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Kim Kardashian reunites Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum, supermodel icons for Skims: 'Victoria who?'

Amy Haneline, USA TODAY
4 min read

Kim Kardashian is joining forces with supermodel icons for her newest Skims campaign.

"The Kardashians" star brought together for the first time legendary models Heidi Klum, Tyra Banks, Alessandra Ambrosio and Candice Swanepoel to show off the underwear, shapewear and loungewear brand's signature Fits Everybody collection.

Kardashian said she couldn't resist photobombing the shoot, which she debuted on social media Monday.

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"OK so I wasn’t supposed to be in this @SKIMS campaign but I stopped by and jumped in because it was too iconic," the Skims founder shared on Instagram alongside photos with the trailblazing models.

Skims also shared the images to Instagram with the caption: "Introducing Tyra, Heidi, Alessandra and Candice in their first ever joint campaign. Wearing our signature Fits Everybody collection, it doesn’t get more iconic than this."

From left, Candice Swanepoel, Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum and Alessandra Ambrosio join forces for the first time for a new campaign for Kim Kardashian's SKIMS brand.
From left, Candice Swanepoel, Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum and Alessandra Ambrosio join forces for the first time for a new campaign for Kim Kardashian's SKIMS brand.

Banks, 48, Klum, 48, Ambrosio, 40 and Swanepoel, 33, have previously shimmied down to their undergarments for the camera. All of them walked the runway for Victoria's Secret as Angels in the brand's annual fashion show, which was canceled in 2019 and hasn't happened since 2018. They have all gone on to pave successful careers in fashion.

"Each played such a distinct and everlasting role in shaping the industry. Outfitting these incredible women in our Fits Everybody underwear collection is truly a full circle moment for me," Kardashian said in a press release announcing the campaign.

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All four supermodels shared the photos to their Instagram accounts.

"I hadn’t modeled lingerie and undergarments since I retired from the runway, but it was like riding a bike," Banks wrote in her caption.

"The posse you never knew you needed," Swanepoel wrote.

The posts were collectively full of fire emojis while fans praised it as "epic."

"KIMS SECRET !!! Victoria who?" replied "Foodgod" Jonathan Cheban.

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Kardashian in 2019 founded Skims, which helped launched the reality star into billionaire status. Forbes reported she'd reached the milestone in 2021, crediting the lucrative shapewear brand and her KKW Beauty brand for accelerating her to 10 figures.

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Last year, Skims designed the official undergarments, loungewear and pajamas for Team USA athletes competing at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Kardashian apologized for a comment she made about being a successful businesswoman.

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"I have the best advice for women in business. Get your (butt) up and work," she said in a March cover story for Variety with sisters Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian, Kendall and Kylie Jenner and mom Kris Jenner. "It seems like nobody wants to work these days."

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Her comments drew backlash on social media, and she addressed them in a sit-down interview with "Good Morning America" anchor Robin Roberts.

Roberts noted many called out Kardashian’s "privilege" and how it "may have helped the Skims founder’s success." But Kardashian said her comment was "taken out of context" and that she’s "really sorry" if it was interpreted as dismissing the hard work of businesswomen.

Kardashian clarified that she was addressing the role of fame and social media stardom in business success.

"The advice that I would give is just that having a social media presence and being on a reality show does not mean overnight success," Kardashian said. "You have to really work hard to get there, even if it might seem like it’s easy and that you can build a really successful business off of social media, and you can if you put in a lot of hard work. And it wasn’t a blanket statement towards women or to feel like I don’t respect the work or think that they don’t work hard. I know that they do."

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Kardashian and her family began their ascent to fame with their E! reality show "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," which ended in 2021. A new reality series following the famous family, "The Kardashians," premieres April 14 on Hulu.

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Contributing: Edward Segarra

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Kim Kardashian's Skims nabs Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum for 'iconic' photos

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