Victoria's Secret? 20 Layers Of Butt Makeup

This year's Victoria's Secret fashion show brought together balloons, lace, fake fur, thigh high boots...oh, and a $3 million, diamond-encrusted bra. But how do the models manage to look so perfect wearing next-to-nothing on the catwalk? Simple: Butt makeup.

One Angel, Selita Ebanks told the New York Daily News: "It's all about creating the illusion of this amazing body on the runway. People don't realize that there are about 20 layers of makeup on my butt alone."

Ebanks said the body makeup takes an hour to apply, plus hair and face makeup, which takes three to five hours. An average of five people works on each of the 38 models.

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Comments

[MsVella]

08:37 AM on 12/05/2009

I cant believe some people are surprised..... I'd bet my life that half those models have stretch marks, pigmentation.... Stuff that everyone has

[hippie4ever]

02:29 AM on 12/05/2009

20 layers? Aren't they afraid it will crack?

[zuma58]

07:41 PM on 12/04/2009

Applying makeup to the butts of Victoria Secret models - how do I get a job like that ?!

[Aerows]

08:44 PM on 12/04/2009

I was just about to post that. I'll take that over flipping burgers any day :).

[simpleperson]

02:44 PM on 12/05/2009

LOL...Thinkkng the very same thing.

[Notawingnut]

05:42 PM on 12/04/2009

I don't know if I believe this model. I need detailed close ups of model's butts to further investigate the claim.

[mescalitospoke]

04:41 PM on 12/04/2009

Sticking feathers up your butt does
not make you a chicken!

[lawrencemuh]

04:32 PM on 12/04/2009

i see this story is not leaving the homepage.. good for biz huh huf

[Avanti2]

02:49 PM on 12/04/2009

Butt Makeup Applier --- Well that is what I call a worthwhile part time job!

[crapshooter]

02:21 PM on 12/04/2009

It takes 5 people to work on a Model's Butt. Hey I thought a threesome was kinky

[MJinCanada]

08:53 PM on 12/04/2009

Actually it's 5 people for the total look -- hair to toenails.

[DWMH1313]

01:05 PM on 12/04/2009

I wish I was the makeup artist at that event.

[texastrixie]

12:51 PM on 12/04/2009

None of these women has an actual butt!

[wiley14]

11:51 AM on 12/04/2009

3-5 hours of makeup? Good god, what do they look like without makeup?

[pflickner]

01:05 PM on 12/04/2009

Normal.

[MayaBeach]

01:49 PM on 12/04/2009

Men.

[Oscar Wilder]

11:45 AM on 12/04/2009

Butt this article could lead to Victoria Secret models being the Butt of many bad jokes. Butt who really cares. Let us not Butt into their business.

[AbeMartin]

10:38 AM on 12/04/2009

Yeah, those pimples and errant short and curlies can really ruin a look. Do ya think that this is the secret of Lou Dobb's great looks?

[DonRoberto]

10:05 AM on 12/04/2009

Where exactly does one apply for the butt makeup applier job? I really, really want to know.

[pmc617]

01:53 PM on 12/04/2009

Talk about a stimulus package!

[DonRoberto]

02:05 PM on 12/04/2009

No kidding. The President should be all over this. Uh, I mean figuratively, of course.

[moonflowerjewelry]

08:05 AM on 12/04/2009

...you are telling me perfection is an illusion? i am shattered.