When ’90s supermodels the likes of Kate Moss, Heidi Klum, and Naomi Campbell dominated the runways and covers of fashion magazines, we weren’t thinking ahead to their days handling diapers and chasing down toddlers. And yet, that’s exactly where many of their paths have taken them, with one model mama after the next announcing they’d welcomed little ones throughout the 2000s. With Campbell’s recent bombshell revelation that she’d added a baby boy to her family at age 53, the Big Six supermodels of the ’90s have all become parents in this next chapter of their lives: Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, and Claudia Schiffer have all welcomed their own mini-me’s too.
While just about all of these children have inherited their mom’s striking good looks, some of their offspring are already taking on the family business of modeling, with Crawford’s kids Kaia Gerber and Presley Gerber, Helena Christensen’s son Mingus Lucien Reedus, Kate Moss’ daughter Lila Grace Moss, Heidi Klum’s daughter Leni Klum, and more next-gen catwalk pros breaking out on their own already as teens.
Looking back at photos of these supermodels in their ’90s heyday, it’s remarkable just how much they look like their teenage and young adult kids today — and we’re sure they’re just as baffled as we are about where the time went. Somehow, all these supermodels now have little ones who call them “mom.” Read on to see their runway photos and details on their families now.
A version of this article was originally published in June 2021.
Heidi Klum
Heidi Klum blew up as a model in the ’90s and started her family in a whirlwind in the ’00s: daughter Leni Olumi Klum, whose birth father is Flavio Briatore but whom was later adopted by Seal, was born in 2004, elder son Henry Günther Ademola Dashtu Samuel was born in 2005, and younger son Johan Riley Fyodor Taiwo Samuel was born in 2006. Five years later, she welcomed daughter Lou Sulola Samuel to the family before splitting from Seal in 2014.
Carla Bruni
Carla Bruni was 27 years old here when she walked the Giorgio Armani catwalk in Milan in 1994 and welcomed her son Aurélien Enthoven with ex-Raphael Enthoven seven years later. 10 years after that, she welcomed her daughter Giulia Sarkozy with her husband, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy.
Helena Christensen
Eight years after the cameras caught her here in 1991, model Helena Christensen welcomed her son Mingus Lucien Reedus with ex Norman Reedus.
Kate Moss
When Kate Moss took the Tom Ford Spring/Summer 1996 runway, she probably never dreamed that her daughter Lila Grace Moss Hack with ex Jefferson Hack would one day follow in her footsteps.
Stephanie Seymour
Supermodel Stephanie Seymour’s first child, Dylan Thomas Andrews, was born in 1990 with her ex-husband Tommy Andrews. Later she married a man named Peter Brant and the pair welcomed three more children named Peter Jr., Harry, and Lily Margaret. Tragically, Harry passed away at age 24 in 2021 from an overdose.
Naomi Campbell
Naomi Campbell, pictured here in Anna Sui’s Fall 1995 show, stunned us back in 2021 when she announced that she’d become a mom at 51 as she welcomed a baby girl. Earlier this year, Campbell surprised us once more as she announced she’d welcomed her son.
“My little darling, know that you are cherished beyond measure and surrounded by love from the moment you graced us with your presence,” she wrote in the caption of a since-deleted Instagram post. “A True Gift from God 🙏🏾, blessed! Welcome Babyboy. 💙🍼✨ #mumoftwo ❤️💙.”
She added, “It’s never too late to become a mother 🙏🏾.”
Yasmeen Ghauri
Former supermodel Yasmeen Ghauri retired from modeling back in 1997 to start a family with her husband Ralph Bernstein, with whom she shares two children with named Maia and Victor.
Nadja Auermann
German model Nadja Auermann took over the world with her striking modeling and super-long legs. Since then, she’s kept it lowkey with modeling and has been mainly focusing on her children. Back in 1997, she and her ex Olaf Björn welcomed a daughter named Cosmia. Then, in 1999, she welcomed a son named Nicolas with her now ex-husband Wolfram Grandezka. Since then, she’s welcomed two more children.
Amber Valetta
Back in the 1990s, Amber Valetta was the face of Giorgio Armani, Chanel, Prada, and Versace, to name a few. She worked in so many different campaigns before pivoting to acting in the early 2010s. As for her personal life, she welcomed a son named Auden back in 2000 with ex-husband Chip McCaw.
Tyra Banks
In early 2016, reality television legend, 90s supermodel, and proud mama Tyra Banks and her boyfriend at the time Erik Asla welcomed a son named York Banks Asla via surrogate.
Tatjana Patitz
The late Tatjana Patitz took over the world in the 1990s with her campaigns in Chanel, Jean-Paul Gaultier, and also starring in the music video for George Michael’s Freedom! ’90. In 2004, she welcomed a son named Jonah Patitz with ex-husband Jason Johnson.
Cindy Crawford
Cindy Crawford shares two kids, Presley Gerber and Kaia Gerber, with her husband Rande Gerber, the first of whom she welcomed eight years after walking this Calvin Klein Spring 1991 show.
Linda Evangelista
Linda Evangelista welcomed her son Augustin James Evangelista two years after this Versace Spring 2004 party in Milan. She shares Augustin with her ex, businessman François-Henri Pinault, whom she dated between 2005 and 2006.
Christy Turlington
Christy Turlington, pictured here at the Oscar de la Renta Fall/Winter 1993 show in New York, welcomed daughter Grace Burns 10 years later and son Finn Burns three years after that, with husband Edward Burns.
Claudia Schiffer
Claudia Schiffer was a supermodel well into the 2000s, pictured here walking the Helmut Lang Fall/Winter 2000 runway in new York, and welcomed her kids early in the 2000s too: son Caspar Matthew De Vere Drummond, elder daughter Clementine Poppy De Vere Drummond, and younger daughter Cosima Violet, with husband Matthew Vaughn.
Kimora Lee Simmons
Model Kimora Lee Simmons was already walking young daughters Ming Lee Simmons and Aoki Lee Simmons, whom she shares with ex Russell Simmons down the Baby Phat runway by 2005, and she went on to welcome two sons over the next decade: Kenzo Lee Hounsou, whom she shares with Djimon Hounsou, and Wolfe Lee Leisner, whom she shares with husband Tim Leisner. Simmons is also a mom to Gary Lee, whom she welcomed by adoption when he was 10 years old.
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