WNBA phenom Angel Reese didn’t just walk the 2025 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, she redefined it. The 23-year-old Chicago Sky forward became the first professional athlete to hit the VS runway, turning Brooklyn’s Steiner Studios into her home court with a poise and presence that felt both historic and inevitable.
Reese delivered two standout looks, including a rose-laden lingerie set topped with glittering wings that nodded to classic VS pageantry while centering a new kind of star power: a modern, unapologetic athlete who trains as hard as any supermodel and embraces “sexy” on her own terms. Off-runway, she’s been candid about manifesting the moment from last year’s front row; on-runway, she backed it up—fluid walk, strong lines, cool eye contact. It read as a performance built on discipline, not luck. Watch below:
Her casting was the night’s clearest signal that this show’s evolution isn’t window dressing. Victoria’s Secret has spent the last two years expanding who belongs on its stage—pregnant, plus-size, and trans models were front and center—and Reese’s appearance bridged sport and fashion in a way that felt organic, not opportunistic. She wasn’t the athlete cameo; she was the headliner.
That energy carried through a female-led music slate (Karol G, Missy Elliott, Madison Beer, TWICE) and a creative direction that framed sensuality as strength. In a program that also featured legacy Angels and runway fixtures, Reese still cut the most contemporary silhouette: competitor, brand-builder, and cultural north star whose influence travels far beyond the lane.
For Chicago, it was a flex; for women’s sports, a spotlight; for the brand, a proof point that reimagining “sexy” starts with who gets to wear it. Angel Reese didn’t just walk the runway, she moved the goalposts.
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