it as long as they want to stream it for, they can interview the lighting crew at that point with all that time and I'd still watch!

Since it's the 20th anniversary they should have a 2 hour special or a 1 hour commercial free show, I'm sure they can afford to purchase all the ad time for the event once. They will probably do the model introduction video at the beginning of the show, a little montage about the new angels, one on shooting in Rome, a clip about 20th Anniversary and one about the fantasy bra. At that rate using a rough estimate of 5 minutes for each clip, that takes up 30 minutes of screen time, leaving about 15 minutes for runway and 15 minutes for commercials. Not to mention the behind the stage shots with the artists and maybe the introduction of the new angels Taylor & Adam and the possible exits of Adriana & Alessandra

Still not over that black and white photo of Taylor! Wow! Imagine how she'll develop if given the treatment the current Angels got. The group shot was hilarious.

On a side note, I thought these models from the "Best Friends Holiday" commercial would have been perfect angel additions, wonder why they only signed Stella & Jac. Same pose as the black and white ones from the new angels campaign.

I agree with the above posters, maybe they'll have her take an early retirement before the show due to "creative differences". They built Barbara up and dropped her just like that. Hopefully this will pave the way for Josephine, Emily D or maybe Gigi. I would love to see Miley doing what Adam does in the front row =D. Seems like whenever negative press comes up the model leaves soon afterwards.

Some work from Taylor finally & it's great to see the new angels in non-VS work too.

If they took Gigi I'd think Kendall wouldn't be too far-fetched, maybe it's how many 0's Kris wants on her check?