Victoria's Secret: After stick-thin Candice, Kate Upton shows off her curves

Victoria's Secret: After stick-thin Candice, Kate Upton shows off her curves

 

Victoria's Secret angel Candice Swanpoel's shockingly-skinny figure drew gasps when she appeared at a swimwear launch last week.

Luckily it seems that not all of the underwear brand's models have followed her stick-thin lead.

Kate Upton, one of the newest girls to join the brand, showed off her naturally curvaceous figure as she posed for a series of shots to promote the Angel Forever collection.

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Looking good: Kate Upton, one of the newest girls to join Victoria's Secret, showed off her naturally curvaceous figure as she modelled the Angel Forever collection

Up-and-coming: College student Kate, from Des Moines in Iowa, caused a sensation when she appeared in this year's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

 

The 18-year-old blonde looked in shape but stunning, modelling the brightly coloured pieces from the new season.

Kate, from Des Moines in Iowa, caused a sensation when she appeared in this year's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

She has also proved popular on YouTube, where a video of Kate dancing at a Dodgers game in Los Angeles to Teach Me How to Dougie by Cali Swag District has been viewed more than 377,000 times.

When not modelling Kate is a student at Indiana University, where she majors in horn performance.

 

Back to their best: Kate is a return to their start for Victoria's Secret, which in recent years has been criticised from shifting away from the curvy models that made the brand so famous

It looks like Kate is a return to their start for Victoria's Secret, which in recent years has been criticised from shifting away from the curvy models that made the brand so famous.

The lingerie line has had a long-line of beauties who have endorsed a healthy model figure that boasts ample cleavage and fuller legs and backsides, unlike most fashion models.

Legendary supermodels Heidi Klum, Naomi Campbell and Tyra Banks have all walked the catwalk for the brand.

The company has already come under fire after a 2010 shoot in St. Barts revealed a strikingly skinny Alessandra Ambrosio modelling the label's swimwear.

With her pelvic bones and ribs protruding just a year and half after having her baby Anja, she looked childlike next to two plus size models.

Frightening: Candice Swanpoel shocked onlookers with her alarmingly thin figure whilst modelling the lingerie line's new range of swimwear, alongside Alessadra Ambrosio, left, and Adriana Lima

Kate's figure is certainly different to that of her fellow model Candice Swanpoel, who shocked fans with her figure earlier this month.

Standing alongside models Alessandra Ambrosio and Adriana Lima, she stood out from her fellow Angels with her pencil thin legs and concaved stomach. 

She also appeared noticeably slimmer around the jawline.

But Candice defended her dramatically slimmed down figure, insisting she is perfectly healthy.

The South African model insisted: 'I am healthy and happy.'

She told celebrity website People.com: 'I'm heartened to know how much everyone cares about me, but in this case, everything is normal and good.'

Posing: Kate's fellow models Erin Heatherton and Adriana Lima also feature in the new campaign

 

But during the event in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Candice attributed her rail-thin physique to dieting, stress and working out.

Back in November, she told ABC News and New York Fashion week that her hectic schedule contributed to her super slim look.

'I've been travelling around like crazy,' she said in the interview at the time. 'I get skinnier if I'm very busy.'

Candice is fast becoming one of the most popular Victoria's Secret models and had landed the cover of the Victoria's Secret Swim 2011 Catalogue.