Pregnant supermodel Adut Akech Bior has revealed that she has married her longtime lover and fellow model Samuel Elkier.
The 24-year-old runway maven confirmed the exciting news in Vogue Australiathe November issue.
Adut, who is due to give birth this month, showed off her baby bump and posed for a series of sizzling photos for the cover story.
In a touching photo, Adut is seen wearing a cable-knit skirt and top, held tightly by husband Samuel.
In another photo, Adut poses in white underwear and a matching overcoat that was opened to reveal her growing baby bump, while her younger sister Akuol sat next to her.
Meanwhile, the cover photo – captioned Super Mother – sees the supermodel posing in a bushland setting, wearing a delicate white split with a matching top.
The piece also included an interview with Adut, who called Samuel her ‘husband’.
Adut, who came to South Australia from Africa as a child refugee and currently lives in the US, told the magazine she planned to give birth in Los Angeles.
Pregnant supermodel Adut Akech Bior has revealed that she has married her long-time lover Samuel Elkier. The 24-year-old catwalk maven confirmed the shocking news in the November issue of Vogue Australia. In the photo: Adut and her boyfriend pose for the cover story
But in a surprise revelation, the beauty said she is looking forward to returning to work as early as March next year.
“(I’ll) go back for an exclusive or something to Paris (as part of fashion week) in early March and kind of make that my return,” she said.
Adut settled in South Australia from South Sudanese as a child and said she also wanted to return permanently to her old hometown of Adelaide in the future.
In another photo, Adut poses with her younger sister Akuol
‘I feel like I always come back here. “I actually just bought a piece of land and we’re going to start building next year,” she said.
It comes after Adut confirmed her pregnancy in Vogue in August and revealed her baby bump in a stunning photo spread.
‘Beyond BLESSED and CAN’T wait to meet our bundle of joy!!!’ gushed Adut, who eagerly shared the news on Instagram.
She currently has 10 weeks left in her pregnancy, which puts her due date sometime in October.
Adut told the publication that she “always wanted to be a young mother” and recalled the moment she knew she was pregnant.
She first suspected something was going on when she randomly developed an intense, unusual craving for oranges.
When Adut had her car serviced, she suffered from morning sickness for the first time.
‘I was picking up my car from the service center – with my bag of oranges! — and as I was driving back home, I felt like I was going to throw up,” she recalled to the outlet.
She then started having bizarre dreams about her sister’s pregnancy, which inspired her to finally get tested.
The South Sudanese-Australian beauty took five pregnancy tests, all of which were positive.
Adut is so ‘excited’ to be a ‘young mother’ and is ready for the arrival of her baby.
Adut, who is due this month, showed off her baby bump for the cover story
‘I always said I wanted to be a young mother because I love growing up with your children. 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 only half way there.”
Adut admitted that her pregnancy has been a “mental and physical rollercoaster” for her, but still a “beautiful feeling.”
“Nothing really prepares you for it,” the Victoria’s Secret model added.
“I was just waddling around, ‘What the fuck is this? What is this?” she told the publication with a laugh, adding: “Women… we’re built differently, to be honest. I don’t think men could ever do that.’
Adut Akech and Samuel Elkhier at a Vogue 2022 fashion event
As for the future, Adut revealed that she would like to be a mother of five children one day.
Adut has had an extremely personal romance with Samuel for more than ten years.
In 2022, the duo reportedly got engaged, but Vogue’s recent Adut cover story explicitly referred to Samuel as Adut’s “partner.”
The 6-foot beauty is one of 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 with her first modeling agency at the age of 16.
But it was Adut’s debut at Paris Fashion Week in the Saint Laurent show in 2016 that put her on the map.
Since then, Adut has become a go-to for artists such as Tom Ford, Miu Miu, Alexander McQueen and Bottega Veneta and has created numerous editorials for major fashion publications.