Candice Swanepoel

Last Updated on Sunday, 26 July 2009 13:12 Wednesday, 28 May 2008 09:59

This sexy model hails from South Africa and was discovered in a flea market.

We're not joking. She was spotted in a Durban flea market by model scout Kevin Ellis when she was just 15 years of age. By the time she was 16 she was earning over $5,000 per DAY. She's the first South African to work the runways for Victoria's Secret.

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Just 20 years old this year (2008), she's already appeared on the cover of Vogue (Greece) and most recently Elle in June 2008. Her modelling contracts to date have included Tommy Hilfiger, Victoria's Secret, Dolce & Gabbana, Baby Phat and Rock & Republic. For all those that want to book her, her model agency is Ice Model Management (located in South Africa).

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Candice dreamt of modelling growing up. Her mother said "Living down here in South Africa, not even in Mooi River, I never ever thought that her dream would become a reality”. Kevin Ellis (the model scout that first found her) describes the moment he first saw Candice :
'It was like… honestly, like a beautiful flamingo walking past my shop. the way she walked past just did it for me”.

Candice summed it up best for us on her 'discovery': “I hadn't been to London before. I hadn't actually been overseas before. So I was like ‘Yay!’ ”