In the face of stereotypes: Carol Gracias, Shveta Salve walk the ramp with baby bumps and to-be-moms

Back off, "perfect bodies"! These moms-to-be have set the ramp on fire like you clearly never can.

Going beyond the boundaries of fashion, Carol Gracias made quite a statement, walking the ramp with a baby bump on the last Lakme Fashion Week last month.

That was just a trailer of what the skincare oil brand Bio-Oil recreated on the Mother's Day. On the day of celebrating the woman who has given us life, Bio-Oil organised a fashion show with Shveta Salve and Carol Gracias along with 12 expecting mothers.

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A fabulous show by Bio Oil on #MothersDay. Great to see cute baby bumps being flaunted on stage #BioOil #yummymummy pic.twitter.com/HocGfHf4SG

— Sameera Reddy (@reddysameera) May 7, 2016

How is it that we celebrate "womanhood" and put that on the pedestal, yet cringe at the mention of seeing a woman with a bump walking the ramp? Not anymore, because Bio-Oil's incredible initiative, #YummiliciousWalk, was quite the retort to the ongoing hypocritical celebration of womanhood.

The fashion show was a sight to behold as each of these women, walked with poise defining a beauty that transcends beyond just the physical attribution of it.

Walked the ramp today with 12 Yummy Mummies!Happy to be part of the #YummiliciousWalk. #BioOil #YummyMummy  pic.twitter.com/s06ZQiH3lu

— ⓢⓗⓥⓔⓣⓐ ⓢⓐⓛⓥⓔ (@shvetasalve) May 7, 2016

@shvetasalve so happy thanks a lotttt pic.twitter.com/yAUpLRJQ9N

— geetha sridhar (@geetusri) May 7, 2016

This fashion show was singularly a validation of a more human perception of beauty, celebrating Mother's Day in all of its honesty. 

Walked the ramp today with 12 Yummy Mummies!Happy to be part of the #YummiliciousWalk. #BioOil #YummyMummy pic.twitter.com/s06ZQiH3lu

— ⓢⓗⓥⓔⓣⓐ ⓢⓐⓛⓥⓔ (@shvetasalve) May 7, 2016