Red Carpet Confidential: Jealous? Victoria's Secret Model Candice Swanepoel Admits She Eats Whatever She Wants And Doesn't Do Cardio

It’s crunch time for Candice Swanepoel, who is gearing up to don the $10 million Royal Fantasy Bra in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show when it tapes next week. (It will air on CBS December 10th)

With good reason, the South African-born supermodel, 25, is making changes to look her best for the occasion: It will be her first time wearing the Victoria’s Secret Fantasy Bra, following in the footsteps of such icons as Heidi Klum, Alessandra Ambrosio, Miranda Kerr, Adriana Lima, Selita Ebanks, Karolina Kurkova, Gisele Bundchen and Karolina Kurkova.

“Because I burn calories so fast, I have to eat a lot more protein, and eat a lot more often,” she tells me Wednesday when she showcases the Mouawad-designed lingerie at Victoria’s Secret Herald Square. “Two weeks before, I’ll start working out more. We take care of ourselves for a living, so it’s never a scramble for me. It’s always a last-minute push to be better. Each year, I try to be better than the last.”

Still, Candice's metabolism influences her workout activities.

“I don’t do any cardio because I burn calories too quickly,” she says. “I do a lot of resistance training, a lot of bum and legs, boxing.”

What difference does resistance training make?

“The slower you work out, the more you feel it, and the more you really build,” she explains. “A lot of people just want to do their workouts quickly, and it doesn’t work. The workouts I do—I feel each muscle that I’m working. Because I’ve been working out so many years, it’s a machine that I know, so my trainer will be like ‘OK, we’re gonna work out this part, ‘ so I know the angles and the way I need to do it for best results.”