WATCH: Sports Illustrated model walks runway while breastfeeding
The bikini-clad mom strutted her stuff while breastfeeding five-month-old daughter Aria. Picture: YouTube
Published Jul 18, 2018
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Model Mara Martin stepped onto the runway at the Paraiso x Sports Illustrated Swimsuit fashion show, during Miami Swim Week over the weekend, to much applause.
The bikini-clad mom strutted her stuff while breastfeeding five-month-old daughter Aria.
It's not something fashionistas are used to, but the new mamma took it all in her stride, and looked radiant in a metallic gold bikini, while her baby was cuddling against her mother's breast with noise-cancelling headphones.
"Mara was holding her baby and was nursing her," MJ Day, editor of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue, told Today. "I was like, 'Do you just want to nurse while you walk down the runway?' And she was like, 'I would love to do that.'"
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"It was her dinnertime because the show kept getting pushed back," Martin added. "Honestly, I didn't even think twice about it because I do it every single day."
The intimate moment between mother and baby was shared across the world, and Martin's display was greeted with an outpouring of support.