With her long toned legs, tiny waist and abundant curves, Adriana Lima looks justifiably proud of her body as she stalks down the Victoria’s Secret runway.
Adriana Lima shows off her post-baby body a mere eight weeks after giving birth as she takes to the catwalk during the 2012 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show at the Lexington Avenue Armory in New YorkAnd no wonder she is feeling pleased with herself – astonishingly, the model gave birth to her second child a mere eight weeks ago.
The 31-year-old was looking back to her best as she made her catwalk return at the prestigious underwear show on Wednesday night.
Brazilian Adriana gave birth to her second daughter, 7lbs Sienna, on September 12.
But it wasn’t an easy journey back to model form for Adriana, who has shared her battle to get in shape on Twitter.
She has posted pictures of herself post-workout, dripping with sweat.
Doctors do not advise women to work out until six weeks after they give birth.
Adriana punches the air next to her fellow models; she has worked hard to slim down for the showAdriana had plenty of inspiration, with the deadline of the show to work towards.
She certainly wasn’t the only one hitting the gym.
Her fellow model Lily Aldridge gave birth to daughter Dixie five months ago, while Alessandra Ambrosio welcomed her second child, son Noah, back in May.
And Australian model Miranda Kerr is the proud mother of a son, Flynn.
Backstage at the show she told MSN’s Wonderwall that looking after the youngster was a great workout.
‘I used to do squats holding my son, but he’s getting a little heavy now,’ she explained.
Adriana stepped out in costume as aerialists dropped down from the ceiling in a circus-themed portion of the spectacular
‘But he was a good weight for me to use.’
And he is keeping her in shape.
‘Running around after my son is the best workout,’ she said. ‘He runs around and he loves to dance, so sometimes we put the music on and we dance around and it’s so much fun and that is like the best. You’re having so much fun, and you’re working out at the same time.’
She also revealed how she got in shape for the show.
‘I’m quite consistent with my Pilates, yoga, resistance training,’ she said. ‘But I do amp it up a little more because you can’t hide anything out there on the runway. This week, I trained every day.’
