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Swanepoel in 2011, photo by s_bukley / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Candice Susan Swanepoel
Place of Birth: Mooi River, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
Date of Birth: 20 October, 1988
Ethnicity: Afrikaner, including Belgian [Flemish, Walloon], Dutch, French Huguenot, and German, with very distant African [Angolan, Ethiopian], English, Malayali Indian, Sumbawa Indonesian, and Norwegian
Candice Swanepoel is a South African model and philanthropist. She is known for her work with Victoria’s Secret. She is 5′10″.
Candice’s resume includes covers for Vogue (Greece), ELLE (Germany), and Ocean Drive (U.S.), and advertisements for Nike, Diesel, Guess?, and Versus Eyewear. She has walked the runway for Tommy Hilfiger, Dolce & Gabbana, Sass and Bide, Betsey Johnson, Diane von Furstenberg, and numerous other designers, as well as for Victoria’s Secret.
Candice is the daughter of Eileen (Green) and Willem Swanepoel. A picture of Candice with her parents can be seen here . She speaks fluent Afrikaans, English, and Portuguese. Candice has two children with her former fiancé, Brazilian model Hermann Nicoli.
Candice’s ancestry includes Afrikaner [Belgian Flemish and Walloon, Dutch, French, German], with distant African [Angolan, Ethiopian], English, Indian, Indonesian, and Norwegian descent on her father’s side, and English on her mother’s side. Some of Candice’s ancestors were African, Indian, and Indonesian slaves.
Candice and model Landi Swanepoel are frequently mistaken for sisters, due to their shared surname, common among Afrikaners. The two are not closely related.
Candice’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to her ninth great-grandfather, Jan Andries Swanepoel.
Candice’s paternal grandfather was Jan Andreas Swanepoel (the son of Johannes Willem Swanepoel and Petronella Johanna Susana Fouché). Jan was born in Delareyville, Ngaka Modiri Molema, North West. Johannes was the son of Jan Andreas Swanepoel and Cornelia Susanna Johanna Meyer. Petronella was the daughter of Louis Joachim Fouché and Aletta Johanna Susana Esterhuizen.
Candice’s paternal grandmother was Susanna Magdalena Cornelius (the daughter of Willem Stephanus Cornelius and Susanna Magdalena Kotzé). Susanna was born in Lichtenburg, Ngaka Modiri Molema, North West. Willem was the son of Frederik Petrus Cornelius and Johanna Catharina Jacoba Loots. Susanna was the daughter of Louis Wilhelmus Jacobus Kotze and Johanna Hermina Margrietha Van der Merwe.
Sources: Genealogy of Candice Swanepoel (focusing on her father’s side) – http://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Candice’s patrilineal line – https://www.wikitree.com