Victoria's Secret

When people say it's the most wonderful time of the year, they gotta be referring to THIS ... the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, and we got a ton of pics of the models getting ready to do their thing.

The 2018 runway show is going down in NYC Thursday night. As you can see in the photo gallery ... Bella Hadid, Josie Canseco and Josephine Skriver are already killing it as they get glammed backstage. We also got Gigi Hadid, Barbara Palvin, Adriana Lima and, of course, Kendall Jenner prepping in lingerie. Point is ... why the hell are you still reading this??

Start clicking through the shots. Think of it as advance VS scouting -- the show doesn't air on TV until Dec. 2. Enjoy!

Btw, Halsey is performing at the show, and just provided a preview of her wardrobe. Not much to it, but it's working for her.

Bebe Rexha, The Chainsmokers, Kelsea Ballerini, Rita Ora and Shawn Mendes are also playing during the show.

A Victoria's Secret model clearly didn't heed the warning, "Don't let the bedbugs bite," and now she says it's derailed her career and her life.

Sabrina Jales St. Pierre is suing the Palm Desert Embassy Suites hotel, claiming she was viciously attacked by the creepy creatures back in 2016.

The bites covered much of her body, and even worse didn't heal very quickly. She claims the bites left her not only physically scarred but emotionally as well ... she says she suffered embarrassment and psychological trauma. She says she continues to have nightmares.

Victoria's Secret Angel Taylor Hill might have had a little too much fun for Day 2 of Coachella, 'cause she had to be carried out by a group of friends by the end of it.

We got the model Saturday heading into the Empire Polo Club for round two of the festivities, where she was trying to be incognito -- but appeared perked up and fully engaged with our camera guy ... making her love for Beyonce loud and clear.

Then we saw her again as she was leaving with the same group of friends -- only this time she was being held up as her head was hanging and she stumbled to the car.

Victoria's Secret model Maggie Laine is no stranger to posing ... which may be why she takes an excellent mugshot.

Maggie was busted for weed back on St. Patrick's Day in Muscogee County, Georgia ... where the sticky icky isn't legal. Maggie, who turned 21 the week before, had less than an ounce, but that's no excuse in the Peach State.

The good news ... she was released in short order.

Maggie's repped by IMG Models, one of the biggest modeling agencies around. The company has all sorts of high end models on its roster, including Gigi Hadid, Ashley Graham and Gisele. Maggie walked the VS Fashion Show catwalk last fall.

Here's the good news ... Jeremy Meeks is a felon and that didn't hurt his modeling career.

Emily Ratajkowski just pulled a fast one -- getting hitched in an NYC courthouse to her boyfriend of just a few weeks -- with only a couple friends there to see it.

Ratajkowski and new hubby Sebastian Bear-McClard were spotted at City Hall Friday with friends in tow. In fact, one of those friends who served as a witness to the wedding was social media star The Fat Jewish.

Emily surprised fans with the announcement on her page, posting a pic with Sebastian and revealing she's a missus now.

Reports surfaced just a couple weeks ago speculating the model was no longer with longtime boyfriend Jeff Magid. It became pretty obvious she and Magid were kaput after pics showing Emily and Sebastian making out on Valentine's Day surfaced.

Ratajkowski first gained fame when she appeared topless in Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" music video.

Congrats to the VERY new couple.

The real Victoria's Secret was exposed in Miami, which is that lingerie works just as well as a bikini on the beach ... maybe better.

VS models Lais Ribeiro and Cindy Bruna were doing a beach photo shoot Wednesday, and passed on the traditional swimwear ... going simply bras and panties instead.

We're sure they didn't get a single complaint from the locals. Besides, a two piece is a two piece, right?

Josephine Skriver found herself at the beach without a standard sexy-as-hell swimsuit, so instead ... she went with the pretty-in-pink lingerie look.

The Victoria's Secret Angel rocked the racy lingerie during a photo shoot near the beach in Miami Wednesday ... and she certainly stood out on some sort of stone slab.

Lenny Kravitz is dating Brazilian model Barbara Fialho and she has something in common with his own daughter ... they're practically the same age!

Kravitz and the Victoria's Secret model, who's 30, packed on the PDA Sunday while taking a stroll in Miami. They met up with friends for lunch.

Kravitz's own daughter is 29 and now stars on a Golden Globe winning TV show, "Big Little Lies," alongside Lenny's ex-fiancee, Nicole Kidman, so really nothing weird about this.

Dude's still got it.

Models Candice Swanepoel and Doutzen Kroes are on vacation in Bahia, Brazil together and still bringing their VS A-game to the beach even with a bun in the oven.

