Influencer on why she waited for gender reveal at birth

Steph Claire Smith says waiting to find out the gender of her second child was 'one of the most euphoric feelings in the world'.
The 31-year-old model revealed the happy news of her daughter's birth on Friday, sharing on Instagram a series of adorable photos showing her new family member named Billie Claire.
At the weekend, Smith took to social media again, sharing intimate images after Billie's birth that captured 'raw moments' of her and her husband Josh Miller's experience.
'One of the most euphoric feelings in the world,' she wrote in the post's caption.
'These snaps are raw moments of us finding out our little one's gender, and my gosh, the surprise was so, so special.
'It was you in there all along, my Billie girl 🥹.
'The way you came out so calm, so alert, just looking straight into my eyes - I fell in love instantly.
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'So grateful to have another little being to love like this.'
Fellow Australian influencers took to the comments section in awe of the podcaster's will to share such private images.
'I love these so much because they're so raw and real. Absolutely beautiful!! The best feeling in the world,' Miranda Ditter said.
Melbourne digital creator Madeleine Edwards said: 'Omg I'm crying these are beautiful.'
Blogger Ellie Watson said: 'Omg this is so special.'
Little Billie is the younger sister of the couple's four-year-old son Harvey.
The birth comes after Smith documented parts of her pregnancy journey with her followers on Instagram over recent months.
Last week, she passed her due date and revealed she was 'still (impatiently) waiting on bubs arrival'.
She added that she was 'just so so so excited to meet this little being'.

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‘Everyone wants a piece of Barry': Humphries' art hits auction highs

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‘Everyone wants a piece of Barry': Humphries' art hits auction highs

Two years after his death, the creator of Dame Edna and Sir Les Patterson can still pull a crowd and steal a show. Some 98 objects, mostly packed up from Barry Humphries' Sydney home, went under the hammer on Monday night in an Australian auction of his personal art which exceeded auction house Leonard Joel's most optimistic sale expectations. All up the Australian sale netted $477,112 including buyers' premium. 'He'd be saying, 'I told you I was good!', and he'd be planning an exhibition,' said son Oscar, from London as he watched the auction live. With his share of the proceeds, Oscar Humphries said he would frame works he held by his father and raised the idea of funding a comedy prize in Melbourne 'for people who are actually funny'. In 2019, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival stripped Barry Humphries's name from the festival's biggest award, following furore over the performer's comments about transgender people. 'If someone wants to match me we could talk,' said Oscar. 'We could recreate the Barry awards. I'm good for $50,000, but I have got to find a partner.' The opening lot at the auction was a framed watercolour and pen likeness by Humphries of his comic creation Dame Edna. It signalled the excitable buyer interest that was to come for works by the comic, selling for $17,000 under the hammer or $21,250 with buyers' premium. It had a top estimate before auction of $3000. Caricatures penned by Humphries while on the road in Australia, the US, Greece and elsewhere fetched several thousand dollars a piece.