Supermodel Adut Akech is expecting her first child with longtime partner Samuel Elkhier.
The 24-year-old runway maven confirmed her pregnancy to Vogue this week and unveiled her baby bump in a stunning photo spread.
‘Beyond BLESSED and CANNOT wait to meet our bundle of joy!!!’ gushed Adut, who eagerly shared the news to Instagram on Wednesday.
She currently has 10-weeks left in her pregnancy, making her due date sometime in October.
Adut told the publication that she ‘always wanted to be a young mom’ and recalled the moment she knew she was pregnant.
Supermodel Adut Akech is expecting her first child with longtime partner Samuel Elkhier; seen in 2023
She first suspected something was up when she randomly developed an intense, unusual craving for oranges.
Then, while getting her car serviced, Adut experienced her first bout of morning sickness.
‘I was picking up my car from the service center — with my bag of oranges! — and when driving back home, I started feeling like I was going to throw up,’ she recalled to the outlet.
She then started having bizarre dreams about her sister being pregnant, which inspired her to finally get tested herself.
The South Sudanese-Australian beauty took five pregnancy tests, all of which came back positive.
Adut is so ‘excited’ to be a ‘young mom’ and is ready for her baby to arrive.
‘I always said I wanted to be a young mom because I love the idea of growing up with your kids. I’m excited. I can’t wait. I’m like—can they just come already?’ she said.
‘I’m kind of over it and I’m just halfway.’
The 24-year-old runway maven confirmed her pregnancy to Vogue this week and unveiled her baby bump in a stunning photo spread
She currently has 10-weeks left in her pregnancy, making her due date sometime in October; seen in 2023
Adut admitted that her pregnancy has been a ‘mental and physical rollercoaster’ for her but still a ‘beautiful feeling.’
‘Nothing really ever prepares you for it,’ the Victoria’s Secret model added.
‘I’m just waddling around like, “What the f**k is this? What is this?”‘ she told the publication with a laugh, adding: ‘Women … we’re built different, honestly. I don’t think men could ever.’
As for the future, Adut revealed that she’d love to one day be a mother-of-five.
After announcing her pregnancy on Instagram, Adut received an influx of congratulatory messages from fashion’s elite — including her close friend and ‘mom figure’ Naomi Campbell.
‘Congratulations to my Daughter @adutakech on such a blessing can’t wait to be a grandma,’ the legendary catwalk queen gushed.
Fellow model Winnie Harlow also left a ‘congratulations’ in the comment section.
Former Moschino creative director Jeremy Scott wrote that he was ‘OVERJOYED’ for Adut and Samuel.
Christy Turlington — who owned the runways with Naomi as part of the elite supermodel squad of the 1990’s — was in awe of how ‘stunning’ Adut looked in her Vogue spread.
Adut told the publication that she ‘always wanted to be a young mom’ and recalled the moment she knew she was pregnant; seen in 2022
After announcing her pregnancy on Instagram, Adut received an influx of congratulatory messages from fashion’s elite — including her close friend and ‘mom figure’ Naomi Campbell
For the shoot, Adut bared her baby bump by going topless under a denim jacket as well as in another look that featured a chic bralette and blazer.
Jessica Alba showed love to mom-to-be Adut by leaving three red-heart emojis on Thursday’s post.
Adut has been in an ultra private romance with Samuel for over a decade.
In 2022, the duo reportedly got engaged but Vogue’s recent Adut cover story explicitly referred to Samuel as Adut’s ‘partner.’
The 5foot10inch beauty is among the most sought-after faces in fashion.
When she was just eight-years-old, Adut and her mother moved from Kenya to Adelaide, Australia as South Sudanese refugees.
She was scouted and signed to her first modeling agency at age 16.
But it was Adut’s Paris Fashion Week debut in the Saint Laurent show in 2016 that put her on the map.
Since then, Adut has become a runway staple for the likes of Tom Ford, Miu Miu, Alexander McQueen and Bottega Veneta and has shot countless editorials for major fashion publications.
Adut has been in an ultra private romance with Samuel for over a decade; seen in 2022
The 5foot10inch beauty is among the most sought-after faces in fashion; seen in 2023
Adut has also become a fixture for Victoria’s Secret in recent years.
She was named ‘Model Of The Year’ at the 2019 British Fashion Awards and in 2020 she landed her first American Vogue cover.
Adut recently posed alongside Naomi and 38 other female celebrities for British Vogue’s March 2024 issue celebrating ‘icons’ in fashion.
