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Runway Moms | |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Steven Engel |
Production company | Engel Entertainment |
Release | |
Original network | Discovery Health Channel |
Original release | January 2, 2006 |
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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