Pregnant Serena Williams poses nearly nude on Vanity Fair cover
The sporting icon also told of her surprise at learning she was pregnant shortly after becoming engaged.
Tennis star Serena Williams has revealed her pregnancy figure by posing nearly nude on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine.
The US sporting ace, 35, discussed her love life with fiance Alexis Ohanian – the co-founder of website Reddit – and her shock upon discovering she was to become a mother.
Williams, who shared an image of the cover and one of the accompanying shots on her Instagram page, was photographed exclusively for the magazine by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz.
The athlete is seen holding her breasts with one hand, her baby bump on full display and her modesty protected by flesh-coloured underwear complete with a delicate chain.
Along with the striking cover image, which harks back to actress Demi Moore’s naked pregnancy shot on the cover of the fashion tome taken by Leibovitz in 1991, Williams spoke of her shock at expecting a baby with tech whizz Ohanian.
The pair met in May 2015 in Rome and became engaged in December 2016 after the 34-year-old proposed in the Italian city, at the same hotel they had first crossed paths.
