It is common for fashion and sports magazines to put a model on the cover that, on many occasions, is retouched or edited to look “perfect”. However, in recent years we have seen some magazines make way for bodies of all sizes, including pregnant women or new mothers.
This is the case of this year’s swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated magazine, which for the first time has featured a pregnant woman on its cover : model and entrepreneur Katrina Scott, who shares in an interview for the magazine that she had trouble getting pregnant again
In an interview for Today, Katrina says that when she was called to pose for the magazine, she had not yet shared the news of her pregnancy, so actually appearing pregnant on the cover was something that happened without being planned:
” I said, ‘Well, I’m grateful to be asked, but I must happily share that I’m pregnant!’ First there was shouting and congratulations, and then they said ‘We’d still love to take pictures of you, if you’re up for it.’ ‘. Of course I said yes , “he says.
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The model shares that in addition to being something very special for being the first pregnant woman to appear on the cover, the baby she is expecting will arrive after two losses and after various fertility treatments she underwent last year, when she modeled for a parade organized by the same magazine.
” I walked the Sports Illustrated swimsuit runway in Miami during one of my IVF treatments , which eventually helped me have this baby. So you could say this little girl is now part of the Sports family.” Illustrated “.
Katrina was already the mother of a three-year-old girl, so by sharing her experience she also raises her voice about secondary infertility, something that is rarely talked about and that is often suffered in silence due to the lack of empathy about it. topic.
In a post created collaboratively on Instagram by her and the magazine, the model explains why her presence on the cover means a lot to her and other women:
As women, we’ve been told, shown, and expected to hide (and then “recover” from) our pregnant bodies, when in fact our beautiful bellies embody the miracle of what it means to be selfless, vulnerable, and strong.
In this edition, I hope to represent all the women out there who are creating life, feeling all the emotions and embracing change as they look to the future, especially those who are having a difficult fertility journey. I am with you, and you are never alone.
