Lais Ribeiro

Lais Ribeiro is a Brazilian model from the state of Piauí, in the country's northeast, who became a Victoria's Secret Angel in 2015 and wore the brand's Fantasy Bra two years later. She was born Lais Pereira de Oliveira on October 5, 1989, in Miguel Alves, a small town near the state capital, Teresina, and she was training to become a nurse before modeling took over.

From nursing school to New York

Her career dates from 2010. Agencies in São Paulo, New York, Paris, London and Milan now represent her, among them Women Management and Next. Her designer list includes Dolce & Gabbana, Givenchy and Gucci, and her editorial work runs through Elle, Harper's Bazaar and several editions of Vogue, plus GQ, Maxim and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

A 2010 debut on the Victoria's Secret runway

Ribeiro walked her first Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2010, the year her professional career began, and returned in 2011. She worked for the brand for five years before the company gave her wings, appearing in its catalogs and advertising as well as on the runway, including the 2014 show at Earls Court in London.

The 2015 Angel intake

In 2015 Victoria's Secret named ten new Angels at once. Ribeiro was one of them, with Taylor Hill and Elsa Hosk. After five years of catalog and runway work, the contract moved her from the supporting cast to the small group whose faces carried the brand's advertising.

Champagne Nights in Shanghai

The 2017 show was held on November 20 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, the first Victoria's Secret Fashion Show staged in Asia, and it was Ribeiro's turn to wear the Fantasy Bra. The Champagne Nights bra was designed by the Lebanese jeweler Mouawad and valued at $2 million. It was set with hand-placed diamonds, yellow sapphires and blue topaz in 18-karat gold.

Between Paris and New York

The Fantasy Bra was the show's set piece, and the location underlined the point of the 2017 edition: Victoria's Secret wanted Chinese customers, and it sent its most expensive garment to Shanghai to say so. The next year the bra went back to New York, made by Atelier Swarovski and worn by Hosk.

After the wings

Ribeiro walked the 2018 show in New York, the final edition before Victoria's Secret cancelled the event in 2019. She is one of the Brazilian models to have carried the Fantasy Bra, a line that runs back to Gisele Bündchen's $15 million Red Hot bra of 2000, and the only one from Piauí. Her agency list still runs from São Paulo to Brussels.

Last updated October 7, 2026