Behati Prinsloo (/biˈɑːti ˈprɪnsluː/ bee-AH-tee PRIN-sloo; Afrikaans: [ˈbɛɦati ˈprənslʊə]; born 16 May 1988) is a Namibian model. In 2008, she became the first Pink contract model, and moved on to become a Victoria\'s Secret Angel in 2009. She has walked in nine consecutive Victoria\'s Secret Fashion Shows (2007 to 2015). She opened consecutive Victoria\'s Secret Fashion shows in 2014 and 2015.\n', '

Prinsloo was born in South Africa, but raised in Grootfontein, Namibia. Her father was contracted to work in South Africa before she was born, when she was three-years-old her family moved back to Namibia. Her nationality is Namibian. She is the only child of father Louis Francois "Boet" Prinsloo, who is a church minister, and mother, Magda (née Rossouw), who runs a bed and breakfast. Her family is Afrikaner and she grew up speaking Afrikaans as her home language; she was educated in English. She attended Grootfontein Secondary School and left after Grade 9 to pursue modelling.\n', '

Her modeling career began when she was discovered while vacationing in Cape Town with her grandparents. "We went to the grocery store after church and this guy came up to me and asked if I was a model and wrote his number on a piece of paper...".\n', '

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