Model Nicole Trunfio Defends Breastfeeding Pic on 'Elle Australia' Cover: 'The Last Thing I Want to Do Is Be C

Elle Australia

Are breastfeeding photos the new norm?

It's a magazine cover that is raising eyebrows. But should it?

Supermodel Nicole Trunfio is breastfeeding on the cover of Elle Australia's June Issue, and she's hoping it normalizes the image


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The 29-year-old beauty posted the cover to her Instagram, writing, "There is nothing more powerful and beautiful than motherhood. The last thing I want to do is be controversial, so please take this for what it is, let us #normalizebreastfeeding there is nothing worse than a mother that is judged for feeding her hungry child in public. #weareonlyhuman I'm so proud of this cover and for what it's stands for. I obviously don't look like this while I am breastfeeding but this stands for all women out there, whether you breastfeed or not, we gave birth, we are women, we are mothers."

The 29-year-old also thanked Elle Australia for making the "encouraging, positive and healthy statement."


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Trunfio and her Grammy-winnng fiancé, Gary Clark Jr., welcomed their son Zion in January.

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