--- title: Plus-Size Models Recreate Victoria's Secret Fashion Show description: A group of plus-size and diverse models, including Tess Holliday, recreated the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show for Buzzfeed. canonical: https://time.com/4597793/victorias-secret-fashion-show-recreation/ author: Suyin Haynes article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-12T18:31:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:04:05.375Z og:title: Women of All Shapes and Sizes Re-Created the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show og:description: 'If you own it, if you believe in it, then everyone else will believe in it' og:url: https://time.com/4597793/victorias-secret-fashion-show-recreation/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc711b49c9c311f72/6988b296656a3f47fcbce212/victoria-secret-fashion.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: 2016 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in Paris - Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Women of All Shapes and Sizes Re-Created the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show twitter:description: 'If you own it, if you believe in it, then everyone else will believe in it' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc711b49c9c311f72/6988b296656a3f47fcbce212/victoria-secret-fashion.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Women of All Shapes and Sizes Re-Created the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show > Sponsored content. 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Adriana Lima, Elsa Hosk, Alessandra Ambrosio and Josephine Skriver walk the runway at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in Paris, France on Nov. 30, 2016. Pascal Le Segretain—Getty Images for Victoria's Secr by [Suyin Haynes](https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Dec 12, 2016 6:31 PM UTC The annual [Victoria’s Secret fashion show](http://motto.time.com/4591784/2016-victorias-secret-show-gigi-hadid-bella-hadid-emotional/?iid=sr-link2) may have already taken place, but a group of women have highlighted that there are much more diverse forms of beauty than the [lingerie brand tends to favor ](http://motto.time.com/4443667/victorias-secret-photoshopping-arm/?iid=sr-link1)on its catwalk. [Buzzfeed](https://www.buzzfeed.com/jazzmynerobbins/regular-women-recreated-the-victorias-secret-show?utm%5Fterm=.piBNoJnrW#.sgBdmQ25o) decided to produce their own version of the world famous lingerie fashion show with a twist – the featured models were women of all shapes and sizes, to celebrate the beauty of the everyday woman. Women of different ethnicities, gender identities, clothing sizes and more were among the diverse cast, who slayed the runway in underwear designed by [Curvy Couture Intimates](https://www.instagram.com/curvycoutureintimates/) complete with angel wings. A behind-the-scenes video of the show and its preparations showed the women taking part talking frankly about their own experiences with body image and body positivity, with several inspirational moments. “It’s not about promoting one type of body,” one of the models said, “but making sure that we’re promoting all different types of bodies”. Model [Tess Holliday](http://motto.time.com/4344631/facebook-plus-size-model-ad-feminist/?iid=sr-link3) made her first appearance in an underwear runway show, saying that no one had given her the opportunity to do so before. The ladies glammed up with a little help from professional make-up artists and a hairstylist. “I love watching the Victoria’s Secret fashion show, but yes, I wish they included more body types,” one woman said, reflecting after having worked the runway in the re-creation show. “I think today goes to show that no matter what you’re wearing, no matter how your hair is, or how tall you are, if you think you’re beautiful – who cares what everyone else thinks. It’s about how you feel.” \[[Buzzfeed](https://www.buzzfeed.com/jazzmynerobbins/regular-women-recreated-the-victorias-secret-show?utm%5Fterm=.piBNoJnrW#.sgBdmQ25o)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4597793/victorias-secret-fashion-show-recreation/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4597793/victorias-secret-fashion-show-recreation/"},"headline":"Women of All Shapes and Sizes Re-Created the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show","datePublished":"2016-12-12T18:31:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:04:05.375Z","description":"'If you own it, if you believe in it, then everyone else will believe in it'","url":"https://time.com/4597793/victorias-secret-fashion-show-recreation/","keywords":["motto","fashion","buzzfeed","Victoria's Secret"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc711b49c9c311f72/6988b296656a3f47fcbce212/victoria-secret-fashion.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Suyin Haynes","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc711b49c9c311f72/6988b296656a3f47fcbce212/victoria-secret-fashion.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2016 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in Paris - Show","caption":"2016 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in Paris - Show","creditText":"Pascal Le Segretain—Getty Images for Victoria's Secr","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4597793/victorias-secret-fashion-show-recreation/","name":"Women of All Shapes and Sizes Re-Created the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show"}}]}] ```