Parade's ambition comes as Victoria's Secret tries to mend itself. The brand had been sputtering for a few years, and then in 2019, long-time CEO Les Wexner's close ties to Jeffrey Epstein surfaced. Wexner's connection to Epstein, who was charged with sex-trafficking minors before dying in prison, renewed scrutiny of the company and dovetailed with allegations of sexual harassment in its ranks. All the bad publicity didn't help matters. Parent company L Brands spun off Victoria's Secret earlier this year into its own public company. Its executives now talk in terms of transforming a brand that still generated $US4.6 billion in sales in the first three quarters of this fiscal year. Marketing has been overhauled to include plus-sized and transgender models. The angels, that group of scantily-clad supermodels that tormented Téllez, have been retired.