Natalia Vodianova is expecting her sixth child, and Vogue France has named the 44-year-old model as its latest cover star. The pregnancy news was shared recently, after the magazine said Vodianova told it at the start of the year that she was expecting.
Vogue France revealed Vodianova on Tuesday, May 26, as its summer cover model, saying it knew immediately she should front the issue after learning she was pregnant. For the magazine, it was a rare piece of personal news attached to a public fashion moment, and one that placed the Russian model at the center of its seasonal rollout.
The child will be her third with husband Antoine Arnault, the CEO of the ultra-luxury French menswear goods house Berluti. Vodianova has three children with her ex-husband, Justin Portman, and the new baby would bring her total to six. She and Arnault announced their engagement in January 2020, a year that Vodianova later described as memorable in a message shared with the magazine.
Vogue France said Vodianova spoke about a form of motherhood that is chosen and fully owned, and said she reflected on how fortunate she is to have this chance. Vodianova, for her part, said, “This year has been beautiful and very memorable, 2020 here we come. Can’t wait to celebrate next year with our loved ones,” a comment that now reads as a family milestone rather than a passing note.
What makes the reveal notable is not just the pregnancy itself, but the way it arrived alongside a fashion cover built around it. Vodianova has long been one of the most recognizable names in modeling, and this announcement folds her personal life into a magazine portrait at a moment when the industry is still driven by image, timing and reinvention. The unanswered question is not whether she will remain visible; it is how a model already in the public eye will be presented as her family grows again, with a new child expected and another chapter of her life moving into view.
