Runway Moms

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Runway Moms
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
Production
Executive producerSteven Engel
Production companyEngel Entertainment
Release
Original network Discovery Health Channel
Original releaseJanuary 2, 2006 (2006-01-02)

Runway Moms is an American reality television program created for the Discovery Health Channel. It is a documentary style show profiling women that work for Expecting Models, a modeling agency that specializes in pregnant models and actresses.

Each episode highlights a different model mom-to-be and her unique pregnancy and birth story. The models are followed on their photo shoots and share their prenatal secrets to staying fit and glamorous. Agency owner Liza Elliott-Ramirez, mother of two, acts as both an agent and confidant for the models. [1]

Runway Moms was broadcast on the Discovery Health Channel in the United States, [2] the Discovery Channel in Australia, [3] and on Discovery Home & Health in southeast Asia.

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