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Supermodel Lily Aldridge Breaks Out the Baby Bump!

Lily Aldridge showed off her baby bump Thursday night at the Hollywood season three-premiere of HBO's Eastbound And Down.

The 26-year-old Victoria's Secret Angel wore red peep-toe heels, a form-fitting white dress and cradled her growing belly as she posed for pictures. Of course, not one to slack on the glam factor, the mom-to-be rocked red lipstick and perfectly tousled tresses.

Aldridge and hubby Caleb Followill, Kings of Leon's frontman, are looking forward to the birth of their first child…

"We can't wait to meet the new addition to our family," the couple said in December after announcing their good news.

We also can't wait to meet Lily and Caleb's little one. Talk about some good genes!

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Gisele Bündchen's Super Bowl Outburst: Victoria's Secret Angels, Donald Trump Fly to Model's Defense

Who knew the Victoria's Secret models could be better in a clutch than the New England Patriots?

In any case, the fallout surrounding the supermodel's already infamous post-game outburst, in which she threw her hubby's Super Bowl-losing teammates under the bus, continues apace, though in the wake of a New York Giants pile-on earlier this week, the catwalker has found some herself some slightly less rough and tumble backers.

Though clearly no friend of her hubby's NFL brotherhood, Bündchen ought to have good feelings about her Victoria Secret sisterhood, as the angels today stood up for their own.

"I think that everybody was getting so into the game, and I think that it's her husband and she just really cared about it," fellow winged model Lindsay Ellingson told MTV News. "I don't think she meant anything bad by what she said and she was just so passionate, I don't blame her. [She was] standing up for her man."

Fellow V.S. stunner Doutzen Kroes also didn't see what all the fuss was about.

"I don't know the whole deal about it," she said. "I think you always have to stand up for your husband, you're a team. And you know if she did that, I would've done the same."

The bluntest of all was Gisele's fellow Brazilian babe and something of a Super Bowl vet herself having appeared in two commercials during the game: Adriana Lima.

"Leave her alone!"

Meanwhile, Gisele also found an unlikely defender (or not, given his predilection for the fairer sex) in Donald Trump, who told Access Hollywood this week that what the model said was not only justified but rather accurate.

"She's standing up for her man, and Gisele didn't do anything wrong," he said. "She's standing up for her man and she happened to be right. They were dropping balls all over the place."

So there.

Heidi Klum: Who Was Her Date at amfAR's Fashion Week Kickoff Gala?

The annual amFAR gala to kick off Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week was hosted by Sarah Jessica Parker at Cipriani Wall Street, but Carrie Bradshaw wasn't the only star to stun on the red carpet.

Heidi Klum looked simply fabu at the event...so who was the newly single supermodel's plus-one?

Psh, like she needs a plus-one.

Seal's estranged missus stepped out solo for the fete, looking happy and at ease as she posed for pictures. Wearing a strapless black metallic gown and her hair in a sleek ponytail, Klum mingled with honoree Roberto Cavalli, Cindy Crawford and designer Kenneth Cole at the event.

Kellan Lutz, Jennifer Hudson, Leighton Meester, Julianne Moore and Lindsay Lohan were among the evening's attendees, who were treated to a performance by Janelle Monáe and Theophilus.

Guests also watched a video tribute to Dame Elizabeth Taylor. The legendary actress was amfAR's late Founding International Chairman and was passionate about advocating for AIDS victims.

Fashion models organize to fend off abuses

Many are just teenagers far from home, in some cases earning as much in a day as their poor families back in Russia and Eastern Europe do in a month. As a result, many fear speaking out about sexual harassment, unscrupulous booking agencies, demands to alter their bodies, lack of backstage privacy and punishing stretches with little sleep.

"Modeling is precarious freelance labor," said model Sara Ziff, who was discovered at 14 walking home from her New York City school. "We have very little job security. It's also a winner-takes-all market. There's only one Gisele. Basically, it's a labor force of children who are working in a very grown-up business."

