South African model, Candice Swanepoel is born in Mooi River, KwaZulu-Natal

Candice Swanepoel was born in Mooi River, KwaZulu-Natal on 20 October 1988  She grew up on a farm and had aspirations of becoming a ballerina. Swanepoel did not think of herself as beautiful, even though she was thin and tall. She never dreamed of becoming a model. At the age of fifteen she was scouted in a mall in Durban. Swanepoel’s career skyrocketed very fast after she was discovered. She became the first South African Victoria’s Secret model. She is among the top earning models in the world, taking the number nine spot on Forbes’ list of 2013.