--- title: Chrissy Teigen on Feeling Sexy After Motherhood description: Chrissy Teigen says she never felt her body was 'particularly sexual' until she became a mom to daughter Luna with John Legend. canonical: https://time.com/4609302/chrissy-teigen-post-baby-body-confidence/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-21T17:35:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:04:12.168Z og:title: Chrissy Teigen Didn't Feel 'Particularly Sexual' Until She Became a Mom og:description: 'I wasn't a curvy girl' og:url: https://time.com/4609302/chrissy-teigen-post-baby-body-confidence/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88e0969f8871cc69/6988b3aaab6d7771d96ac517/chrissy-teigen-feeling-sexy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2016 God's Love We Deliver Golden Heart Awards Dinner og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chrissy Teigen Didn't Feel 'Particularly Sexual' Until She Became a Mom twitter:description: 'I wasn't a curvy girl' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88e0969f8871cc69/6988b3aaab6d7771d96ac517/chrissy-teigen-feeling-sexy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chrissy Teigen Didn't Feel 'Particularly Sexual' Until She Became a Mom by [Julie Mazziotta / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Julie Mazziotta / People Contributor Dec 21, 2016 5:35 PM UTC  Model Chrissy Teigen attends the 2016 God's Love We Deliver Golden Heart awards dinner at Spring Studios on October 17, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/WireImage) Model Chrissy Teigen attends the 2016 God's Love We Deliver Golden Heart awards dinner at Spring Studios on October 17, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/WireImage)Gary Gershoff—WireImage by [Julie Mazziotta / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Julie Mazziotta / People Contributor Dec 21, 2016 5:35 PM UTC [Chrissy Teigen](http://people.com/tag/chrissy-teigen/) is one hot mama! Though she’s always found things to love about her body, the model and cookbook author says that she [didn’t feel sexy](http://people.com/style/chrissy-teigen-love-advent-thong-bodysuit-video/) until she [gave birth to daughter Luna](http://people.com/babies/chrissy-teigen-and-john-legends-daughter-baby-photos/welcome-home-luna) in April. “I always felt like a bit of a tomboy, and I never looked at my body as particularly sexual — I wasn’t a curvy girl,” Teigen, 31, explains [in _Elle_ Australia’s January issue](http://www.elle.com.au/elle-fit-club/fitness/2016/12/chrissy-teigen-elle-australia-january-issue-cover-shoot/chrissy-teigen-elle-australia-january-issue-cover-shoot-image-1/). Her [post-baby body](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2016/09/21/chrissy-teigen-talks-post-baby-body/) changed her perspective. “But to be able to see my body afterwards, and of course you get, like, hips,” Teigen says. “Finally, for the first time, I feel like I have a bit more of a womanly figure … I think you just feel really feminine.” And she’s learning how to dress her new shape. “I only shop online basically. Whatever my stylist Monica Rose puts me in, I order it in every color, in usually two different sizes because I fluctuate.” And she’s totally fine with that. In fact, the former _Sports Illustrated_ Swimsuit Issue cover girl says she [feels so comfortable in her body](http://people.com/bodies/chrissy-teigen-to-body-bullies-who-the-f-cares-what-you-think/) right now that she would rather do a naked photoshoot over another sandy beach one. “I would much rather shoot completely naked than in a swimsuit, it’s just always been my thing. I’ve never been much of a beach girl,” she says. “I grew up in Washington — it’s freezing in that ocean. So it’s out of my comfort zone, and it’s the craziest thing that I’m probably most known for _Sports Illustrated_, when that’s how I feel the most uncomfortable.” The always-honest [Teigen spoke out in August](http://people.com/babies/chrissy-teigen-celeb-post-baby-bodies-not-realistic/) about the how [celebrities’ post-baby bodies](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2016/08/10/blake-lively-calls-out-post-baby-body-shamers-its-so-unfair/) are unrealistic for the average person. “Anyone in the public eye, we have all the help we could ever need to be able to shed everything,” she said. “So I think people get this jaded sensation that everybody’s losing it so quickly, but we just happen to be the ones who are out there.” “We have nutritionists, we have dietitians, we have trainers, we have our own schedules, we have nannies. We have people who make it possible for us to get back into shape. But nobody should feel like that’s normal, or like that’s realistic.” _This_ [_article_](http://people.com/bodies/chrissy-teigen-never-felt-sexual-until-baby/) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://people.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4609302/chrissy-teigen-post-baby-body-confidence/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4609302/chrissy-teigen-post-baby-body-confidence/"},"headline":"Chrissy Teigen Didn't Feel 'Particularly Sexual' Until She Became a Mom","datePublished":"2016-12-21T17:35:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:04:12.168Z","description":"'I wasn't a curvy girl'","url":"https://time.com/4609302/chrissy-teigen-post-baby-body-confidence/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88e0969f8871cc69/6988b3aaab6d7771d96ac517/chrissy-teigen-feeling-sexy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julie Mazziotta / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88e0969f8871cc69/6988b3aaab6d7771d96ac517/chrissy-teigen-feeling-sexy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2016 God's Love We Deliver Golden Heart Awards Dinner","caption":"2016 God's Love We Deliver Golden Heart Awards Dinner","creditText":"Gary Gershoff—WireImage","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/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4609302/chrissy-teigen-post-baby-body-confidence/","name":"Chrissy Teigen Didn't Feel 'Particularly Sexual' Until She Became a Mom"}}]}] ```