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From Victoria's Secret Angel to High Fashion Model, See Doutzen Kroes Through the Years

Doutzen Kroes quickly found success as a young model, becoming a Victoria's Secret Angel and supermodel.
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Model, actress, activist, and philanthropist Doutzen Kroes began her modeling career at a young age in Amsterdam. Not too long after, she was walking the biggest runways in the world, including Victoria's Secret, where she became an Angel for six years. From her humble beginnings in a small Dutch town, Kroes has become one of the biggest supermodels worldwide, a mother to two children, an actress starring in blockbusters like Wonder Woman (even doing her own stunts), and an activist who uses her platform to encourage change, including being a global ambassador for Knot on My Planet.

On her 36th birthday, L'OFFICIEL looks back at some of the supermodel's best moments throughout the years.

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Kroes started modeling at 18 after sending photos to an Amsterdam modeling agency.
Stylists tie a bow on Kroes backstage at the Victoria’s Secret fashion show, where the model would become known as a famous VS Angel from 2008 to 2014.
Beyond Victoria’s Secret, Kroes is a top model among high fashion catwalks, too. Here, the young model is pictured walking for Anna Sui in 2005.
Kroes walks the 11th Annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in 2006, wearing Swarovski embellished lingerie.
For Fall/Winter 2006, Kroes struts in a cropped leather jacket and little black dress by Alexander McQueen.
The model makes waves in beauty, becoming an ambassador for L'Oréal Paris in 2006.
Kroes and husband DJ Sunnery James Gorré hit the beach. The couple has been together since 2009.
The beauty stuns at the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival in 2013 in a backless Calvin Klein gown.
Kroes poses in an orange gown at the amfAR gala in New York City in 2013.
For a final time, Kroes shines as a Victoria's Secret Angel in the 2014 VS Fashion Show.
The supermodel wears a sweeping gown for Atelier Versace in 2015.
Kroes poses in the sand for a photoshoot in Miami in 2015, styled in a sleek and simple white swimsuit.
With fellow models Candice Swanepoel and Joan Smalls, Kroes poses for a backstage photo.
Kroes is effortlessly chic while out and about in Paris in 2016.
Kroes glows in a selfie posted on her Instagram in 2020.
Kroes shows off her sleek model style for Paris Fashion Week in 2020.
The model attends a fashion week party in a Versace animal print ensemble.

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