Which Victoria’s Secret model was known by the nickname “The Body”?

Elle Macpherson was the Victoria’s Secret model known by the nickname “The Body.”

The Australian model became strongly associated with the nickname through her modeling career and repeated appearances in major fashion and swimwear campaigns. She was also one of the recognizable early faces connected with Victoria’s Secret during the brand’s expansion in the 1980s and 1990s.

Macpherson appeared on the cover of the Victoria’s Secret catalog and helped give the company’s mail-order and retail imagery a high-profile supermodel identity. Her association with the brand predates the later era when the company’s models were more prominently marketed as “Angels.”

The nickname is sometimes incorrectly assigned to other famous models because several were known for distinctive beauty or body-focused campaigns. In Victoria’s Secret history, “The Body” most specifically refers to Elle Macpherson.