CANDICE SWANEPOEL BORN 20 OCTOBER 1988) IS A SOUTH AFRICAN MODEL BEST KNOWN FOR HER WORK WITH VICTORIA'S SECRET. IN 2012, SHE CAME IN 10TH ON THE FORBES TOP-EARNING MODELS LIST. SWANEPOEL WAS BORN AND RAISED IN A SMALL TOWN CALLED MOOI RIVER IN NATAL PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA. SHE IS FLUENT IN AFRIKAANS AND PORTUGUESE, WHICH SHE LEARNED FROM HER BOYFRIEND, HERMANN NICOLI, A BRAZILIAN MALE MODEL.SHE HAS BEEN DATING HIM SINCE SHE MET HIM IN PARIS WHEN SHE WAS 17.
CANDICE SWANEPOEL IS CLOSE FRIENDS WITH FELLOW AFRICAN AND VICTORIA'S SECRET ANGEL BEHATI PRINSLOO AND BRITISH MODEL ROSIE HUNTINGTON-WHITELEY.