Romee Strijd fights again tears as she reveals she’s been minimize from Victoria’s Secret catwalk present with only one week’s discover for ‘not being a superb match’

Romee Strijd fought again tears as she revealed that she’s been minimize from the upcoming Victoria’s Secret catwalk present with only one week’s discover for ‘not being a superb match’.

The mannequin, 31, took to TikTok on Monday as she defined she had attended the casting name in New York in September however solely simply discovered this week that she will not be participating within the present which is in LA on Sunday.

The likes of Adriana Lima, Gigi Hadid, Candice Swanepoel and Ashley Graham have already been confirmed for the present.

Romee, who appeared within the model’s annual style present from 2014 to 2018, stated in a tearful social media video: ‘I went to New York to do the casting as a result of there’s a complete new workforce. I knew the casting director already. I knew a few folks already from the shoot that I did with them, however, I do not know, I nonetheless needed to are available…

‘I assumed I used to be gonna know quickly after if I used to be gonna do the present or not, however I did not hear something for weeks. And I believe I used to be on some type of possibly record. 

‘It is Monday now, the present is on Sunday, and I nonetheless have not heard something. So, I saved asking my company for updates, however apparently I am nonetheless on that possibly record. It is already 5 weeks after the casting. 

‘So it has been just a little little bit of a curler coaster mentally for me since I’ve to proceed coaching however I am unsure if I am gonna do it.’ 

‘I skilled for it this summer time as a result of I needed to put a bit extra power in it since I’ve bought two youngsters and you understand how it goes – your physique wants just a little bit extra figuring out than earlier than.

‘I felt like I wished to do the present once more even after youngsters as a result of it felt like the suitable timing.’

She shares two daughters together with her husband Laurens van Leeuwen.

Romee added within the clip: ‘The present is on Sunday they usually have not cancelled, they have not confirmed and I believe it is gonna be a no. However I additionally maintain coaching and proceed coaching trigger you by no means know, like in style and in modelling, it is all final minute.

‘I’d like to, I’ve finished all the pieces I might. I went to the casting, I skilled, and now it is out of my palms.’

In a second video a few hours later, Romee revealed she had discovered that it was positively a no.

‘It is a no, which is okay, as a result of rejection is a part of modeling, and that is completely effective,’ she stated.

Re-enacting her dialog together with her agent, she stated she was advised: ‘You have been nice, however they thought you would not match within the present this 12 months.’ 

‘She [the agent] stated, ‘You have been already launched,’ which is a very completely different story than what they have been telling me. The final couple weeks, I have been asking IMG to provide me an replace. As a result of for me, with two youngsters, a household to run, it takes up a number of time,’ the mannequin stated.

She shared that her company stated the casting director advised her late final week that they ‘weren’t there but’ together with her, and would allow them to know earlier than the weekend.

Romee continued: ‘The entire story does not sum up, which makes me really feel much more horrible than not getting the present.

‘I do not really feel supported by my company. I do not really feel like I’ve the straight story. Simply be trustworthy, simply inform me and I can go on with my life and let it go, as a result of it is effective. 

‘If it is a closed chapter, I simply would like to know. And now they saved me at midnight, like, not realizing for therefore lengthy that it that I bought a number of psychological stress from it.

‘Both approach, it is a closed chapter and it is most likely gonna be a superb present. I do not suppose I am gonna solid anymore sooner or later as a result of I do not like the way in which it went. 

‘I do not like how the entire course of went. I do not like the way in which I used to be handled, and I’d like to maintain the constructive reminiscences, clearly.’

Fellow former angel Frida Aasen, 31, later commented on her video with an replace of her personal.

The Norwegian mannequin, who walked in 2017 and 2018 for the model, wrote: ‘I am so unhappy you did not get it! I additionally went to the casting and it was a no. It sucks however sending you a lot of love.’

The 2026 Victoria’s Secret style present will happen on October 18 in LA.