An Elle breastfeeding cover controversy has gone viral. For the June 2015 issue of Elle Australia, the editors decided to use an unplanned photo of supermodel Nicole Trunfio breastfeeding her 5-month-old son, Zion Rain Clark and many disapprove of the move.
Elle’s breastfeeding cover controversy is making headlines. Nicole Trunfio, supermodel and wife of American musician Gary Clarke Jr., graces the cover of the June 2015 issue of Elle Australia.
The unplanned cover features a beaming mother breastfeeding her baby boy, Zion Rain Clark. Trunfio is also featured on an alternative cover where she is wearing a black dress by Prada while holding her naked son.
Trunfio still manages to look stunning with perfect makeup and hair while wearing a suede Burberry coat and several pieces of Cartier jewels.
Thrilled and moved by the covers, the 29-year-old Australian beauty took to Instagram, where she explained how they came up with the pictures as she was feeding her child.
“When I saw the [subscriber] cover of me breastfeeding, which was unplanned and just natural, I teared up and thought, “Wow this is such a special moment where my worlds have collided,” Trunfio said.
ELLE editor-in-chief Justine Cullen confirmed that the breastfeeding cover was spontaneous.
“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,” Cullen wrote on ELLE‘s official website.
Cullen has also revealed that the baby boy peed and pooped on some of the designer gowns used for the shoot. While many found the cover beautiful, few slammed it by saying that she is portraying an unachievable image of a new mom.
“Nicole Trunfio is so Photoshopped on this cover, who looks camera ready as they feed their baby?? LMAO,” tweeted an angry mother.
“OK she woke up like that, I sure heck didn’t, I have milk on my nightgown, my hair looks like a cow chewed it and I’m tired and sleepy,” lamented another person.
Aware of the controversy, Nicole Trunfio returned to Instagram where she answered her critics. She shared:
“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 statement continued:
“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.”
Other supermodels and actresses like Olivia Wilde, Doutzen Kroes, Alyssa Milano, Jaime King, Gisele Bundchen and Miranda Kerr have all posted Instagram photos while breastfeeding their newborns.
What are your thoughts on Australian supermodel Nicole Trunfio’s “breastfeeding” cover?
