WASHINGTON – It turns out being a Victoria’s Secret model can be very, very challenging.
One of the Angels, speaking with the U.K. Telegraph, shared her diet secrets leading up to the annual multi-million dollar Victoria’s Secret fashion show, typically watched by eight million people.
Adriana Lima doesn’t just count on good genes and a naturally fast metabolism to keep her body in top shape.
Lima tells the Telegraph that she has been working out every day with a personal trainer since August. And, for the last three weeks, she’s been working out twice a day.
“It is really intense, it’s not really the amount of time you spend working out, it’s the intensity: I jump rope, I do boxing, I lift weights, but I get bored doing that. If I am not moving I get bored very easily,” Lima tells the Telegraph.
A nutritionist has measured her body muscle mass, fat ratio and levels of water retention. He prescribes protein shakes, vitamins and supplements.
She has been drinking a gallon of water a day.
For the nine days before the show, which is filmed Nov. 9 and airs on CBS Nov. 29, Lima has been drinking only protein shakes and has had no solids.
Two days before the show, she stopped drinking a gallon of water a day and drank normally. And, 12 hours before the show she will stop drinking all together.
British fashion editor Sophia Neophitou tells the Telegraph, “They are athletes in this environment – it’s harder to be a Victoria’s Secret model because no one can just chuck an outfit on you, and hide your lumps and bumps.”
To read more about the type of bodies they look for in casting the Victoria’s Secret show and for more photos, read the entire story here.
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