The beauty tricks of an underwear model

A FLEET of 47 leggy beauties (though only eight are officially ordained Angels) recently landed in London for the Victoria’s Secret fashion show, ready to strut their stuff while pop stars Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande performed.

Much is made of the models’ pre-show prep, but unless you’ve got four hours a day to spend doing ballet barre classes or are willing to forgo solid food, the chances of honing the body of an Angel are, no pun intended, slim.

You can, however, steal some of their beauty secrets. So off I went, sneaking backstage, to grill some of the models as they had their hair and make-up done...