Sydney’s eastern suburbs social set turned out over the weekend to celebrate Montana Cox’s baby shower, just weeks after the model revealed her pregnancy on the red carpet.
The 32-year-old Australian model is expecting her first child, a baby girl, with partner Louie Abdullah. The couple marked the occasion at Merivale’s Bert’s Bar and Brasserie in Newport.
Montana highlighted her growing baby bump in a figure-hugging white Sir The Label dress, featuring long sleeves and a fishtail skirt.
She styled her hair in an elegant up-do and finished the look with white pointed-toe heels.
Among the guests was fellow Australia’s Next Top Model alum Simone Holtznagel, whose sister’s husband, Justin Hemmes, owns the Newport venue where the celebration was held.
Simone, who is also mum to two-year-old daughter Gia, shared an Instagram photo with her longtime friend and captioned it: ‘MOTHERS.’
Sydney’s eastern suburbs social set turned out over the weekend to celebrate Montana Cox’s baby shower, just weeks after the model revealed her pregnancy on the red carpet. (L-R: Simone Holtznagel, Montana Cox)
The 32-year-old Australian model is expecting her first child, a baby girl, with partner Louie Abdullah. The couple celebrated at Merivale hotspot Bert’s Bar and Brasserie in Newport. (L-R: Jade Yarbrough, Montana Cox, Bernadette Sukkar)
Other attendees included eastern suburbs Pilates identity Bernadette Sukkar, Sir The Label co-founder Nikki Campbell, artist Tabitha Hope and socialite Jade Yarbrough.
Jade, the younger sister of Karl Stefanovic’s wife Jasmine, recently returned to social media after undergoing extensive surgery for stage 4 endometriosis.
Creative director Jody Koay, content creator Chelsea Svoboda, artist Monica Kubiak and photographer Sophie Brennan were also among the guests.
Montana marked the occasion with a pink-and-white cake bearing the heartfelt message: ‘Little habibti’.
The specially prepared menu featured oysters, tuna crudo, grass-fed beef steak and hand-filleted anchovies.
Montana confirmed last month that she and Louie are expecting their first child, ending weeks of speculation about her pregnancy.
The model later shared a social media photo showing off her growing baby bump.
In the mirror selfie, she looked radiant in a black exercise top and matching tracksuit pants as she posed with her bump on display.
Louie is the founder of Salad Days, while the couple have generally kept their relationship out of the public eye.
Montana highlighted her growing baby bump in a figure-hugging white Sir The Label dress with long sleeves and a fishtail skirt. (L-R: Montana Cox, Jody Koay)
Montana marked the occasion with a pink-and-white cake bearing the heartfelt message: ‘Little habibti’
The cake was finished with pink hearts and matching ribbons
The specially prepared menu featured oysters, tuna crudo, grass-fed beef steak and hand-filleted anchovies
Speculation about Montana’s pregnancy intensified after she was photographed appearing to show a baby bump while holidaying in Europe with fellow model Tahnee Atkinson.
She first offered a subtle glimpse of her pregnancy at the June launch of Rodd & Gunn’s limited-edition AFL capsule collection in Melbourne. Few people noticed the emerging bump beneath her oversized Demons jumper.
In October, she attended the Myer Spring ’26 Fashion Event in Sydney with her bump visible.
The catwalk star first rose to prominence on the 2011 season of Australia’s Next Top Model before moving to the United States.
After eventually tiring of life in New York City, Montana packed her bags and returned to Australia.
‘I have half of my apartment in New York, half of my stuff still back in London. I came back [to Australia] quickly,’ she told Stellar magazine in September 2021.
‘I was in London when Covid happened and I still had my New York apartment. I got rid of the lease and got someone to pack all of my stuff.’
She later joined the cast of Neighbours shortly before the Australian soap was cancelled.
Her character, Britney Barnes, was killed off a year after being introduced, meaning Montana did not return when Amazon briefly revived the series.