The Brazilian model - who has a 16-month-old daughter, Valentina, with basketball star Marko Jaric - loved being pregnant and since the birth she now feels "more beautiful" than she ever has done before.

She said: "It was the best thing that can happen to my life. During pregnancy it was great. Those pregnancy hormones did wonders to me.

"I feel much more beautiful, sexier, more womanly. I think my hair, my skin is much better now."

The South American beauty has also praised her fellow Victoria`s Secret models and new mothers Miranda Kerr and Doutzen Kroes, saying the pair will be "very responsible" parents.

She told website Hollyscoop: "They were asking a few questions. I think they`re very responsible and very gentle. I`m sure they`re being wonderful mothers."

Adriana has previously revealed she much prefers being a mother to being a model because it has taught her what love is.

She said: "The best job in the world for me is being a mom. I never thought I could love so much. I always thought, does unconditional love exist? Now I know it does because I feel it.

"It`s really changed me completely. I am, in my head, more mature, more secure. And, you know, it changed completely the priorities in my life. You feel so strong. It`s such a wonderful feeling."
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