# Who is this (new?) Victoria's Secret model? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 5, 2002, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-new-victorias-secret-model/102013 "2002-04-05T16:13:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![H8\_2\_W8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c77e96/32.png) [@H8\_2\_W8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/H8_2_W8)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-new-victorias-secret-model/102013/1 "2002-04-05T16:13:52Z")
I thought I knew them all, but I guess I don’t. She was on the cover of a catalog recently delivered to Mrs. H8\_2\_W8 and neither of us know who she is. Bonus points for her home address and phone number (just kidding). Here’s a couple links with pix: [http://www2.victoriassecret.com/proddisplay/?prnbr=89-150889&cgnbr=OSCLOBRAZZZ&page=1&cgname=OSCLOBRAZZZ](http://www2.victoriassecret.com/proddisplay/?prnbr=89-150889&cgnbr=OSCLOBRAZZZ&page=1&cgname=OSCLOBRAZZZ) [http://www2.victoriassecret.com/proddisplay/?prnbr=89-153008&rfnbr=151&cgnbr=OSSWMTMBBIK&page=1&cgname=OSSWMTMBBIK](http://www2.victoriassecret.com/proddisplay/?prnbr=89-153008&rfnbr=151&cgnbr=OSSWMTMBBIK&page=1&cgname=OSSWMTMBBIK) ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-new-victorias-secret-model/102013/2 "2002-04-05T17:34:49Z")
either Ella or Elsa… I found her pic in a few other places and right clicked “properties” in which I saw her name. Lemme check deeper…thinks it’s “Elsa” ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-new-victorias-secret-model/102013/3 "2002-04-05T17:39:23Z")
Bingo: Elsa Benitez 🆒 (pretty darn sure…like I said…I saw her pic in other spots on their website and her name was listed as part of the “properties” in the link section) And it checks out when you search on it at [www.google.com](http://www.google.com) …you’ll see references to her getting the cover for Victoria’s Secret. ---
**Author:** ![H8\_2\_W8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c77e96/32.png) [@H8\_2\_W8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/H8_2_W8)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-new-victorias-secret-model/102013/4 "2002-04-05T17:59:23Z")
I’m aware of Elsa Benitez from Sports Illustrated (I think she was the cover model last year). Here’s a link to her SI swimsuit pix at CNN: [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2002/swimsuit/gallery/elsa/1.html](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2002/swimsuit/gallery/elsa/1.html) They look like different people to me, although similar. You are probably right since the name “Elsa” was in the picture properties, but I don’t know. I checked the google reference too, but this particular catalog wasn’t the swimsuit catalog. ---
**Author:** ![H8\_2\_W8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c77e96/32.png) [@H8\_2\_W8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/H8_2_W8)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-new-victorias-secret-model/102013/5 "2002-04-05T20:41:41Z")
Me again. I searched through some Elsa Benitez web pages and I didn’t see anything that clearly came from Victoria’s Secret in the way of pirated, copyrighted photos that is. I still don’t think that’s EB in the VS pictures, but I’m willing to be proven wrong. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-new-victorias-secret-model/102013/6 "2002-04-05T23:07:17Z")
It’s my sister and stop looking at her! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-new-victorias-secret-model/102013/7 "2002-04-05T23:56:54Z")
Hey Arnold, Dude, your sister’s hot. Does she have a sister? No, wait… that didn’t come out right.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-new-victorias-secret-model/102013/8 "2002-04-06T00:19:02Z")
thanks, arnold! you’re a good brother-in-law!😃 ---
**Author:** ![H8\_2\_W8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c77e96/32.png) [@H8\_2\_W8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/H8_2_W8)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-new-victorias-secret-model/102013/9 "2002-06-03T13:58:16Z")
It isn’t Elsa Benitez, it is Eugenia Silva - I saw her on the cover of a magazine (Shape, Self?) at the grocery store while waiting for someone ahead of me to write a check. Checked the photo credits, confirmed it online. [http://www.plenumweb.com/eugeniasilva/imagenes/eugenia80.jpg](http://www.plenumweb.com/eugeniasilva/imagenes/eugenia80.jpg) [http://r3.us.rmi.yahoo.com/rmi/http://www2.victoriassecret.com/proddisplay//rmivars%3Ftarget=\_top%26sl%3Dy?prnbr=92-151116&cgnbr=OSCLODRSBTD&page=1&cgname=OSCLODRSBTD](http://r3.us.rmi.yahoo.com/rmi/http://www2.victoriassecret.com/proddisplay//rmivars%3ftarget=_top%26sl%3dy?prnbr=92-151116&cgnbr=OSCLODRSBTD&page=1&cgname=OSCLODRSBTD) Mystery solved! Now I can get back to curing cancer and ending world hunger. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-new-victorias-secret-model/102013/10 "2002-06-03T15:25:33Z")
All I can say is THANK GOD!!! _Anyone_ was bound to be more appealing than In-the rare-event-that-I-smile-it’s-a-condescending-smirk Gisele Bundchen. ---
**Author:** ![Rib\_Eye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@Rib\_Eye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rib_Eye)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-new-victorias-secret-model/102013/11 "2002-06-03T19:35:36Z")
Nice. But I wanna know who THIS is: [http://www2.victoriassecret.com/proddisplay/?prnbr=92-151935&cgnbr=OSCLOYOGZZZ&page=1&cgname=OSCLOYOGZZZ](http://www2.victoriassecret.com/proddisplay/?prnbr=92-151935&cgnbr=OSCLOYOGZZZ&page=1&cgname=OSCLOYOGZZZ)