Before we get started, let’s get one thing straight right off the bat.\u00a0 What we’re talking about are Angels.\u00a0 Just how not every one of Disney\u2019s female characters are Disney Princesses, not every Victoria’s Secret model is an Angel.<\/p>\n How To Become A Victoria\u2019s Secret Angel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The first step is to be aware of some requirements that Victoria\u2019s Secret have for it\u2019s Angels:<\/p>\n Like anything else in life there are exceptions to the rules but you would have to be a rather spectacular unicorn in some other way to skirt by them.\u00a0 For example, your face would have to make Adriana Lima look like Keith Richards.\u00a0 (No offense Keith.) As Victoria\u2019s Secret\u2019s Edward Razek, has stated \u201cFewer than 100 women in the world have the potential to be a Victoria\u2019s Secret model.\u201d\u00a0\u00b9<\/em><\/p>\n Next, meet Ed Razek.\u00a0 Ed who?\u00a0 Okay, so we keep mentioning Ed Razek.\u00a0 Ed is the President and Chief Marketing Officer, Brand and Creative Services for L Brands, which includes the Victoria’s Secret brand.\u00a0 Razek is known as one of the fashion industry’s top marketers in the world.\u00a0 Ed, along with a team of colleagues, runs the casting for the annual VS fashion show.\u00a0 If you ask Ed what he is looking for he will tell you \u201cStrength, confidence, vitality, beauty, personality, [and] energy. Someone with great spirit and, hopefully, a nice person.\u201d<\/em> \u00b2<\/p>\n Okay, obviously, but if you ask what elevates a VS model to \u201cAngel\u201d the answer has a surprising not-so-surprising, bottom-line rationale.<\/p>\n \u201cThe answer will surprise you\u2013it\u2019s how women respond to them,\u201d<\/em> says Ed. \u201cWe\u2019re interested in appealing to women because women do 99% of the shopping in Victoria\u2019s Secret.\u201d<\/em> Though Angels have a reputation for being bombshells, Razek says he seeks models women aspire to rather than sex objects men salivate over.\u00a0 \u201cAll of these women would be the best looking girl any guy had ever seen\u2013guys are easy,\u201d<\/em> Razek chuckles. \u201cWomen have to say, I want to look like that, I want to have that spirit or that confidence and strength.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>\u00b3<\/p>\n Well, there\u2019s that and signing the Victoria\u2019s Secret Angels Contract.\u00a0 (Is\u00a0 being an Angel the gig right for you?\u00a0 Read The Fashion Law\u2019s \u201cHere is What Goes into a Victoria\u2019s Secret \u201cAngel\u201d Contract<\/a>\u201d.)<\/p>\n So to wrap this up, in order to become a Victoria\u2019s Secret Angel all you need to do is:<\/strong><\/p>\n Easy peasy, right? \u00a0I think so. \u00a0I mean, I would do it but I’m a guy. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n Want to start getting some practice being perfect?\u00a0 I recommend pasting Elle\u2019s \u201cThe 10 Rules to Being a Victoria\u2019s Secret Angel<\/a>\u201d to your mirror and get to practicing!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n tl;dr: be perfect!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00b9\u00a0Source: <\/i>http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/11\/04\/fashion\/04Gimlet.html?_r=0<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n \u00b2\u00a0Source: <\/i>http:\/\/www.cbs.com\/shows\/victorias_secret\/news\/1004961\/hand-picked-from-heaven-vs-executive-producer-edward-razek-talks-casting\/<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n![\"Ed](\"https:\/\/billcorrigan.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Ed-Razek-and-Friends-.png\")
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