Romee Strijd

Romee Strijd is a Dutch model who walked the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show five years running, from 2014 to 2018, and held an Angel contract from 2015. She was only the third Dutch model to be named an Angel, after Karen Mulder and Doutzen Kroes.

Scouted at 13 in Amsterdam

Strijd was born on 19 July 1995 in Zoetermeer, in the province of South Holland. A scout approached her in Amsterdam when she was 13; she turned it down. Two years later she changed her mind and signed with DNA Model Management in 2011, at 15.

She spent the next two years working in Milan, Paris and New York for houses such as Burberry, Louis Vuitton and Prada, then went home to the Netherlands to finish school. After graduating she moved to New York and started again.

Five seasons on the pink runway

Victoria's Secret picked her as one of the newcomers for the 2014 show. A year later the brand gave her Angel status. In March 2017 she moved to IMG Models, which still represents her worldwide.

The Shooting Star look

Her biggest moment on that runway came at the last televised show, in 2018. In the "Celestial Angel" segment she wore the Shooting Star Swarovski Outfit and Wings, the crystal-covered look the brand gave to one or more models each year alongside the Fantasy Bra. After 2018 the show went dark for six years, and when it returned in 2024 the Swarovski look was not revived, so hers was the last of the series.

Swimwear and campaigns

In 2018 she became a brand ambassador for the Australian swimwear label Seafolly. Her other campaign work includes Carolina Herrera, Alexander McQueen, Michael Kors, H&M, Juicy Couture and Victoria's Secret itself. On the runway she has walked for Calvin Klein, Celine, Isabel Marant, Loewe, Off-White and Vera Wang among many others, and she has appeared on covers of Vogue, Elle and Harper's Bazaar in several countries.

A YouTube channel, 2017

In July 2017 she started a YouTube channel with vlogs, behind-the-scenes footage and beauty content. By 2023 it had about 1.86 million subscribers and some 190 million views, which put her among the Angels who built an audience of their own outside the brand's marketing just as the brand itself was losing its grip on the category.

Last updated October 7, 2026