Next time you’re feeling down about having to re-do your winged eyeliner three times before you get it right, just remember that World’s Most Beautiful Human, Gigi Hadid, had to audition for the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show three times before she was finally offered her first pair of sparkly VS Angel wings.
Her mom/best cast member of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Yolanda Foster, went into proud mother mode when Gigi finally booked the gig. “She has worked really hard,” she told the Daily Mail. “She’s missed it twice, this was her third try, and she pulled it off and got a spot that millions and millions of beautiful women deserve as much as she does. That’s a part of the game though.”
If you haven’t seen Gigi’s super adorable reaction to being offered a spot in the show, get ready for your heart to grow three sizes. Her mom admits to watching it “a hundred times” and crying every time she saw it.
Gigi told Refinery29 that the timing feels right this year. “I didn’t get the show last year, but everything happens for a reason.”
In the weeks leading up to the show, Gigi was working out twice a day (yikes) and credited Gotham Gym and Ballet Beautiful, both boutique fitness studios in New York City, for her unbelievable abs.
Gigi sported two looks during the show’s filming on November 10th. The first, for Victoria’s Secret PINK, was a sexy firefighter outfit complete with a tiny stuffed Dalmatian.
In her second look, Gigi truly earned her wings and became the kind of beautiful butterfly that we’re sure made her mother happy-cry again.
To watch Gigi live her dream, tune into CBS on Tuesday, December 8th.