Baby Boom Celeb Style!

I think we’ve all noticed the new baby bellies popping up around Hollywood: Halle Berry, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Alba, and now speculation about Fergie! The new “in thing” seems to be baby mamas! (Check out the mamas-to-be by clicking on the link)

It may be intruding and horrible to say, but this is one of the best times to work in some PR between the star mommy’s movies, concerts, or whatever else she is involved in. I don’t mean have a baby in order to get great publicity. We all know that doesn’t work: Britney Spears. But, not enough celebs have taken the opportunity to separate from the pack of baby booming mommies-to-be. Why don’t they do what Demi Moore did when she was pregnant with Scout. Her nude, vulnerable, pregnant body on the cover of Vanity Fair was meant to portray “anti-Hollywood, anti-glitz” attitude (Annie Leibovitz’s brilliance yet again). But, controversy arrose, which also gave rise to more positive publicity for sweet Demi Moore. She showed a sweeter, more delicate side of her “character:” her pregnant self.

Instead women are hiding their baby humps with baggy designer clothes and not even releasing the fact that their bulging belly has a baby in it at all until the exact moment it pops out!

I understand wanting to keep your personal life private, but by skirting the issue all together you are sending out mixed signals of insecurity, secrecy, modesty, and defensiveness. By showing off that stretch marked belly of baby beauty you show vulnerability, motherly tendencies, pride, and beauty.  Jessica Alba’s numerous interviews on the topic are the closest we’ve come to celeb baby mama publicity. Aguilera graced the cover of Marie Claire, and received wonderful press coverage. In fact it re-branded her as a “motherly” type who has changed her ways from the wild seductress rocker.

(Jessica Alba on David Letterman)

But, I believe they can do so much more to show the real beauty of life. We, as women, will love them and their stretch marks with respect and pride alike!