--- title: Marisa Miller Poses Nude for PETA to Protest Seaworld description: "Any mother knows the…connection you have with your baby," the supermodel says of claims that SeaWorld separates orca calves from their moms canonical: https://time.com/3848363/marisa-miller-seaworld-peta-campaign/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-06T12:24:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:42:34.612Z og:title: Pregnant Supermodel Poses Nude for PETA to Protest SeaWorld og:description: Marisa Miller says "any mother knows the… connection you have with your baby" og:url: https://time.com/3848363/marisa-miller-seaworld-peta-campaign/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb82573d19aff34c5/6987ee8f524fc02810df0944/marisa-millerad300.jpg?branch=production&width=800&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 800 og:image:height: 450 og:image:alt: marisa-millerAD300 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Pregnant Supermodel Poses Nude for PETA to Protest SeaWorld twitter:description: Marisa Miller says "any mother knows the… connection you have with your baby" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb82573d19aff34c5/6987ee8f524fc02810df0944/marisa-millerad300.jpg?branch=production&width=800&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Pregnant Supermodel Poses Nude for PETA to Protest SeaWorld > Sponsored content. 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It is a free newsletter available at time.com/newsletters.  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney May 6, 2015 12:24 PM UTC  PETA  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney May 6, 2015 12:24 PM UTC Supermodel Marisa Miller, who is currently pregnant with her second child, posed naked in a bathtub for a PETA campaign accusing SeaWorld of separating orca calves from their mothers. “Being a mom and seeing [_Blackfish_](http://time.com/3725331/seaworld-marketing-campaign-blackfish/), it was extremely emotional,” Miller, a former Victoria’s Secret model and _Sports Illustrated_ Swimsuit Edition cover star, [said in the PSA](https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=6033), referring to the high-profile documentary about SeaWorld. “I think any mother knows the sense of protection and connection you have with your baby.” The PETA campaign’s allegations echo those of former SeaWorld orca trainer John Hargrove, who in a March interview with NPR about his [SeaWorld-critical book](http://www.amazon.com/Beneath-Surface-Killer-SeaWorld-Blackfish/dp/1137280107) said, [via Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/05/marisa-miller-peta-seaworld%5Fn%5F7215844.html): --- > “” --- SeaWorld has denied the claims of both PETA and Hargrove. “Contrary to what you see in PETA’s campaign, SeaWorld understands the importance of keeping killer whale mothers and their dependent calves together,” it said in a statement. “Mothers provide support and nutrition and we do not and would not interfere with that, unless the mother or calf’s life was in danger.”  PETA ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3848363/marisa-miller-seaworld-peta-campaign/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3848363/marisa-miller-seaworld-peta-campaign/"},"headline":"Pregnant Supermodel Poses Nude for PETA to Protest SeaWorld","datePublished":"2015-05-06T12:24:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:42:34.612Z","description":"Marisa Miller says \"any mother knows the… connection you have with your baby\"","url":"https://time.com/3848363/marisa-miller-seaworld-peta-campaign/","keywords":["Living","Media"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb82573d19aff34c5/6987ee8f524fc02810df0944/marisa-millerad300.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb82573d19aff34c5/6987ee8f524fc02810df0944/marisa-millerad300.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"marisa-millerAD300","caption":"","creditText":"PETA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3848363/marisa-miller-seaworld-peta-campaign/","name":"Pregnant Supermodel Poses Nude for PETA to Protest SeaWorld"}}]}] ```