1. More than nine months of planning and preparation went into creating this year's show.

2. Forty models have been cast to walk in the show, which, to date in the 18 years it's been going on, is the most models Victoria's Secret has ever had.

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3. The average Angel height is five feet 10 inches tall.

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4. Twenty-eight pairs of wings were created to be worn on the runway.

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5. In total, 67 costumes will be sent down the runway.

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6. Twenty-six makeup artists, 22 hair stylists, and eight manicurists will turn 40 supermodels into Victoria's Secret Angels.

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7. There will be 120 applications of Victoria's Secret VS MAKEUP Volume Lift Mascara and 80 applications of VS MAKEUP Shine Drama Lip Gloss.

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8. Twenty-five ghd Tri-Zone Stylers will be used to create iconic Victoria's Secret Angel hair. See exhibit A:

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9. The Victoria's Secret Angels will walk on 100 feet of glittery runway.

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10. There will be more than 1,000 feet of Swarovski beaded fringe in the Parisian Nights section of the show.

11. More than 3,000 pearl buttons were used to create the Pearly Queen look in the British Invasion section.

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12. Model Candice Swanepoel will wear this year's $10 million dollar Fantasy Bra designed by Mouawad.

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13. The average heel height of the models' Nicholas Kirkwood shoes is six inches.

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14. Five hundred SUJA juices will be on-hand backstage.

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15. More than 185 COUNTRIES will tune-in to watch this year's show.

16. Taylor Swift will be one of four performing musical acts, singing alongside Fall Out Boy, A Great Big World, and Neon Jungle. And she's excited — see for yourself.

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Enjoy the show (which airs on December 10 on CBS)!

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Carly Cardellino was the beauty director at Cosmopolitan. If you follow her Instagram, then you know she'll try just about any beauty trend or treatment once (the pics of her purple hair are on IG to prove it). But her favorite part about being in beauty is finding the most effective products, and then sharing that intel with others—because who wants to spend money on stuff that doesn't work? No one, that's who. Her most recent discovery: De La Cruz Sulfur Ointment, which will change your blemish-clearing game! Hopefully through the beauty stories she writes—and the experiences she shares—you can see exactly why she's in this business.