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Reports are swirling that Miranda Kerr is no longer a Victoria's Secret Angel, but the company says she's still going to be featured in the brand's next annual fashion show.

According to Us Weekly, the Australian supermodel's three-year contract with the lingerie brand, valued at some $1 million, was not renewed. Sources told the magazine that Kerr was "not a big seller," unlike her colleagues Alessandra Ambrosio and Erin Heatherton.

However, in a statement to POPSUGAR Fashion News, the brand's chief marketing officer, Ed Razek, called Kerr "one of the best models in the history of the business" and "also a consummate professional." He continued to say, "Any rumors to the contrary are simply untrue. While her international commitments have kept her away from us more than we'd like over the past few years, she will always be an Angel to me."

And despite her other commitments — like her skin care brand, Kora — Razek added, "We have no plans to stop working with her. In fact, I've already invited her to walk the runway in this year's fashion show and, happily, she's agreed."

Photo: Kerr walking in the finale of the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

Karlie Kloss has finally gotten her wings. The model is now a bona fide Victoria's Secret Angel, and she put her halo on display this week at the brand's Spring 2013 swim collection photocall in Los Angeles.

Kloss, flanked by veteran Angels Candice Swanepoel and Alessandra Ambrosio, posed for the cameras in a white knit top and a pink bikini. She also participated in this week's #AskAnAngel Q&A session on Twitter, fielding fans' questions about everything from her favorite actress ("I'm currently in love with Jennifer Lawrence," she said) and her favorite colors to wear to the beach.

While Kloss has appeared in ads for Victoria's Secret and walked in the brand's annual fashion show not once, but twice, her official inclusion on the roster of Angels will doubtlessly mean big things for her career. Being an Angel is a little bit like a stairway to heaven in the modeling industry for a variety of reasons — not least of which is that Angels tend to be the highest-earning women in the business. On Forbes's list of the highest-paid models of 2012, six were current or former Angels.

Lily Aldridge and her husband, singer Caleb Followill, welcomed a baby girl into their family Thursday morning.

Dixie Pearl was born in Nashville, TN, weighing in at 7 lbs, 11 oz. A spokesperson for Followill said, "Mom, Dad, and baby are happy, healthy and enjoying their new addition."

Aldridge was pregnant with Dixie when she walked the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show last November. This is the first child for the couple, who married last May.

Aldridge isn't the only new Angel mom: Alessandra Ambrosio was also pregnant when she walked in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show and gave birth to a baby boy named Noah in May. Adriana Lima announced that she was pregnant in March, and rumors suggest that Gisele Bundchen is carrying a child, too.

>> After recent news that Alessandra Ambrosio is pregnant comes word that fellow Victoria's Secret angel Lily Aldridge is expecting as well. Aldridge, 26, is reportedly about three months along, and, like Ambrosio, was already pregnant when she walked the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show back in November. This will be the first child for Aldridge, who married longtime boyfriend — and Kings of Leon front man — Caleb Followill last May.
Left, Aldridge and Followill at a recent event in New York.