Jasmine Tookes Sat in Plaster for 3 Hours to Get Fitted for the $3 Million Victoria's Secret Fantasy Bra
This morning, Victoria's Secret announced that Jasmine Tookes would have the honor of wearing this year's $3 Million Fantasy Bra at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in Paris. As she was just named an Angel last year (and first walked the show in 2012), this is a major milestone for her.
"I'm definitely nervous! Especially wearing this thing," she told us at the unveiling of the bra this morning. "It's going to be one of the best shows yet." Here, 11 facts Jasmine revealed about the bra and how she's been prepping for her big debut.
Three other VS Angels were the first to find out.
Jasmine was told the news during a mock interview supposed to be about bralettes. "Josephine [Skriver], Taylor [Hill] and Romy [Strijd] were there when I was chosen to wear the bra–luckily they were some of my best friends," she says. "I dropped to the floor and just broke into tears." They all freaked out on the set of a shoot, as VS captured below. As for the other non-VS Angels first to know about the gig? Jasmine's grandmother and mom, who she Facetimed right away.
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- Victoria's Secret (@VictoriasSecret) October 26, 2016
She had to keep it a secret for five months.
"It was so hard to keep this a secret because it's something so exciting that you want to share with everybody, so for me to keep my mouth shut I literally had to bite my tongue every time I wanted to say it."
This has been a lifelong dream for her.
Wearing the Fantasy Bra "means everything," Jasmine says. "I've always looked up to some of the girls that have worn the fantasy bra in the past. Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum, Gisele-I remember sitting at home watching TV, all the old Victoria Secret fashion shows being like 'One day, I have to be on that runway!' Never did I think that I would get to wear a $3 million dollar bra." Her favorite Fantasy Bras of the past were ones worn by Candice Swanepoel in 2013 and Tyra Banks in 1997.
She turned to former Fantasy Bra wearer Lily Aldridge for advice.
"She told me to just relax. I was like 'Lily, what if I cry? What's going to happen?' She was like 'Oh, I cried a little bit backstage but I just had to close my eyes and breathe and really just embrace the moment. You'll be fine! Just relax!'"
Being anointed a VS Angel in 2015 changed her life–but not just because of the exposure.
"One thing that I loved from becoming an Angel is all of the friends, all the other girls," Jasmine shares, beaming, "We are such a close little group and I love that we can have a sisterhood and hang out together and go to dinner together. It's fun. I could call any of them at 3 a.m., they're all so sweet and we're always there for each other."
This is the most expensive–and heaviest–thing she's ever worn.
"It weighs more than 450 carats and when you have it on it's like whoa!" she says of the diamond design. She's been training her back, specifically,"to keep it upright."
The bra fitting was a bit grueling.
To get the bra created in her exact shape, she had to have her upper body immersed in plaster for three hours to create a mold they could design around. "I almost couldn't breathe because I'd move too much and it'd mess up the measurements," she recalls.
She starts amping up training for the show two months before.
"I love doing weight training cause I like to really tone and become really strong because I don't know what kind of wings I'm going to be getting. I feel like we all really work out to be able to be ready for anything," Jasmine says. "I love doing plyometrics and also squats. I love doing barre classes, those are also really good for your butt and your abs." She trains for about an hour and a half, five days a week.
She doesn't change her diet before the show.
But that's because she eats clean on the regular, "for my skin mainly." She adds, " I think balance is so important and I like to be able to eat what I want. I still have my pizza and burgers and when I'm training hard, I eat a lot of protein, like chicken."
She has the ultimate guilty pleasure.
About her off days, Jasmine claims, "I literally lay on my couch and watch Housewives of Orange County or New York. Anything on Bravo I love!"
Her favorite VS Fashion Show was from 2006.
She'll never forget "when Justin Timberlake was performing and he did 'Sexyback' and Gisele walks out. That's my favorite ever!"
Watch Jasmine hit the runway in the Fantasy Bra when the show airs on CBS December 5.
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