In hopes of changing things, Ziff has founded The Model Alliance, dedicated to improving the working conditions of models and persuading the industry to take better care of its young.

Among other things, Ziff has set up a confidential system for models to report inappropriate conduct or other abuses during New York Fashion Week, which opens Thursday. She is also working on a Models' Bill of Rights.

Backed for now by anonymous donors, the Alliance was launched Monday and has a board of directors and an advisory board drawn from the worlds of law, labor and entertainment.

Ziff, who has more than a decade on the runway and has served as the face of Tommy Hilfiger, Banana Republic and Stella McCartney, has enlisted some of her famous model friends, including Shalom Harlow, Doutzen Kroes and Coco Rocha, one of the first to speak frankly about eating disorders in the trade.

Ziff, 29, also has the support of the powerful Council of Fashion Designers of America. The trade group gave her fledgling nonprofit a boost when it issued its annual pre-Fashion Week plea to designers and model wranglers to keep photographers at bay when models are changing backstage and to keep girls under 16 off the runways by checking identification.

It's not the first attempt to improve the working conditions of models. A union, The Models Guild, was founded in 1995 along the lines of the Screen Actors Guild, but it faltered a few years later for lack of members.

Ziff's alliance isn't a union but an effort to persuade models to take control in an industry where they're often treated as a commodity.

"One beautiful 13-year-old can be substituted for another beautiful 13-year-old," added Susan Scafidi, who heads the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University in New York and is on the Alliance's board of directors.

A draft of the Models' Bill of Rights includes demands that all jobs and castings involving nudity be subject to informed consent, and that no model under 17 be asked to pose nude or semi-nude. It also calls for booking agents not to lie about the ages of the models they represent and for agents to work with parents of school-age models to draw up an on-the-job education plan.

The Alliance also wants changing areas that are off-limits to photographers and is asking for more transparency in the way money is handled.

Elettra Wiedemann, the 28-year-old daughter of actress and model Isabella Rossellini, recalled her own start in the business at age 14. She took part in a panel discussion Tuesday hosted by the CFDA's health initiative, begun in 2007 to address unhealthy eating and the debate over how thin is too thin for models.

"I did experience when I first started modeling a lot of pressure from my agency in Italy. They asked me to get a breast reduction. They asked me to get a nose job. They constantly critiqued my weight," she said. "You go through a period of sadness and anger and self-loathing, and then I just decided, 'You know what, I'm much more than just a number on a scale.' I chose to have a boundary for myself."

Gisele Bündchen Backlash Continues: New York Giant Rips Tom Brady's Supermodel Wife for Outburst

Giselle Bünchen instantly became a topic of watercooler conversation on Monday after she was caught dissing New England Patriots receivers for failing to catch hubby Tom Brady's bullets, costing them a heartbreaking loss to their arch-rival, the New York Giants, in last Sunday's Super Bowl.

Now she's getting even more flak—and from the least likely of places.

The Brazilian beauty made headlines after she was surreptitiously filmed by gossip site The Insider for defending Brady from gloating New York Giants fans shortly after the Patriots defeat.

"You have to catch the ball when you're supposed to catch the ball," yelled Bündchen as she was on her way out of Indianapolis' Lucas Oil stadium. "My husband cannot f--king throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time. I can't believe they dropped the ball so many times."

When asked by reporters about the rant during Tuesday's victory celebration at MetLife stadium in New Jersey, Giants running back Brandon Jacobs offered the supermodel some unsolicited advice on her (poor) defensive skills.

"She just needs to continue to stay cute and shut up," the outspoken tailback said at a press conference.

Guess Gisele's not headed for the broadcasting booth anytime soon.

Then again, it's not like Jacobs made a massive difference in the big game either, having rushed for a measly 37 yards.

His teammate, Osi Umenyiora, however expressed a little more sympathy over her outburst.

