Irina Shayk Isn’t the First Model to Walk the Runway While Pregnant Inline
Photo: Monica Feudi / GoRunway.com1/10Jourdan Dunn—Jean Paul Gaultier Spring 2010
To celebrate Jourdan Dunn’s pregnancy, Jean Paul Gaultier crafted a custom version of his classic body-con bustier just for Dunn. She wore the ensemble—and coordinating ammo belt—during the designer’s Spring 2010 show two months before her due date, and the look would come to represent the ultimate in badass maternitywear.
Photo: Monica Feudi / GoRunway.com2/10Miranda Kerr—Balenciaga Spring 2011
When Nicolas Ghesquière calls, you answer. Miranda Kerr would know; she agreed to walk the French designer's Spring 2011 Balenciaga show when she was five-months pregnant, a move that help solidify her transition from bombshell to runway star.
Photo: Getty Images3/10Alessandra Ambrosio—VS Fashion Show 2011
As one of the leaders of the Angel Squad, Alessandra Ambrosio didn’t let pregnancy stop her from participating in the brand’s show back in 2011. At two-months pregnant, Ambrosio donned 30-pound wings and body jewelry to the delight of the crowd.
Photo: Getty Images4/10Lily Aldridge—VS Fashion Show 2011
Ambrosio wasn’t the only pregnant model at the VS in 2011; Lily Aldridge was about two months along when she walked in corsets and tutus down the glitter-covered runway that year.
Photo: Alamy5/10Eva Herzigova—Fashion For Kids 2012
As a model and humanitarian, it seems fitting that Eva Herzigova would make a pregnant turn on the runway for a children’s charity fashion show. After walking the Fashion for Kids show in Prague in 2012, Herzigova revealed she was about five-months pregnant with her third child.
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigitalimages.com6/10Ashleigh Good—Chanel Fall 2014 Couture
To close Chanel’s Fall 2014 Couture show, Karl Lagerfeld enlisted a seven-months pregnant Ashleigh Good to serve as the season’s bride. Walking across the stage arm-in-arm with Lagerfeld wearing a pristine white and gold gown, Good created an instantly iconic Chanel moment.
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigitalimages.com7/10Bianca Balti—Dolce & Gabbana Fall 2015
The babies and toddlers who accompanied models may have gotten the most attention at Dolce & Gabbana’s Fall 2015 show, but as fate would have it, the brand’s muse Bianca Balti was also pregnant with her second child that season.
Photo: Getty Images8/10Jacquetta Wheeler—Temperley Fall 2015
After walking the Temperley show, British model Jacquetta Wheeler took to Instagram with a cheeky message: “No I’m not bloated, I am pregnant!” Designer Alice Temperley has played a part in several of Wheeler’s most pivotal life moments—she also designed the star’s wedding dress.
Photo: Getty Images9/10Gemma Ward—David Jones Spring 2016
These days, Aussie supermodel Gemma Ward only takes to the runway on rare occasions, so when she showed up to David Jones’s annual collectsion launch event, the audience knew they were in for something special. At just 15 weeks pregnant, Ward looked especially radiant for her return.
Photo: Getty Images10/10Irina Shayk—VS Fashion Show 2016
As the latest beauty to announce her pregnancy after a runway show, Irina Shayk follows in a long line of supermodel moms-to-be. Judging by her va-va-voom appearance at Victoria’s Secret, you shouldn’t expect Shayk to slow down anytime soon.
