Candice Swanepoel Leggy, Out and About in New York.

Candice Swanepoel was born in 20 October 1988 at Mooi River a small town in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. She is a South African model and philanthropist.

Candice Swanepoel is known for her work with Victoria’s Secret. She became a Victoria’s Secret Angel in 2010 and is still contracted with the brand. In 2016, she was listed 8th on the Forbes top-earning models list.

Her father Willem Swanepoel, is from Mutare, Zimbabwe and her mother Eileen Swanepoel, is South African. She has one older brother named Stephen. While growing up, Candice was a ballet dancer. Swanepoel attended boarding school at St. Anne’s Diocesan College in the nearby town of Hilton. At age 15, she was spotted by a model scout in a Durban flea market.

Swanepoel has appeared in editorials in American, Italian, British, Spanish, German, Greek, Russian, Australian, Brazilian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Mexican Vogue; Brazilian, British, German and South African Elle; British, South African, Romanian, Mexican and Chinese GQ; American, Spanish, Czech, Argentine, Turkish and Korean Harper’s Bazaar; V, Allure, W, and i-D.