"I mean she's supposed to stay out of things like that," the Giants defensive end said."But at the end of the day that's their relationship and she has the right to say whatever she wants to."

A girl's gotta stand by her man, right?

Ioana Spangenberg's 20-Inch Waist Makes Waves on Web

The Romanian-born model, 30, who now lives in Germany, insists that her 20-inch waist is due to nature and not a lack of appetite.

"No one seems to believe it, but every day I eat three big meals and I snack on chocolate and crisps all the time," she tells The Sun newspaper. "I just have a small stomach. It's a bit like having a natural gastric band – if I eat too much, I feel sick."

If anything, she says, she's bigger than she once was – her waist was 15 inches when she was a teenager.

"Someone could put their hands around it, their fingers would touch and they would still have extra room," she says.

It was her husband of five years, Jan, who "was the first person who saw me as beautiful" – and who first posted photos of her online.

Says Spangenberg: "The response was amazing."

Naomi Campbell: I'm No Supermodel

“I would never call myself that,” she says of the term ‘supermodel’ in the March issue of Harper’s Bazaar. “I don’t have any superhuman powers.”

To that end, the 41-year-old works hard to maintain her famous figure. “For me, carbs are a treat now,” she says, admitting to doing “everything I can to keep my skin elasticated.” (While speaking with Oprah Winfrey in 2010 she confessed to going on 18-day cleanses and jumping rope to keep her face lean.)

“I still love what I do,” she explains, but instead of ‘supermodel,’ she’s drawn to terms including “transformation, reinvention, and chameleon,” buzz words which demonstrate a marked departure from her mantra in the late ’90's. “I never diet. I smoke. I drink now and then. I never work out. I work very hard and I am worth every cent,” she infamously told Playboy in 1999. Read more on Campbell at harpersbazaar.com/naomi and in the latest issue of Harper’s Bazaar.

New England Patriots Gisele Violated 'The Code'

Sources tell TMZ, the teammates are "disappointed" Gisele decided to air her grievances after the game last night -- when she said, "My husband cannot f***ing throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time. I can't believe they dropped the ball so many times."

According to sources, Tom's teammates feel betrayed by Gisele's behavior -- the Pats organization is a brotherhood and Gisele's pot shot violated the code -- which is basically ... win as a team, lose as a team.

As one source put it, "It's like knocking someone when they are down."

Model calls Cowell shows 'tacky'

The Piranha 3D star had a short stint as a judge on the music mogul's Britain's Got Talent in 2009 but was axed after less than a week.

Now she's glad she didn't pursue a career as a reality TV judge, suggesting Cowell talked her into taking on the role and branding his TV shows less "classy" than rivals such as Strictly Come Dancing, the U.K. version of Dancing With The Stars.

Brook tell Fabulous magazine, "The only reason I joined was because Simon persuaded me to do it. Just like he seems to do with everyone! He's very, very persuasive. I never pursued that job... if I'd been a Strictly judge there's nothing that would have taken me from that job. Strictly is the most fantastic, lovely show with a very loyal following and it's... classy."

Gisele Bündchen Comforts Tom Brady After Super Bowl Loss

Perhaps it was made a bit easier for Patriots' quarterback Tom Brady, whose wife Gisele Bündchen was on hand to comfort him in Indianapolis on Sunday night, after losing 21-17 to Eli Manning and the New York Giants in a suspenseful fourth quarter.

But playing the supportive footballer's wife means more than just being a shoulder to cry on. The supermodel was caught on camera defending her husband after being heckled by fans.

"My husband can not f––ing throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time," she said, taking a dig at Brady's receivers. "I can't believe they dropped the ball so many times."

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Seal and Heidi Klum Each Still Sporting Their Wedding Rings

Seal told Piers Morgan in an interview last month that the possibility for reconciliation still exists and he wears the ring because "I'm still married to this incredible woman."

