• Alessandra Ambrosio was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2004 until she retired in 2017. 
• During her tenure, Ambrosio wore the Fantasy Bra twice, walked the fashion show twice just months after giving birth, and donned the heaviest wings ever made for the show while pregnant. 
• Almost exactly two years after officially hanging up her wings, Ambrosio shared a backstage routine the models and Angels shared before walking onto the runway.
• "Right before we would walk the runway, we would work out as if that was actually going to make a difference," she said. "All of the girls would get together and start doing synchronized workouts."
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Alessandra Ambrosio has been modeling for more than two decades and 13 of those years were spent as a Victoria Secret's Angel. 

During her tenure with the lingerie company, Ambrosio wore the Fantasy Bra twice, walked the fashion show twice months after giving birth, and donned the heaviest wings ever made for the show while pregnant with her second child. 

After the November 2017 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, Ambrosio posted on Instagram that she was hanging up her wings and officially retiring as an Angel.

Almost exactly two years later, Ambrosio spoke to Insider during the unveiling of her second Madame Tussauds wax figure and revealed a backstage routine the models and Angels shared before walking onto the runway. 

"Right before we would walk the runway, we would work out as if that was actually going to make a difference," she said. "All of the girls would get together and start doing synchronized workouts."

Consistently working out before the show isn't something the models ever shied away from talking about. In 2017, Ambrosio revealed to Popsugar that she's a big fan of the Tracy Anderson Method, which combines light resistance training and dancing. 

"I am very focused and want to be in tip-top shape for the show, so I try to go [to the Tracy Anderson Method] almost every day of the week. Besides that, I [do] yoga, play volleyball on the beach, and take my kids swimming. I just love being outside," she said at the time.

In a 2017 interview with Insider, fellow retired Victoria's Secret Angel, Adriana Lima said she follows a strict workout routine all year long but leading up to the fashion show she would work out every day. 

"I'm always ready. That's why I've been in the business for over 20 years. I have my workout routines that I keep up no matter," Lima said. "With or without a show, I'm at the gym. Obviously, when the Show is coming up, like two months before, I won't miss my routine," she added, speaking of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

Another workout fellow Angels Candice Swanepoel and Lais Ribeiro enjoy is Justin Gelband's. The celebrity trainer developed his own method of low-impact, functional exercises that focused on toning the body and were customized to help the models prepare to walk the runway. 

While the show was officially canceled this year, Ambrosio says she misses everyone. 

"I had so much fun every time we did the show. It was the highlight of my year. It set the pace for the holidays for us and it's something everyone always looked forward," she told Insider. "Besides just working with Victoria's Secret, I was a fan too."

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