With all the talk around heavily pregnant model Sophia Cahill appearing naked on milliner Robyn Coles’ début show at London Fashion Week, we were surprised to see another naked pregnant model hitting headlines again so soon.

Singer Jessica Simpson, who is expecting her first child any day now, has posed naked for US Elle’s April 2012 wearing nothing but yellow sapphire and diamond earrings and a yellow sapphire ring with peridot, turquoise, sapphires and diamonds from Van Cleef & Arpels.

Shot by Carter Smith and styled by Joe Zee, the team at Models Direct all agree Simpson looks stunning in this editorial.

But some have criticised the shoot, suggesting that rather than a celebration of life and the female form at its most endearing, posing naked while heavily pregnant is just pure exploitation.

But, judging by her interview for the magazine, Simpson takes tabloid brutality in her stride: “I’m still standin’,” she told Elle. “I grew up very strong! You know, my father used to be an adolescent therapist. I remember sitting at his office, watching the girls walkin’ in and out. Kids doin’ coke at 16…heroin. Pregnant at 14. I could see what I didn’t want to be.”

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