Birth Name:
Candice Swanepoel
Birthplace:
Mooi River, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Date of Birth:
October 20, 1988
Ethnicity:
Dutch/Afrikaner
Candice Swanepoel is a South African model well known for her work with Victoria’s Secret.
Swanepoel’s resume includes covers for Vogue (Greece), ELLE (Germany), and Ocean Drive (U.S.) and advertisements for Nike, Diesel, Guess?, and Versus Eyewear. Swanepoel has walked the runway for Tommy Hilfiger, Dolce and Gabbana, Sass and Bide, Betsey Johnson, Diane von Fürstenberg and numerous other designers, as well as for Victoria’s Secret in 2007, 2008, and 2009.
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Oh . . . okay sorry I didn’t know. It’s just that her roots always look darker but I guess she could just be a darker blond.
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replying to meg’s comment.
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Very few natural blonde’s hair remains blonde into adulthood it almost always turns into a mousey brownish color. It doesn’t make them any less a “natural” blonde” though. Her hair might not be as blonde as it was when she was young but she still is a natural blonde.
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Most South Africans of Dutch/Afrikaner descent are at least 10% black genetically. Remember they’ve been in Africa for 400 years!
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I like her eyes.
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I am certain she is part Goddess as well XD
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I am sure she is part black as well.
Look at those lips.
She is also too pretty to be fully white.
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wow, that was racist. Obviously, if you think she’s pretty than white girls can be pretty because she is white.
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The White South African. smh
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She was photographed by Karl Lagerfeld for a magazine… I think is was for Marie Claire or Harpers Bazzarr. She really pretty and she does not look like just any blond.
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She’s not a natural blond. Look at pictures from her early modeling career.
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I’ve seen pictures of her as a child and she is a natural blonde. Her hair was probably dyed dark early in her career to give her an “edgy” look at the time.
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She is gorgeous!
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We are not Dutch, were not born in The Netherlands, PLUS the word Dutch/Dutchman is an offensive term used by SA English ppl to refer to AFRIKANERS . Candice is not Dutch and I find it insulting that you would say that. She is an Afrikaner, like me.
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It’s about the ethnic background, not the nationality..
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Most white Afrikaners have dutch ancestry , so .
She’s Dutch, not South African.
South African is only her Nationality.
And Offended is that Afrikaans looks like fucked up Dutch.
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LOOK AT HER SKIN
SHE GOES TANNING
SO SHE CAN LOOK MORE LIKE SOUTH AFRICAN
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Well her lastname is Dutch, so she is of dutch ancestry.
Only her nationallity is afrikaner, be proud of your ancestry and don’t call yourself something what you aren’t(afrikaner)
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SA has many dutch people
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She is a beauty!
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