The on-hiatus VS and former VS model are no strangers to posing in the sand in tiny bikinis and over the weekend, they both did it with a ton of arm candy.

Swaenpoel brought her son along for the ride, while Douzten was there with DJ/husband Sunnery James. Sure, that may sound like a buzzkill ... until you see them in their bikinis.

Candice Swanepoel is used to showing off her curves in a bikini, but it was a different one catching people's eyes on Monday in Brazil ... her growing baby bump!

The Victoria's Secret Angel took a stroll in Trancoso, Brazil proudly showing off her new bun in the oven. Her partner, Hermann Nicoli, is Brazilian, which explains why the South African model was down there.

She already has a 1-year-old son, Anaca, with Nicoli. Unclear how far along she is. Candice announced she was preggo in December.

Adriana Lima is not hanging up her VS angel wings anytime soon, despite recently saying she won't be taking off her clothes anymore for an "empty cause."

Lima, who's Brazilian, posted a lengthy message about turning down a sexy video shoot recently, saying, "I am tired of the impositions, we 'as woman' can't be continuing living in a world with such superficial values, it's not fair for us, beyond fair, it's physically and mentally not healthy ..." she ranted.

We're told that post was ONLY referencing the video shoot, and NOT her work with VS. While many interpreted it as her quitting her Angel gig ... it just ain't so. We're told Adriana thinks Victoria's Secret actually empowers women to be confident. The "empty cause" was the video shoot unrelated to the lingerie line.

Lima, who walked in the VS fashion show in Shanghai last month, had said she wants to stay with VS until she walks in her 20th show with them -- and we're told that's still the plan. Rest easy, guys.

Ming Xi, the model who ate it at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, is such a pro ... she kept grinning all the way down to her knees!

Ming inadvertently stole Sunday's show in Shanghai when she took the huge spill while apparently trying, and failing, to balance the foliage on her back. You've seen the video, but now we have pics from all angles.

Trust us, this one's worthy of a frame-by-frame break down.

This year's Victoria's Secret Fashion show was bittersweet because Alessandra Ambrosio took her final VS catwalk Sunday night in Shanghai.

Right before the gig, the 36-year-old announced she'd be hanging up her wings after a 17-year run. Still, the spotlight was, at least momentarily, stolen by Ming Xi who went down like a sack of wet cement on the runway.

Bella Hadid, Sara Sampaio, Adriana Lima, Candice Swanepoel, Lily Aldridge also did their thing ... no falls though.

Lais Ribeiro got to rock the $2 million Fantasy Bra, while Harry Styles and Miguel performed. The show will air next week on CBS.

'Victoria's Secret Fashion Show' fans are getting scammed into dropping tens of thousands of dollars for a prized ticket to the China show ... and we've learned the tickets aren't worth the paper they're printed on.

We did some digging and found out the company behind the show is not selling tickets ... the real tickets are free by invitation only.

The Chinese equivalent to eBay is now littered with offers to purchase tickets ... we found the rock-bottom price was $7,000 and the highest was a staggering $35,000 which supposedly got you a seat in the first 5 rows. And get this for audacious ... the $35k includes a phantom afterparty.

Other fake listings promise front row seats and claim Taylor Swift and Harry Styles will be performing. Not true.

Producers are trying to scrub the fake offers from the online marketplace, but they're still up.

The 2017 'Victoria's Secret Fashion Show' will air November 28 on CBS.

Gigi Hadid will NOT be walking the runway for Victoria's Secret in China -- despite saying she would this summer -- and folks think it's got something to do with her mocking Asians.

Gigi announced Thursday she "won't be able to make it to China this year," adding she'd be there in spirit with her VS family, and couldn't "wait for next year!"

The model didn't elaborate as to why she was bailing, but people online couldn't help but point to the backlash she caught earlier this year when she imitated a Buddha face online ... which many people called racist and insensitive.

Again, Gigi hasn't explained the reason behind her cancellation ... but either way, it looks like she's walking this one all the way back ... not on the runway, though.

Quick side note ... it appears her sister, Bella, is still planning to appear in Shanghai.

Supermodel Adriana Lima could beat up Arianny Celeste in a real MMA fight.

For real.

At least according to UFC superstar Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

Turns out, Joanna -- who's fighting Rose Namajunas at UFC 217 on Saturday -- is good friends with the Victoria's Secret model -- and notes that Lima has been doing hardcore boxing workouts for years and can REALLY throw hands.

And when a UFC champ like JJ gushes about someone's work ethic in the gym, you gotta respect that.

Joanna says Lima will likely never take a real fight because she makes too much money off her face -- but if she ever did get in the ring, she could definitely hold her own.