Irina Shayk Struts Down First Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Runway Since Walking While Pregnant 8 Years Ago

Mar. 15, 2025

Irina Shayk walks in the 2024 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.Photo:Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty

Irina Shaykhas returned to the Victoria’s Secret runway, and we’re seeing stars!

At the time she walked the runway that year, she had not yet announced she was expecting now-7-year-old daughterLea De Seine, whom she shares with exBradley Cooper.

This year, Shayk strutted the runway in a star-covered, partially sheer one-piece as even more stars surrounded her thanks to her structured, 3-D train.

Tying in more silver, she also wore chunky hoop earrings and metallic sandal stilettos, and balanced out the bold look with a glowy glam and simple middle part, her dark hair trailing behind her on the catwalk.

Irina Shayk walks in the 2024 Victoria’s Secret’s Fashion Show.Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock

Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock

Later, a source who was backstage at the event told PEOPLE that most wereunaware of Shayk’s pregnancy.

“Looking back, some of her outfits were less revealing in the stomach and seeing the news after the show, it made sense,” the insider said at the time. “No one suspected backstage, that’s for sure! She looked as beautiful as ever."

Irina Shayk in the 2016 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.

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Shayk herself alsoreflected on the moment ahead of the 2024 show. While speaking withEntertainment Tonightbackstage, the model said, “I mean, last time I walked [a] Victoria’s Secret Show I was 4½, 5 months pregnant, so here we go. I’m back."

“And my daughter probably will [be] watching it later,” she added of Lea.

Shayk and Cooper began dating in the spring of 2015 andwelcomed their daughter Leain April 2017. The couplesplit in 2019after four years together.

Irina Shayk backstage at the 2024 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.Arturo Holmes/Getty

Arturo Holmes/Getty

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Shayk appeared on runways during both Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks in the fall of 2024. For the Dolce & Gabbana spring/summer 2025 womenswear show on Sept. 21, the model donned aMarilyn Monroe-esque blonde wig and pointed bustier.

At Paris Fashion Week in January, Shayk was almostunrecognizable with bleached eyebrowsfor the Schiaparelli Haute Couture show. Stars likeJennifer LopezandZendayawere seated in the front row.

The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show airs on Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. ET on Prime Video or Victoria’s Secret YouTube, TikTok or Instagram.

source: people.com