NEED TO KNOW
- Barbara Palvin is set to walk in the 2026 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, six weeks after giving birth to her first child
- The model’s appearance was announced in a joint post on Instagram with Victoria’s Secret
- Some comments on the post question whether this is setting an unrealistic standard for women
Barbara Palvin has walked the runway in the 2026 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, six weeks after giving birth. The 32-year-old, who welcomed daughter Sylvie Sprouse with actor Dylan Sprouse, 34, in September, shared the news she’d be joining the show in a joint post with Victoria’s Secret over the weekend.
“Motherhood looks good on you, @realbarbarapalvin,” read the caption. “So does the runway—see you in LA.”
In the clip, Palvin is shown holding a pram with a tag, “Angel on board”. “I’m back, b****,” she says before “Barbara has landed” text flashes on-screen. While many comments were supportive – adult film star Mia Malkova wrote, “MOTHER IS MOTHERING”, while model Ashley Graham commented, “Yesssss my girl!” – others questioned the choice.
One comment, “Wow! She gave birth like yesterday and is already on the show!”, was liked over 100,000 times. “Not a realistic standard for most postpartum moms, but I hope she gets all the rest her body deserves to fully recover,” read another comment.
A handful of other comments mentioned former Victoria’s Secret model Romee Strijd who shared in a TikTok earlier this month that she hadn’t been chosen for this year’s show. The mum to two had walked in the show from 2014 to 2018.
“Why with @romeestrijd you didn’t do the same !!”, one comment read. “Okay yes but what about Romee?”, said another. “Bring all the Mama’s Angel back. @romeestrijd @hesui923”, someone wrote, referring to Sui He, a Chinese-descent model who was in the shows from 2011 to 2017.
Palvin, who is originally from Hungary, announced her daughter’s birth in a joint Instagram post with Sprouse on September 28, 2026. Alongside a photo of the duo and their baby, wearing LA Dodgers’ jerseys and facing a TV playing a game, the caption read: “We took Labor Day literally this year”. Labor Day in the US falls on September 7, 2026. This is both Palvin and Sprouse’ first child.
This year’s Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show confirmed line-up includes Amelia Gray, Ashley Graham, Gigi Hadid, Bella Hadid, Adriana Lima, Candice Swanepoel, Elsa Hosk, Precious Lee, Grace Elizabeth, Liu Wen, Joan Smalls, Devyn Garcia, Imaan Hammam, Anok Yai, Abby Champion, Alex Consani, Paloma Elsesser, Gabriela Moura, Yoon Young Bae and Jordan Leftwich.
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