Jasmine Tookes Speaks on Being the Third Woman of Color to Ever Model Victoria's Secret Fantasy Bra

Jasmine Tookes will be the third woman of color in Victoria's Secret history to model the brand's Fantasy Bra.

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Victoria's Secret has announced that Jasmine Tookes will be wearing the highly coveted Bright Night Fantasy Bra in this year's fashion show, making her the third ever black woman to do so in the brand's history.

"I never thought I would have this opportunity to wear a $3 million bra, so this is still mind blowing to me," Tookes said on Wednesday according to Fashionista. "I just wanted to be on the runway and be an Angel, so now that I get to do this—it's insane."

If you're not familiar with the annual Victoria's Secret fashion show, the Fantasy Bra is the brand's highest honor that grants one Angel the chance to model an intricately designed—and expensive—​bra during the fashion show.

Tookes follows only two other women of color who have had the honor before her: Selita Ebanks and Tyra Banks, the latter of which Tookes said she looked up to growing up. "I feel like it's such a milestone for Victoria's Secret to have a woman of color wearing the fantasy bra, because there's only been two in the past, and the last one was almost 10 years ago," she says. "It's major, and I think it's awesome I get to represent that."

The moment is another huge accomplishment for Tookes who only just became a contracted model for the brand, and sported her first pair of wings, back in 2015.

Watch the moment that Tookes break down into tears when finding out she was getting the highest VS honor below along with pictures of Tookes with this year's Fantasy Bra.

You can catch this year's Victoria's Secret fashion show going down for the first time in Paris when it airs in the U.S. on CBS on Dec. 5.

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