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Olivia Culpo and Christian McCaffrey are celebrating their biggest milestone yet, parenthood. The 33-year-old model and former Miss Universe has given birth to a baby girl. Her name is Colette Annalise McCaffrey and is the couple’s first child together.
Olivia shared the joyful news on Instagram alongside a series of intimate black-and-white portraits by photographer Lucio Andreozzi. “Colette Annalise McCaffrey 🤍,” she captioned the post.
© IG: Olivia CulpoIn the post, which garnered over 660,000 likes and hundreds of comments, her friend Eiza González wrote, “So happy for you two ❤️.” The official Miss Universe page also chimed in with a celebratory message: “Congratulations Queen 👑🤍.”
Christian, 29, echoed the announcement by sharing the same set of photos on his social media, joining in the celebration.
© IG: Olivia CulpoThe former beauty queen later took to her Instagram Story to reflect on her birth experience, describing it as both “the scariest and most rewarding of all experiences.” In one photo taken during labor, she wrote: “As soon as [Christian] came into the room, I felt most at peace. Look at the grip.”
She also praised her husband’s early parenting instincts, writing: “Colette is so lucky to have the best daddy in the world. A love like no other.”
© IG: Olivia CulpoCulpo, who took home the Miss Universe crown in 2012, has previously spoken candidly about her pregnancy journey and how it brought her closer to her mother.
“I feel like I have a lot of respect for my mom, and one thing that I realized through this experience of becoming a mom is actually how much I’ve needed my mom, which I didn’t anticipate,” she told People magazine.
“She’s just been so helpful to me, especially at the beginning of my pregnancy. That was really tough. It’s just kind of an interesting thing, and I’m just so grateful to her,” she added. “It’s just an ironic thought that you need your mom the most when you’re about to become a mom. That’s just genuinely how I felt.”
Ahead of Colette’s arrival, the couple prepared extensively for their new roles as parents. “We did a lot of research, asked a lot of questions to parents,” said McCaffrey, a star running back for the San Francisco 49ers.
“But one thing I’ve realized is everybody’s experience is different. I think it’s one of those things that you just have to go through, do the best you can with the information that you have.”
