TheVictoria'sSecretFashionShowisanannualfashionshowsponsoredbyVictoria'sSecret,abrandoflingerieandsleepwear.Victoria'sSecretusestheshowtopromoteandmarketitsgoodsinhigh-profilesettings.Theshowfeaturessomeoftheworld'sleadingfashionmodelssuchascurrentVictoria'sSecretAngelsAdrianaLima,AlessandraAmbrosio,MirandaKerr,DoutzenKroes,BehatiPrinsloo,CandiceSwanepoel,ErinHeatherton,LilyAldridge,andLindsayEllingson.
Americannetworktelevisionbroadcaststheshowduringprimetime.Thefirstfewshowsinthe1990swereheldinthedaysprecedingValentine'sDaytopromotethebrandforthisholiday.Theywerenotairedonnationaltelevision.In1999and2000theshowwaswebcast.Beginningin2001,theshowsweremovedaheadoftheChristmasholidayseason.Alsoin2001,theshowmadeitsnetworktelevisionbroadcastonABC,thoughinallsubsequentyears,ithasbeenbroadcastonCBS.TheshowhasbeenheldatavarietyoflocationsindifferentcitiesincludingMiami,LosAngeles,andCannes.ThefirstfourshowswereheldatthePlazaHotelinNewYorkCity,butsinceithasbecomeatelevisedeventithasmostoftenbeenheldattheLexingtonAvenueArmoryinNewYorkCity.
Theshowisalavisheventwithelaboratecostumedlingerie,varyingmusicbyleadingentertainers,andsetdesignaccordingtothedifferentthemesrunningwithintheshow.Theshowattractshundredsofcelebritiesandentertainers,withspecialperformersandactseveryyear.Eachyear,twentytofortyoftheworld'stopfashionmodelsareselectedtoperforminthefashionshow.Inatypicalyear,thisincludesaboutahalfdozenwomenundercontracttothecompany,[1]knownasVictoria'sSecretAngels,whohelppublicizetheevent.Thegiantangelwingswornbythemodels,aswellasotherwingsofvariousformsandsizessuchasbutterfly,peacock,ordevilwings,havebecomeemblematicoftheVictoria'sSecretbrand.
