Supermodel returns to catwalk weeks after birth

October 7th, 2007

Russian supermodel Natalia Vodianova has shocked the fashion world by returning to the Paris catwalk just three weeks after giving birth to her third child, reports claim.

Already mother to five-year-old son Lucas and 18-month-old daughter Neva, the 25-year-old beauty gave birth to baby Viktor three weeks before appearing in Valentino’s ready-to-wear collection show.

A source told New York gossip column page Six: “She’s looking more beautiful than ever.”

Baby Viktor - named after the model’s grandfather - is Natalia’s second son with husband Justin Portman, a British real estate heir, whom she married in 2002.

The super mum ranks seventh in the Forbes list of highest earning models in the world, earning an estimated $4.5 million (?2.2 million) in the past year.

Natalia follows in the footsteps of Victoria’s Secret supermodel and TV host Heidi Klum who returned to the catwalk, looking fabulous, straight after giving birth to her third child with singer husband Seal.

-article from Bounty