As we previously reported, Heidi shopped all over town for divorce lawyers and effectively blocked Seal from some of the best lawyers in the biz ... since he can't hire anyone with whome she shared confidential information.

Adriana Lima Reveals Her Valentine's Day Wish

"Roses!" Victoria's Secret Angel Adriana Lima, 30, tells PEOPLE. "If my husband sends them to me at home, I'll be very happy. There's nothing better than to receive flowers from someone you love."

The Brazilian supermodel, who will be appearing in a Teleflora ad during the Super Bowl on Sunday, said she prefers receiving gifts that are "very elegant, very thoughtful and very romantic" from husband of three years, Marko Jaric, 33.

"Valentine's Day means giving and receiving love in all different forms," the mom to daughter Valentina, 2. "I think men should touch a woman's emotions. I love kisses, hugs ... all that good stuff!"

Another piece of advice she has for those hoping to woo someone on the big day? "Go a little more old-fashioned and include a handwritten note," she advised. "It's really touching and more direct."

And though the model's preferred gift on Valentine's Day is a bouquet of roses, one priceless present she received three years ago can never be topped.

"[It] was my wedding day and it was very romantic," she said. "I will carry that memory with me for the rest of my life."

Gisele Bundchen's private email about Super Bowl prayers for Tom Brady

In the email, the Brazilian supermodel writes:

"My sweet friends and family. This sunday will be a really important day in my husband's life. He and his team worked so hard to get to this point and now they need us more than ever to send them positive energy so they can fulfill their dream of winning this super bowl...So I kindly ask all of you to join me on this positive chain and pray for him, so he can feel confident, healthy and strong. Envision him happy and fulfilled experiencing with his team a victory this sunday."

The Post asked Bundchen about the email and she responded, "I am surprised that you received this e-mail; it was a private note only sent to close friends and family."

Awkward Alert! Heidi Klum Gushes Over Seal in Just-Released Pre-Split Interview

As it happens, Heidi Klum is the latest A-lister to be haunted by the delayed publication of an ill-timed and awkwardly gushy interview about her now estranged ex. While the supermodel ostensibly sat down with InStyle UK months ago, back when she and Seal were one of Hollywood's poster couples for longevity, her sound bites have only now, unfortunately, gone to print.

Hey, it's happened to the best of them. So what did Klum have to say?

Cue the slight cringe.

"I don't know why we work, my husband and I. We just do," she told the British magazine's March issue, per an excerpt obtained by the New York Post. "We are black and white—yin and yang."

No and more.

"To me, his beautiful face, great body, amazing heart, voice, his ability to be a loving, caring person and father…what can I say?

"I have a lot of fun with him," she went on. "He's off the cuff. He's not fixed in his ways. And he knows how to handle me. It's always been really passionate between us."

In retrospect, it was an unfortunate conversational tact, but it had nothing on her next point, in which she spoke about their tradition of renewing their vows—something she said she hoped would continue throughout their years together.

"I'm determined to mark our wedding every year with a really great party," she told the magazine. "We all work very hard and time goes by so fast and you can stumble over years without symbolic peaks in your life to remember—so we create those."

Something tells us this interview is one she'll remember, as well.

Lauren Scruggs Gets a Prosthetic Eye

"She was fitted and measured. The ocularist carefully painted and shaped the new eye," Cheryl Scruggs wrote on her daughter's Caring Bridge website Thursday.

It was an "all day process," adds Cheryl, and "by 5 p.m., it was done, and her new eye was in place. It is beautiful. Thank you God for providing."

Lauren, 23, who runs the fashion blog LOLO (her nickname is "Lo") may soon be getting a prosthetic arm as well. "We again met with the arm people this week," her mother added. "Again, another step. bittersweet......

Lauren was seen out in public for the first time since her accident last month. And while she appears to be making great progress, her mother says she's now dealing with a different type of recovery.

"Lo's physical pain has subsided a great deal. It is now the emotional pain that is the tough one," writes Cheryl. "Please continue to pray. Your prayers are so appreciated ... More than you know."

