Candice Susan Swanepoel, also professionally known as Candice Swanepoel is a South African Model. She came into limelight when she got the contract to work with Victoria’s Secret. In addition, she was ranked eighth top-earning model in 2016 by Forbes.
The South African model was born on October 20, 1988, in Mooi River, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Talking about her parents, she has a father, Willem Swanepoel, and mother, Eileen Swanepoel. Her father is from Zimbabwe while the mother is South African. As for siblings, she has an elder brother, Stephen.
Swanepoel belongs to South African nationality and white by ethnicity. Her birth sign is Libra. As for academic qualification, she joined boarding school at St. Anne’s Diocesan College near Hilton city. She studied ballet dancing during her childhood.
The South African model had an intimated relationship with a Brazilian model Hermann Nicoli. The couple first met in Paris in the fashion show in 2005. Not so long after, they started dating each other.
After ten years of a romantic relationship, the pair took their relationship into a new level by announcing their engagement in August 2015 eventually not married . After a year, Swanepoel gave birth to the two kids, a son named Anacan in Vitoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil.
Following then, she gave birth to the second child, Ariel in June 2018. The couple started having contradictions and in mutual understanding, they divorced in late 2018. Now Candice maintains her schedule traveling from New York to Brazil and vice versa.
Furthermore, she is the fluent speaker of Afrikaans, English, and Portuguese. She has takes balanced diet to maintain her figure and is very health conscious.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, the South African Fashion model has an estimated net worth of $25 million as of August 2019. Starting the professional career at the age of 15 years, she had walked for various international brands and participated in campaigns.
Candice was first listed on the tenth rank on the Forbes’ “The World’s Top-Earning Models” list with hefty earnings of $3 million in the time between 2010 and 2011. Later, she ranked stepped in ninth position, when he made a wealth of $3.3 million in 2013.
After two years, she made it to No. 8 with the earnings of $5 million and the following year, she was ranked at the same position but with higher earnings of $7 million.
Swanepoel was discovered in a Durban flea market by a model scout when she was 15. Following then, she started appearing in Italian Vogue and walked for famous designers such as Prabal Gurung.
She then appeared on the covers of various international editorials including Elle, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and many more. In addition, she also worked as a runway model for many international brands such as Dolce & Gabbana, Michael Kors, Fendi, Chanel, Oscar de la Renta, Betsey Johnson and so on.
The South African model was approached by Victoria’s Secret Fashion in 2007 and started working for them since then. In 2010, she was promoted to Victoria’s Secret Angel and appeared on the cover of Victoria’s Secret Swim Catalogue in 2013.
In 2015, she appeared alongside Elsa Hosk, Adriana Lima, Jasmine Tookes, and other Victoria’s Secret Angel in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show walking for various lingerie brands.
In addition, Swanepoel was chosen to wear a $10 million bras named Royal Fantasy Bra which consists of over 4,200 precious gems. Additionally, she opened her own swimwear brand named Tropic of C in 2018.
Candice Swanepoel is a South African model and one of the members of Victoria’s Secret Angel in 2010.
Candice Swanepoel is 30 years old as of August 2019.
Candice Swanepoel is 5 feet 9.5 inches or 1.77 meters tall.
Candice Swanepoel has a net worth of $25 million as of 2019.