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"Australian fitness model Chontel Duncan &amp;#x2014; who is best known for her rock-hard pregnancy abs &amp;#x2014; documented her famous tummy in weekly progression photos before the birth of her son last month. &amp;#x201C;OMG the changes in my bump from week 37 to to 39 is crazy,&amp;#x201D; the former Miss Universe finalist Instagrammed on April 12, alongside 12 black-and-white images taken by photographer Melanie Wilkes.The 6-foot-1 social media sensation first grabbed headlines in November after posing stomach-to-stomach with her friend Nat, who was four weeks further along in her pregnancy. Addressing the difference in their belly sizes, Duncan noted: &amp;#x201C;Each woman carries differently, and this most certainly doesn&amp;#x2019;t mean one is doing something wrong or not healthy.&amp;#x201D;&amp;#xA0;Duncan, 27, and her husband, Sam, welcomed their 7-pound, 13-ounce son Jeremiah on March 25. In an Instagram post, she raved that the baby was &amp;#x201C;extremely alert and very strong.&amp;#x201D; Just five days after giving birth, the trainer at HIIT gym shared a snap of herself in a neon orange bikini. The accompanying caption read, &amp;#x201C;I can&amp;#x2019;t believe my bump is gone.&amp;#x201D;The new mom opened up about her body image to Elle. &amp;#x201C;I&amp;#x2019;m proud of how my body looks after baby,&amp;#x201D; she explained in an April 12 interview. &amp;#x201C;I think I may not have got ginormous hips, I may not have got crazy stretch marks, but my body still went through a pregnancy.&amp;#x201D;Duncan &amp;#x2014; who was kickboxing and doing plate pushes at 37 weeks pregnant &amp;#x2014; also hit back at online trolls who criticized her intense workout regimen. &amp;#x201C;It&amp;#x2019;s become so taboo if you do anything that looks vigorous when you&amp;#x2019;re pregnant,&amp;#x201D; she said. &amp;#x201C;These babies are so supported that the doctors are more afraid of us hurting ourselves holding the extra load of weight on our bellies and our backs &amp;#x2026; There are a lot of misconceptions that these babies are super fragile in our womb.&amp;#x201D;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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