--- title: Elle Australia Has Nicole Trunfio Breastfeeding on June Cover description: Supermodel Nicole Trunfio is breastfeeding son Zion Rain Clark on June cover of Elle Australia canonical: https://time.com/3893941/elle-australia-cover-nicole-trunfio-breastfeeding/ author: Olivia B. 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Waxman Staff Writer May 22, 2015 3:11 PM UTC A cover of the June 2015 issue of _Elle Australia_, which is only available to subscribers, is going viral because it shows model Nicole Trunfio breastfeeding her son Zion Rain Clark. The issue also features a story about Trunfio and new motherhood, as the 29-year-old and fiancé Gary Clark, Jr., welcomed Zion to the world four months ago. “This wasn’t a contrived situation: Zion needed a feed, Nicole gave it to him, and when we saw how beautiful they looked we simply moved her onto the set,” _Elle_‘s editor-in-chief Justine Cullen said on the [magazine’s website](http://www.elle.com.au/news/fashion-news/2015/5/cover-cuddles/). Supportive comments started trending on social media via hashtags #normalizebreastfeeding and ‪#‎weareonlyhuman: Others, however, think it was cowardly of _Elle Australia_ to only make the cover available to subscribers. An example of the outraged [comments](https://www.facebook.com/ELLEaus/posts/438683082959914) on _Elle Australia_‘s Facebook page: --- > “” --- Trunfio wrote [on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/NicoleTrunfioOfficial/photos/a.139381219416054.17499.136766736344169/946840662003435/?type=1&theater) that she is proud of the photo, taken by photographer Georges Antoni, hailing it as a “positive and healthy” statement: --- > “” --- It is the latest magazine cover of a breastfeeding mom to go viral, from Brad Pitt’s photo of Angelina Jolie breastfeeding for the [Nov. 2008 W magazine cover](http://www.wmagazine.com/people/celebrities/2008/11/brad%5Fpitt%5Fangelina%5Fjolie%5Fextras) to a May 2012 _TIME_ cover[ “Are You Mom Enough”](http://time.com/3450144/behind-the-cover-are-you-mom-enough/) showing a mother breastfeeding her 3-year-old son, photographed by Martin Schoeller. ### Life Before Equal Pay Day: Portrait of a Working Mother in the 1950s  Jennie Magill with her family in the background. Grey Villet—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Working mother Jennie Magill shopping with her children at the super market. Grey Villet—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Jennie and Jim Magill in the kitchen. Grey Villet—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Jennie Magill and family in the kitchen. Grey Villet—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Wifely kiss is Jim's reward for helping with the dishes. Grey Villet—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Jennie Magill at work. Grey Villet—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Companionable lunch with the girls from store is lots better, says Jennie, than a sandwich in solitude at home. "Through Jennie's friends at work," says Jim, "I've met a lot of people I wouldn't have met otherwise." Grey Villet—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Her work is a source of pride to Jim. "She' has done a terrific job. And when I tell her about my work she doesn't brush it off." Grey Villet—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Going home, Jim always picks Jennie up at Carson Pirie Scott branch. The ride home is a chance to talk without domestic distractions. Grey Villet—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Jennie and Jim Magill coming home from work. Grey Villet—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Taking over the family reins when she gets home, Jennie holds Jackie, 2, who tests cake which he "helped" housekeeper Sophia Flewelling (left) to bake. Sophie runs household smoothly while parents are gone. Grey Villet—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Jennie Magill and family. Grey Villet—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Jennie Magill ironing with her daughter. Grey Villet—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Jennie Magill with her children. Grey Villet—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Jennie Magill comforting her crying daughter. Grey Villet—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Jennie Magill with her children. Grey Villet—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Jennie Magill reading a story to her children. Grey Villet—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Bill-paying is disagreeable, but it reminds them of how well they live because Jennie works. "It's nice not to have that lost feeling," says Jim. "Now when we see a piece of furniture we want, we buy it." Grey Villet—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Jennie Magill kisses her children goodbye. 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