Is Pregnancy Glow Real? A Visual Investigation Featuring 15 Celebrities
Undebatable: how happy they look.
![<p>April&nbsp;2015<span class="redactor-invisible-space" data-verified="redactor" data-redactor-tag="span" data-redactor-class="redactor-invisible-space">;&nbsp;May 2016<span class="redactor-invisible-space" data-verified="redactor" data-redactor-tag="span" data-redactor-class="redactor-invisible-space"></span></span></p>](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eZZaN48sgEHyL2ms48jzVU-1280-80.jpeg)
For all the puking and, uh, tearing, the one supposed upside of the whole carrying-a-parasite-in-my-womb deal is The Glow, that otherworldly illumination that allegedly comes from bringing a new life into this world. Real? Mythical? Does it even matter if you get a little bundle of joy out of it? Make up your mind ahead.
![Blac Chyna](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QUDmxoKtWg8rESSnNNamdb-415-80.jpg)
Blac Chyna
April 2016; October 2016
![Emily Blunt](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7jQB2WB72wDx332BhGetZj-415-80.jpg)
Emily Blunt
May 2015; February 2016
![Blake Lively](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TEsad99NMh6AF32A9sSJE4-415-80.jpeg)
Blake Lively
April 2015; May 2016
![Marion Cotillard](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LH6hfPBEMktbcanhFKtmiA-415-80.jpg)
Marion Cotillard
July 2016; September 2016
![Ginnifer Goodwin](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/f69kKkgEY6VXx4GaBe3uNH-415-80.jpg)
Ginnifer Goodwin
January 2015; April 2016
![Anne Hathaway](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iMmzbfn5UEbe6MMpRrdveP-415-80.jpg)
Anne Hathaway
May 2015; January 2016
![Katherine Heigl](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XSGiGvUsPtE25P7KKEemaY-415-80.jpg)
Katherine Heigl
January 2015; August 2016
![Milla Jovovich](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/axr5HTyYD8yw8n5KRjsZgg-415-80.jpg)
Milla Jovovich
May 2014; September 2014
![Kim Kardashian](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Xa6NsyqkhsgsqQZRQYtxE5-415-80.jpg)
Kim Kardashian
April 2015; October 2015
![Léa Seydoux](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AoZWP3j69yR88Qz7DeGp4B-415-80.jpg)
Léa Seydoux
May 2016; October 2016
![Leigh Lezark](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/evvvPpfbbEpGddh8DkqCTH-415-80.jpg)
Leigh Lezark
February 2016; September 2016
![Keri Russell](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ucfuBinrJrmxci96xz6SNR-415-80.jpg)
Keri Russell
February 2015; March 2016
![Chrissy Teigen](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8h5hiFPuB6SoSRTkn6KqPY-415-80.jpeg)
Chrissy Teigen
May 2015; January 2016
![Kerry Washington](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RgmTsMV4jj2btwBnVgWSSh-415-80.jpeg)
Kerry Washington
February 2016; September 2016
![Olivia Wilde](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XSRcSdDJcpbvsHPxPeuZW4-415-80.jpg)
Olivia Wilde
February 2016; September 2016
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