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My Take
What I find compelling about Candice Swanepoel is the sheer distance she traveled, from KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa to the very top of the fashion world as a Victoria's Secret Angel and an eighth-place finisher on Forbes' top-earning models list. It would be easy to reduce her to her looks, but I read her career as a study in longevity and discipline. Plenty of models flare bright and vanish; she built something durable. I respect that she became a recognizable face and brand in an industry that chews people up, and I suspect there is more business savvy behind that than she gets credit for.
Overview
Candice Susan Swanepoel ( SWON-ə-pool, Afrikaans: [ˈsvɑːnəpul]; born 20 October 1988) is a South African model. She is best known for her work with Victoria's Secret. She became a Victoria's Secret Angel in 2010. In 2016, she was listed 8th on the Forbes top-earning models list.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Candice Swanepoel
- Name (Japanese)
- キャンディス・スワンポール
- Reading
- きゃんでぃす・すわんぽーる
- Born
- October 20, 1988 (age 37)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Dragon
- Origin
- Mooi River, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 174 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- model
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.