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Victoria's Secret Angel Josephine Skriver gets her wings

August 17, 2016

Josephine Skriver officially joined the ranks of theVictoria's Secret Angels on Tuesday when she tried on her wings for the firsttime. The 23-year-old shared photos of the special moment on Twitter, telling fansit was an "epic" experience.

The moment came during Josephine's first day of shooting thebrand's Christmas campaign, and she admitted beforehand that she hadn't beenable to sleep the night before because she was so excited.

Josephine Skriver showed off her Victoria's Secret Angel wings on Twitter

"I get to wear wings!!! I GET TO WEAR WINGS!! Omg Ican't believe this is happening !!!!," Josephine wrote on the socialnetworking site.

The Danish model followed up by sharing two photos ofherself wearing the wings – an incredible white feathered creation thatappeared to be much taller than Josephine's 5'10" frame.

"Getting my first ever wings on!! I'm so excited I mightexplode! Thank you times a million @victoriassecret," she captioned one ofthe images, following with another post that simply read: "Most. Epic.

Day. !!! @elizabethsulcer."

The model described the experience as the "most epic day"

Josephine walked in the Victoria's Secret annual fashionshow in 2015 and was named as the lingerie brand's newest Angel in February –an achievement she described as her "dream".

Taking to Instagram to reveal the exciting news, Josephinewrote: "It has happened!! I'm literally living my dream right now! Can'tbelieve I get to share with you today that I'm #NewestAngel for@victoriassecret thanks to everyone that has helped to get me here!

Josephine walked in the Victoria's Secret show in 2015

"So humble and proud to be part of such an amazinglegacy!! THAAAAANK YOU from the bottom of my heart to everyone who believed inme!!"

She continued: "So overwhelmed with every happy emotionright now! I don't even know how to be in my own body! It still feels so insanethe day is finally here! #NewestAngel… Flying on happiness right now!!!!"

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