Irina Shayk Makes a Stunning Return to the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Runway, Her First Since Walking Pregnant Eight Years Ago.Linh

Irina Shayk has returned to the Victoria’s Secret runway, and we’re seeing stars!

The 38-year-old model hit the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show catwalk on Tuesday, Oct. 15 for the first time since the 2016 show, where she memorably concealed her baby bump.

At the time she walked the runway that year, she had not yet announced she was expecting now-7-year-old daughter Lea De Seine, whom she shares with ex Bradley Cooper.

This year, Shayk strutted the runway in a star-covered, partially sheer one-piece as even more stars surrounded her thanks to her structured, 3-D train.

Tying in more silver, she also wore chunky hoop earrings and metallic sandal stilettos, and balanced out the bold look with a glowy glam and simple middle part, her dark hair trailing behind her on the catwalk.

At the 2016 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, Shayk wore a lacy gray lingerie set under a trench coat, partially concealing her baby bump, plus another red look that helped hide her pregnancy. The same day, PEOPLE confirmed the model was expecting a child with Cooper.

Later, a source who was backstage at the event told PEOPLE that most were unaware of Shayk’s pregnancy.

“Looking back, some of her outfits were less revealing in the stomach and seeing the news after the show, it made sense,” the insider said at the time. “No one suspected backstage, that’s for sure! She looked as beautiful as ever.”

Shayk herself also reflected on the moment ahead of the 2024 show. While speaking with Entertainment Tonight backstage, the model said, “I mean, last time I walked [a] Victoria’s Secret Show I was 4½, 5 months pregnant, so here we go. I’m back.”

“And my daughter probably will [be] watching it later,” she added of Lea.

Shayk and Cooper began dating in the spring of 2015 and welcomed their daughter Lea in April 2017. The couple split in 2019 after four years together.

Shayk appeared on runways during both Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks in the fall of 2024. For the Dolce & Gabbana spring/summer 2025 womenswear show on Sept. 21, the model donned a Marilyn Monroe-esque blonde wig and pointed bustier.

At Paris Fashion Week in January, Shayk was almost unrecognizable with bleached eyebrows for the Schiaparelli Haute Couture show. Stars like Jennifer Lopez and Zendaya were seated in the front row.