Heidi Klum Thanks Fans for Support Through Breakup

The supermodel, 38, who hadn't Tweeted since Jan. 15, acknowledged those who have helped her so far through the split from her husband, 48, of nearly seven years.

"Hi everyone, I want to thank u for all your support & kind words," Klum Tweeted on Tuesday. "[It] really means so much. Thanks again...to the best fans in the world! xoHeidi"

Seal, meanwhile, has given several interviews, and has described how he and Klum broke the news of their split to their children. The singer also recently said on CNN he believed a reconciliation "may happen."

Klum and Seal decided to part ways "after much soul-searching," they told PEOPLE in a statement. "We have had the deepest respect for one another throughout our relationship and continue tolove each other very much, but we have grown apart."

A holiday trip to Aspen, Colo., in December was said to be the final straw for the couple.

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Heidi Klum & Seal's Split: How They Told Their Kids

"We talk to them, we try to explain as best we could what is going on," says Seal of breaking the news to his four children with estranged wife Heidi Klum.

"[We're] just explaining to them that things will be different, you know, without going into too much detail. Things will be different."

In his interview with Access Hollywood's Billy Bush, the Grammy winner, 48, also talks about how he and Klum, 38, reassured Leni, 7 ½, Henry, 6, Johan, 5, and Lou, 2.

Though their split has certainly been difficult, "a lot of things won't change," Seal continues. "The main thing is to make sure that they feel that they're loved. Make sure they understand that their parents love each other [and] ... it has absolutely nothing to do with them."

The musician, who has said that he still believes a reconciliation "may happen," adds that even if mom and dad remain apart, the kids needn't worry about spending time with them.

"In actual fact, it may even improve the amount of time that we spend with them," says Seal. "Quality time."

Heidi Klum Still Wearing Wedding Ring, Too

The pic was snapped as Heidi was leaving the set of "Germany's Next Top Model" (yes, it's shot in LA) -- and she was still sporting either her wedding band ... or her engagement ring. If it was the engagement ring though, Heidi was hiding the giant diamond.

It's the first time we've seen Heidi's face since news broke about her split from her husband -- her full face at least.

Seal: Reconciliation with Heidi Klum 'May Happen'

"It may happen, I can't speak for her," Seal, 48, says on Piers Morgan Tonight. "Is it irreparable? You can never say never. The thing I love most about us is that we are a team ? that won't change, whether we get back together or not."

For now, though, the British musician, who is still wearing his wedding ring, sticks by the couple's mutual decision to part ways.

"I don't know at this point, to be honest [if I want to reconcile]. If it were that easy – if there weren't problems, we'd still be together. That is the reality."

One thing is certain; he still has feelings for Klum.

"My love for her has not waned one iota," he says. "I love her with all my heart. How can you not love somebody [who] you've spent eight years with?"

Defending "malicious" rumors that he's "just wearing his wedding ring for show," Seal explains – while pointing out his brown nail polish-adorned finger – "I'm still wearing my wedding ring because I'm still married to this incredible woman."

"What this means to me and what it stands for [is] respect," he continues. "It stands for loyalty, it stands for incredible memories, and it stands for these four little miracles – and Heidi, making five – that have come into my life."

Heidi Klum & Seal: It Was a Crazy Love Affair

"They were just really great at keeping it private and putting on that 'perfect couple' front that everyone expected," says a Klum pal. But "it's actually been about six months that they've been working through some issues."

"It was a crazy love affair with highs and lows," says a source close to the couple, known for their over-the-top romantic gestures and lavish anniversary parties. "Most people can't sustain the highs when they're that extreme."

But even though they've decided to part ways, says one source close to Seal, "I believe they were madly in love."

For more on the real story behind Heidi and Seal's shocking split, pick up the upcoming issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.

