What makes her special is a combination of factors.

She’s tall, she’s willing to do nudity, she’s ‘Checklist’ hot but also has a look that makes her photos easy to retouch, she’s easy to work with, and she worked her fucking ass off to make the right business connections/decisions. I should add that she also benefited from the increased interest in buxom models that Kate Upton helped rekindle, but again, also had the added benefit of being willing to do nudity. Before Blurred Lines, she’d already gained traction as a possible ‘next Kate Upton’ type model for doing several nude Treats shoots and Samuel Bayer’s art exhibition. Being on the cover of Treats #3 in 2012 was probably the tipping point. She then did a shoot with bigger photographers, then a Carl’s Jr. ad, and on and on until she was in that 2013 music video. That’s when she blew completely up.

When she was 18 she was in lingerie photos for Frederick’s, and like Kate Upton, VS would never have hired her back then. She already had tits, which isn’t what they want because they sell push-up bullshit bras. Not to mention that VS is cheap as fuck and doesn’t hire American models if it can help it (I’m certain that Karlie Kloss is an Angel because she’s already famous, like the one time VS did hire Kate Upton).