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Just call her mother angel.
Barbara Palvin hit the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2026 runway Sunday night, strutting her stuff in a sheer pale pink dress with a matching bra and panties.
The new mom wore her hair down in waves and accessorized with oversized gold hoops, adorned with the iconic lingerie label’s logo.
The star, 33, has been a long time VS model, but her turn on the catwalk this year is especially notable as she welcomed her first child just six weeks ago. Palvin gave birth to a baby girl named Sylvie on Sept. 7, writing on Instagram, “We took Labor Day literally this year” with husband Dylan Sprouse.
Ahead of the show, Page Six Style chatted with Palvin backstage, where she told us, “I tell everyone: This is normal. Maternity leave is six to eight weeks; I’m six weeks tomorrow, so I’m just doing what everyone [else] is doing. And I only need to walk down a runway!”
She added, “I’m happy. I’m excited. I hope I don’t fall!”
She joins the ranks of model moms including Jasmine Tookes, who walked the runway last year while nine months pregnant and Heidi Klum, who shocked fans when she revealed that she was secretly pregnant with daughter Leni when she wore the Fantasy Bra in 2003.
Klum also returned to the runway eight weeks after giving birth to son Henry in 2005 and five weeks after giving birth to Lou Samuel in 2009. Adriana Lima was similarly dedicated, making her first runway walk as a mom eight weeks after giving birth to daughter Valentina in 2008 and two months after her second child in 2012.
Palvin and Sprouse announced in May that they were starting a family, with the model debuting her bump on the Cannes Film Festival red carpet in a gorgeous light blue Miu Miu gown trimmed in feathers.
Victoria’s Secret announced that Palvin would once again appear in her skivvies just days before the show with a cheeky Instagram video of the star pushing a stroller with the caption, “Motherhood looks good on you, @realbarbarapalvin. So does the runway—see you in LA.”
Sprouse supported his spouse, writing on Instagram, “Proud of my missus, jumping right into the vs fashion show post-birth. Built different. I don’t know where you find the energy but damn!”
The former Disney Channel star is known for his over-the-top support of his now-wife, previously bringing cut-outs of their pets to the pink carpet and delivered her hamburgers directly at the show.
My wonderful husband will be here tonight,” Palvin confirmed to us ahead of the show. “I don’t know what he’s planning — hopefully nothing, because he has to be taking care of our baby girl right now!”
Palvin made her runway debut for Prada when she was just 17 years old and, two years later, made her Victoria’s Secret debut. While she didn’t return to the VS runway until 2018, she was then officially crowned an Angel the following year and walked in the 2024 and 2025 shows.