When Mathilda Gvarliani was a child growing up in Georgia, she’d gaze at the television screen whenever the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show aired. She would whisper to herself, “One day I’ll be there.” That quiet ambition burned within her, even when no one else believed that a girl from her small town could become an international supermodel.

This year, that childhood dream became reality: Mathilda Gvarliani walked the runway as a Victoria’s Secret Angel in 2025.