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Banks shook off the comparisons on Tuesday when speaking with E!'s Daily Pop, saying the dress was an homage to her past life as a Victoria's Secret Angel.

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\"There's a base of that dress. It looks like a normal, beautiful dress from the '90s,\" the \"America's Next Top Model\" creator said. \"Then I go on the stage in front of the audience and everybody, and I put on the wing thing. And everybody was like, 'Oh!' because they thought the first thing was the normal dress.\"

\"I call it Victoria's Secret 'wangs.' It's not wings. It's got an 'A,'\" she said of her infamous outfit. \"That's how we did it.\"

\"Dancing with the Stars\" will celebrate all things Britney Spears when it returns next Monday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

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