Adriana Lima has made history by becoming the first model to appear visibly pregnant in the Pirelli calendar.
Lima announced that she was expecting her second child with husband, basketball player Marko Jarić, in March.
The 2013 edition of the famed calendar was shot in Brazil in May by acclaimed photojournalist (and the man behind the iconic National Geographic cover featuring an Afghan girl with bright green eyes), Steve McCurry. Behind-the-scenes photographs on Italian Vanity Fair 's website show Lima posing with her five-month-old baby bump bared for the camera.
IN PICTURES: The 2012 Pirelli calendar
In the 2004 edition, captured by British photographer Nick Knight, pregnant model Esther de Jong illustrated the month of May. Her bump, which was far less visible than Lima's, was then digitally enhanced so that she appeared to be heavily pregnant.
The calendar is known for its risqué photographs of beautiful, usually nude models and actresses such as Kate Moss and Penelope Cruz, but McCurry has decided to take a different approach, telling liquida.it : "I want to portray women who are sexy without being naked."
McCurry, who has won awards for his work in war zones, aims to show the 11 "protagonists" involved, including Petra Nemcova, Liya Kebebe and Isabeli Fontana, in the support of foundations, NGOs and humanitarian projects, telling Italian Vanity Fair that it will be a "calendar of the soul".
WATCH: Behind the scenes of the 2012 Pirelli calendar
He follows in the footsteps of the likes of Mario Sorrenti, Terry Richardson, Karl Lagerfeld and Bruce Weber, all of whom have shot previous editions. The publication is famous for its limited availability and is only given as a corporate gift to a restricted number of important Pirelli customers and celebrity VIPs each year.
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