#TBT: This is what Victoria's Secret models looked like before they were Angels
(L to R) Candice Swanepoel, Adriana Lima, Gigi Hadid and Elsa Hosk through the years
Romee Strijd attends the 26th annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party
Model Bella Hadid walks the runway for the Savage X Fenty Fall/Winter 2018 fashion show during NYFW at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on September 12, 2018 in Brooklyn, NY. (Photo by JP Yim/Getty Images for Savage X Fenty)
Model Shanina Shaik attends the AAMI Victoria Derby Day at Flemington Race Course on November 1, 2008 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Kane Hibberd/Getty Images)
Model Kelly Gale prepares at the 2013 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show hair and makeup room at Lexington Avenue Armory on November 13, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
Behati Prinsloo attends the "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)
Model Behati Prinsloo attends the premiere of the fifth season of "Entourage" presented by HBO at the Ziegfeld Theater on September 3, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)
Adriana Lima attends the Tom Ford fashion show during New York Fashion Week at Park Avenue Armory on September 5, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
Adriana Lima attends the Prada Linea Rossa event at Prada Broadway, NY on Sept. 8, 2018. (Photo by Jared Siskin/Getty Images)
Models Gigi Hadid (L) and Bella Hadid attend Sportmax And Teen Vogue Celebrate The Fall/Winter 2014 Collection on October 28, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Teen Vogue)
Model Bella Hadid walks the runway for the Savage X Fenty Fall/Winter 2018 fashion show during NYFW at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on September 12, 2018 in Brooklyn, NY. (Photo by JP Yim/Getty Images for Savage X Fenty)
Kendall Jenner attends the Ninth-Annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic Los Angeles at Will Rogers State Historic Park on October 6, 2018 in Pacific Palisades, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Veuve Clicquot)
Kendall Jenner arrives at the premiere of Screen Gems' "Burlesque" at Grauman's Chinese Theater on November 15, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Bella Hadid in 2012
Romee Strijid attends the 2015 Harper ICONS Party at The Plaza Hotel on September 16, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)
Model Gigi Hadid poses backstage for the Savage X Fenty Fall/Winter 2018 fashion show during NYFW at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on September 12, 2018 in Brooklyn, NY. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Savage X Fenty )
Model Gigi Hadid attends the third annual Pencils of Promise gala at Guastavino's on October 24, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Pencils of Promise)
Candice Swanepoel attends the "ANGELS" by Russell James book launch and exhibit hosted by Cindy Crawford and Candice Swanepoel at Stephan Weiss Studio on September 6, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
Candice Swanepoel in 2005
Elsa Hosk wears The 2018 Dream Angels Fantasy Bra in the Victoria's Secret fashion show on November 5, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Victoria's Secret)
Elsa Hosk Victoria Secret Pink model and MLB are teaming up to kick off the baseball season with limited-edition collection of PINK MLB gear at Miami Marlins Stadium on April 15, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by John Parra/Getty Images for Victoria's Secret)
TOPSHOT - Brazilian model Adriana Lima participates in the ceremonial lighting of the Empire State Building in celebration of the 2018 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Holiday Special on November 7, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP)
Brazilian model Adriana Lima participates in the ceremonial lighting of the Empire State Building in celebration of the 2018 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Holiday Special on November 7, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP)
Brazilian model Adriana Lima participates in the ceremonial lighting of the Empire State Building in celebration of the 2018 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Holiday Special on November 7, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP)
Victoria's Secret Angel, Elsa Hosk, poses next to the 2018 Dream Angels Fantasy Bra during the Victoria's Secret fashion show in New York, U.S., November 5, 2018
Victoria's Secret Angel, Elsa Hosk, poses next to the 2018 Dream Angels Fantasy Bra during the Victoria's Secret fashion show in New York, U.S., November 5, 2018
Actress Emily Blunt attends the 15th annual CFDA / Vogue Fashion Fund event at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Model Toni Garrn attends the 15th annual CFDA / Vogue Fashion Fund event at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Victoria's Secret Angel, Elsa Hosk, poses next to the 2018 Dream Angels Fantasy Bra during the Victoria's Secret fashion show in New York, U.S., November 5, 2018
Brazilian model Adriana Lima in 2002
As the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is just hours away, we revisit what some of the brand's best known models looked like before they officially got their wings.
