Gabriela Moura was up at 4:30 a.m. sharp on the day of the 2026 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. After starting her early morning with a much needed coffee and ginger shot, she woke up her skin with an ice roller and her skin care must-haves: the d’Alba Balancing Toner and Aestura’s moisturizer. Then came one of many calls to her mom.
“She always knows what to say to keep me grounded,” Moura says. After making her debut during last year’s Pink halftime show, the 22-year-old Brazilian influencer can no longer be considered a VSFS rookie—but that didn’t make it any less “overwhelming” to get the call a second year running. “All I can remember was how grateful I was that I was welcomed back for a second time,” she tells Glamour. “I love the brand so much and have done amazing partnerships with them throughout this year, so being able to be part of something so big was everything.”
A week before the live runway event on October 18, the TikTok dancer turned model prepped with a microneedling facial and a hair refresh, throwing in a “few sessions” of lymphatic drainage to “feel toned.” However, Moura says the most important prep was mental. “Doing things that take away stress is a must, like hanging with my favorite people,” she says. “Since this is only my second year, it was still nerve-racking so I wanted to make sure I was as ready as I could be mentally and physically.”
She sought out advice from Victoria’s Secret veterans like Candice Swanepoel, and the models’ main suggestion was simply “have fun with it.” And that’s exactly what Moura did as she hit the runway in a playful charmed bra and a glittery fringe skirt emblazoned with Pink’s iconic pup to match her dog-shaped purse.
“It is such an insanely cool moment, and having really amazing women there to hype you up and have fun during all of it makes it so enjoyable. And the vibes were very much the same this year,” she says. “Everyone feels like family. They are beyond amazing and supportive and rooting for each other.”
Below, Gabriela Moura shares everything she got up to behind the scenes, from the moment she woke up to hitting the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show runway at halftime.