These 10 Victoria's Secret Angels Have Surprising Backgrounds
Karlie Kloss is trained in classical ballet, and credits her unique runway walk to her background. Designer Carolina Herrera once told Vogue that Kloss "moves like a cat."
Adriana Lima always dreamed of being a doctor. Lima said she got into modeling by mistake and was too young to know what she really wanted.
Source: GQ
Alessandra Ambrosio had cosmetic surgery at age 11. She was self-conscious about her large ears and had surgery to pin them back. In 2006, she told Tyra Banks she had suffered from complications.
Source: AskMen.com
Miranda Kerr used to be a competitive gymnast. She competed in her native country of Australia as a child, but had to quit because she became too tall.
Source: Vogue UK
Doutzen Kroes once worked as a magazine columnist. She wrote a monthly column about her life for the Dutch edition of Marie Claire from 2009-10 but stopped to focus on her fashion career.
Source: Victoria's Secret Facebook Page
Candice Swanepoel spent her childhood birthing cows ... her family owned a dairy and beef farm in South Africa.
Source: British GQ
Erin Heatherton almost turned down a modeling agency to go to basketball camp. She was a starter on her Chicago high school's team and didn't want to blunder her athletic career.
Source: Chicago Tribune
Lily Aldridge's partner is Kings of Leon frontman Caleb Followill. They met at Coachella in 2007 and have a daughter together, Dixie Pearl.
Source: Us Magazine
Behati Prinsloo is a minister's daughter. Her father was the head of a church in Namibia, where Prinsloo was raised.
Source: Fashionista.com
Lindsay Ellingson was studying biology at UC San Diego when she was discovered by a modeling scout.
Source: Shape
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