Elsa Hosk
2012
Elsa Hosk Victoria Secret Pink model and MLB are teaming up to kick off the baseball season with limited-edition collection of PINK MLB gear at Miami Marlins Stadium on April 15, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by John Parra/Getty Images for Victoria's Secret)
2018
Elsa Hosk wears The 2018 Dream Angels Fantasy Bra in the Victoria's Secret fashion show on November 5, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Victoria's Secret)
Candice Swanepoel
2006
Candice Swanepoel wearing Tommy Hilfiger Spring 2006 (Photo by Thomas Concordia/WireImage)
2018
Candice Swanepoel attends the "ANGELS" by Russell James book launch and exhibit hosted by Cindy Crawford and Candice Swanepoel at Stephan Weiss Studio on September 6, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
Gigi Hadid
2013
Model Gigi Hadid attends the third annual Pencils of Promise gala at Guastavino's on October 24, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Pencils of Promise)
2018
Model Gigi Hadid poses backstage for the Savage X Fenty Fall/Winter 2018 fashion show during NYFW at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on September 12, 2018 in Brooklyn, NY. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Savage X Fenty )
Romee Strijd
2015
Romee Strijid attends the 2015 Harper ICONS Party at The Plaza Hotel on September 16, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)
2018
Romee Strijd attends the 26th annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party
Bella Hadid
2012
Bella Hadid in 2012
2018
Model Bella Hadid walks the runway for the Savage X Fenty Fall/Winter 2018 fashion show during NYFW at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on September 12, 2018 in Brooklyn, NY. (Photo by JP Yim/Getty Images for Savage X Fenty)
Kendall Jenner
2010
Kendall Jenner arrives at the premiere of Screen Gems' "Burlesque" at Grauman's Chinese Theater on November 15, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
2018
Kendall Jenner attends the Ninth-Annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic Los Angeles at Will Rogers State Historic Park on October 6, 2018 in Pacific Palisades, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Veuve Clicquot)
Shanina Shaik
2008
Model Shanina Shaik attends the AAMI Victoria Derby Day at Flemington Race Course on November 1, 2008 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Kane Hibberd/Getty Images)
2018
Australian model Shanina Shaik attends the NYFW Kick-Off Party hosted by E! Entertainment, ELLE & IMG at The Pool, The Seagram Building, on September 5, 2018 New York City. (Photo by Steven FERDMAN / AFP)
Behati Prinsloo
2008
Model Behati Prinsloo attends the premiere of the fifth season of "Entourage" presented by HBO at the Ziegfeld Theater on September 3, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)
2018
Behati Prinsloo attends the "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)
Adriana Lima
2002
Brazilian model Adriana Lima in 2002
2018
Adriana Lima attends the Tom Ford fashion show during New York Fashion Week at Park Avenue Armory on September 5, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
Kelly Gale
2013
Model Kelly Gale prepares at the 2013 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show hair and makeup room at Lexington Avenue Armory on November 13, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
2018
Jasmine Tookes
2010
2018
Jasmine Tookes attends as Harper's BAZAAR Celebrates "ICONS By Carine Roitfeld" at the Plaza Hotel on September 7, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Harper's Bazaar)
Lais Ribeiro
2010
Model Lais Ribeiro walks the runway during the 2010 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at the Lexington Avenue Armory on November 10, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)
2018
Lais Ribeiro attends the "ANGELS" by Russell James book launch and exhibit hosted by Cindy Crawford and Candice Swanepoel at Stephan Weiss Studio on September 6, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
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