The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show returned on October 18. Supermodels Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Candice Swanepoel, Behati Prinsloo, Bella Hadid and Gigi Hadid walked, while reality star and beauty entrepreneur Kylie Jenner made her Victoria’s Secret runway debut in a ‘$50 million fantasy bra’. Also read | Kylie Jenner makes Victoria’s Secret runway debut in ‘$50 million fantasy bra’: The diamond-encrusted piece took over 1,000 hours to make
But the one name that has all of Indian social media in a chokehold right now: Ravleen Varghese. In true Malayali queen fashion, Ravleen’s pre-show ritual is blasting Malayalam tracks and dancing through her skincare routine. Post-show celebration? Matcha soft serve from Takahachi in Brooklyn. Like, real sleep, seven to eight hours minimum. Then I wake up, blast my favourite Malayalam tracks, and dance through my skincare routine. If call time isn’t brutal, I try to squeeze in a walk. I always show up to work in an outfit that makes me feel bold and confident.”
The 25-year-old just became the ‘first Malayali model’ to walk for the Victoria’s Secret fashion show, and she didn’t just walk once — she served two looks. The BTS dump shared by Diet Sabya included Ravleen’s headshot on the official 2026 cast board, a mirror selfie in rollers and the iconic pink-striped satin robe with her name embroidered on it, the black satin team jacket that said ‘Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2026’ in pink rhinestones, under-eye patches in full glam mode, and the classic folding chair with just ‘Ravleen’ taped on it. She said in the 2025 The Nod interview when asked what’s her pre-show ritual, “Sleep.
She was scouted at 18 right after moving to Delhi for design school. Fashion page Diet Sabya posted her photos in an October 19 Instagram post with the caption, “A star is born. Her first big break was Prabal Gurung SS25 at New York Fashion Week, which she called a ‘total pinch-me moment’. Cut to a year later, and her face is on the official Victoria’s Secret cast sheet next to legends like Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio. The first Malayali model to walk the show and the latest to join the incredible line of Indian Victoria’s Secret girlies.”
