I was always interested in fashion and beauty. I was fifteen when I was scouted in a flea market. Two years later, I arrived in New York. I was in awe because it was like another planet.

She is fluent in Afrikaans and Portuguese which Candice Swanepoel learned from her boyfriend Hermann Nicoli a Brazilian male model. Career
Candice Swanepoel was spotted by a model scout in a Durban flea market at age 15. In 2013 Swanepoel was named the cover model of the coveted Victoria's Secret Swim Catalogue.

In 2012 Candice Swanepoel came in 10th on the Forbes top-earning models list.