Nicole Trunfio’s breastfeeding cover for Elle still has people talking, and the controversy is not going away. ELLE Australia editor-in-chief Justine Cullen took the decision to feature model and new mother Nicole Trunfio breastfeeding her 5-month-old son, Zion Rain Clark, on the June cover of the fashion magazine. After being blasted for her decision, Cullen was forced to remove the breastfeeding cover on newsstands.
Elle’s breastfeeding cover controversy is still brewing, which is why ELLE editor-in-chief Justine Cullen has opted to remove the controversial breastfeeding cover from its retail release.
Justine Cullen will be using a picture of model Nicole Trunfio in a Prada dress holding her son, Zion Rain Clarkon, instead of the one where she is breastfeeding him. Cullen explained the censorship:
“In an ideal world no one would have an issue with seeing breastfeeding on the cover of a magazine. But it’s not an ideal world. While there’s nothing provocative about breastfeeding, it is a provocative image to see on the cover of a fashion magazine, and it’s enabled us to contribute to a necessary conversation around normalizing breastfeeding and why that’s so important.”
Cullen also revealed that it was never planned to have Trunfio topless on the cover, it just happened. She shared:
“This wasn’t a contrived situation: Zion needed a feed, Nicole gave it to him, and when we saw how beautiful they looked we simply moved her onto the set.”
When the original, controversial and even powerful of ELLE Australia cover surfaced, Nicole Trunfio was very proud of it. She said:
“It was a completely natural moment that resulted in a powerful picture.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.”
The model added:
“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. Thank you to ELLE for being so bold and making such an encouraging, positive and healthy statement.”
When Elle’s breastfeeding cover was first released, many applauded, but some people showed disgust. Here are few comments from TheSpreadIt readers who have seen the cover.
“So it a bowel movement. Doesn’t mean I want to see that either.”
“There is nothing wrong with it if you are good looking like that woman but most women are fat and disgusting. I find that very offensive to look at.”
What are your thoughts on Elle Australia’s decision to cave on the breastfeeding cover controversy?
