Yahoo Lifestyle Robyn Lawley Is Pregnant
Robyn Lawley on the November 2014 issue of marie claire.
Robyn Lawley is reportedly six months pregnant with her first child.
The Australian model shared the news with The Australian Women's Weekly today, telling the magazine that although it wasn't planned, it wasn't a huge shock either.
"I'm about six months pregnant," Lawley shared. "It wasn't that big of a shock. We were excited when we found out."
Lawley added that she and her partner, Everest, had been looking to start a family sometime in the next few years.
"With modelling, it's never a good time to fall pregnant, but Everest and I were going to start trying for a family in a few years anyway," said Lawley.
Lawley flew to Greece in July to shoot marie claire's current cover.
She was interviewed by editor/publisher Jackie Frank on positive body image, her passion for food and why she doesn't want to be called "plus size".
"At first, I was totally fine about being labeled whatever, because I got to work," Lawley told Frank. "But as my career progressed, I started to realize that it was kind of a tool for manipulation and I saw the ramifications for young women who were also a size 14-16."
Lawley, who is a passionate climate change advocate, recently made headlines when she used her body as a placard, scrawling the words "Stop Coal Mining" in red lipstick on her stomach.
Lawley said in her caption on Instagram, "Woke up this morning to find out that our Environmental minister and the Abbott government have approved what will be the biggest mine of Australia. Coal is soon going to be a dead commodity only bought buy [sic] irresponsible countries who do not care about climate change. I'm shocked and feel powerless."
It isn't the first time Lawley has used her body as a way of imparting a message, but it's usually as a means to empower women about their image.
Lawley recently hit back at critics on social media who reportedly called her fat because her thigh gap "wasn't big enough".
But the criticism seems to have made the model more determined to convey a healthy body image and act as role model for young girls.
"The last thing I would want for my future daughter would be to starve herself because she thought a thigh gap was necessary to be deemed attractive," Lawley said.
To read Robyn's interview with Jackie Frank, pick up a copy of the November issue of marie claire.
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