Gisele Bundchen could become billionaire off lingerie line; Bar Rafaeli takes note

Bündchen earned a reported $45 million between 2010 and 2011, according to Forbes. And that number doesn't include the launch of her Gisele Bündchen Brazilian Intimates last May. The line has been a success in Latin America, Portugal, Japan, and Israel -- boosting one Brazilian retailer's turnover by 40 percent -- and will soon be available worldwide.

Bündchen's earnings helped her and husband Tom Brady clinch the title of Highest Paid Celebrity Couple in 2011, edging out Jay-Z and Beyonce. But while the Daily Mail reports that Bündchen appears on her way to billionaire status, another model of note will be giving her a run for her money.

Bar Rafaeli, ex-girlfriend of Leonardo DiCaprio, has announced a lingerie line, too. The collection will be called Under.me and will be sold online.

"The Under.me philosophy is that underwear should complement your body, not steal the show," Rafaeli said."It was appealing to me to do a line of underwear from the fabric I like with the basic, comfy design I always look for, as well as underwear that can actually be delivered to your door."

But of course, both models are followers here. Elle Macpherson was the first model to earn a fortune off intimate apparel, launching a line in 1990.

'Aspen Was the Final Straw' for Heidi Klum & Seal, Sources Say

"Aspen didn't go as well as planned ... there were more lows than highs," one source says. "Aspen was the final straw."

The couple, who were often apart due to work commitments, had hoped for quality time in the mountains.

"When they came together for Christmas as a family, things had changed and they fought a lot," another source says. "Their Aspen trip was a bit of a mess. Instead of enjoying being back together as a family, it was difficult for them to get along."

While on vacation, Klum hit a point where she was "done with the arguing," the second source says. "She doesn't want to fight anymore and thinks it's better to separate before their arguing starts to affect their kids."

Despite what was going on behind closed doors, people who are used to seeing Klum, 38, and Seal, 48, in the celeb-friendly ski town didn't necessarily notice signs of trouble.

"They seemed very happy together," one photographer tells PEOPLE of the pair, who are now grieving their relationship. "They couldn't stop kissing and cuddling. They spent a lot of time with their kids, but also managed to sneak in several solo ski runs together. If they were having problems, they were definitely not showing during the day."

Another source, who described the vacationing couple as "playful," says they were "talking and seemingly very much in love."

Still, when they failed to show up for the opening of new hotspot the Regal Watering Hole, where they had reserved a table, a source says it raised eyebrows.

Heidi Klum Shopped Around L.A. ... For Divorce Lawyers

Our sources say Heidi has already selected one of the lawyers based on her interviews, and as we first reported, she has already decided she will file for divorce.

We're told the interviews with the lawyers were conducted at a secret location because Heidi was concerned about a leak.

We're told all of the lawyers she met with have repped a number of celebrity clients -- the attorneys are among the most prominent in town.

And there's a twist. Seal can't hire any of the lawyers Heidi rejected because she shared confidential information with them, so representing Seal would create a conflict of interest. The good news for Seal -- there are still other good divorce lawyers to be had.

As we reported, when Heidi files, she will cite "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the divorce. Seal's temper, we're told, was a significant factor in her decision.

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Heidi Klum and Seal's Split Shocks Friends

So when the singer, 48, and the fashion icon, 38, broke the news with PEOPLE on Sunday that they're separating, friends were caught off guard.

"All this is just shocking to me," says Niche Media founder Jason Binn, a friend of Klum's for more than 20 years. "I've only seen them as the most loving couple."

"The Heidi and Seal I knew was the couple everyone loves," says a fashion industry source who's worked with Klum, "super passionate and in love."

Sources who've witnessed Seal and Klum's typically overt shows of affection – "They were always all over each other, practically groping," says another fashion source, "totally in love" – are now left wondering what could have gone wrong for the pair, whose children are Leni, 7½, Henry, 6, Johan, 5, and Lou, 2.

"It has to be something major," says a Klum friend. "They have four kids together, and they've always been very committed to making it work."

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