Lara Stone Baby & Instagram 2014: Supermodel Speaks Out on Pregnancy, Says it 'Lost Me My Job'
Despite being a mother, many women would agree that supermodel Lara Stone has a body to die for. Yet, the 30-year-old Dutch model said that she was turned away from at least one modeling gig when she was less than three months pregnant.
In a new interview The Evening Standard, the wife and mother revealed that she lost a modeling job in 2012 when she was pregnant with her first child because the client thought she had gained too much weight.
She said she told the company that she was expecting, and when she arrived on the job, they told her she had been replaced by another model.
"I was really upset at the time," she said. "I hadn't yet had my three-month scan, and I felt really vulnerable about everything. I no longer had a job. That was it. I had to just stop everything that I knew. The way my life was."
According to Stone, things got worse after she had her first child, Alfred, in May 2013.
"Once the baby was out I was like, 'What the hell is going on?' My arms don't fit into my sweaters. I couldn't get my jeans over my knees. I couldn't find a bra that fit me. I had body dysmorphia but the wrong way round," she said.
Stone, who is now known for curvaceous figure, added that she went through a tough transition period once she became a mother.
"I've had a few meetings because when they hear pregnancy they freak out a bit," she told Porter. "So they need to see if I fit in their clothes. Everyone's so nice to you all the time. And it's like, 'Ugh,' you don't have to be. It feels quite alienating because it's like everyone's just lying to you. Because everyone's like, 'You're great!' And you're, 'Well, obviously I'm not.'"
Stone also speaks about the challenges she faced during and after pregnancy in Clean & Lean Pregnancy Guide, a book authored by celebrity fitness trainer James Duigan.
"I was in maternity jeans at nine weeks. I was bloated all over, had limp greasy hair, no energy and I could eat (and waddle) for England," she said. In addition, she had to cope with being scruntized by the tabloid about her body. "There is so much pressure these days to look fantastic during pregnancy and to lose the weight within days of leaving [the] hospital. I have nothing against hose who do, but it's not normal. Your body changes hugely during pregnancy and it takes time to go back."
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