VICTORIA SECRET MODEL CANDICE SWANEPOEL

It’s a credit to Victoria’s Secret — the catalog, the TV special, the cultural force — that as one of the lingerie company’s important new faces, Candice Swanepoel is one of the world’s important new faces. Indeed, after the most rigorous selection process, we are declaring her the most important new face.

(Which, if you’ve been distracted, is to the above and above.) The twenty-one-year-old South African model has already appeared in two Victoria’s Secret runway shows and a Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.

With a Michael Bay — directed Victoria’s Secret commercial in heavy rotation and more planned, you’ll be seeing more of her face — and other attractive parts — for a long, long time.