Victoria's Secret loses two models in a week

Models Lily Aldridge, Karlie Kloss, Adriana Lima, Doutzen Kroes and Candice Swanepoel walk the runway at the 2013 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Photo / Getty

Victoria's Secret Angels are dropping like flies this week as it's revealed veteran model Doutzen Kroes has hung up her wings alongside Karlie Kloss.

The seven year vet of Victoria's Secret, Kroes, left the brand back in December, but her exit has only just been announced, shortly after Kloss signed off this week.

Chief marketing officer Ed Razek confirmed 30-year-old Dutch model, Kroes, quietly stepped down at the end of last year to take up a "lucrative opportunity in Europe and it would have conflicted with her VS obligations".

"There was no conflict. No animosity. None of the nonsense I've read on Instagram. She had a great business opportunity, and I wanted to be fair to someone I adore and respect. That's all. I honestly believe Doutzen is one of the most stunningly beautiful people in the world. And I always will. I have told her that many times. Now you know," he wrote.

Meanwhile, after four years with Victoria's Secret, Kloss is reportedly pursuing other business opportunities and starting to study NYU. Razek wrote on Instagram that she wasn't able to fulfill her Victoria's Secret commitments.

"Reluctantly, we agreed she would leave the brand at the end of her contract. Karlie is one of a kind, a very close friend, someone I truly admire and love. She is, without question, one of the best models ever. But she is an even better person. Her future is unlimited, and I am excited to see all the good she will do."

However, the 22-year-old reportedly has other modelling work waiting for her.

"She's secured spring campaigns with Kate Spade and Joe Fresh, and she's busting out her best supermodel moves as the face of L'Oreal Paris," according to E! Online.

"Also on her plate, the busy bee's got more ads coming from Marc Jacobs and Jason Wu, a fashion spread coming up in Vogue Paris and an InStyle Germany cover."