Gorgeous Alessandra Ambrosio shows off her spellbinding legs in Daisy Dukes outside Nobu Malibu

Published: 08:25 GMT, 24 July 2017 | Updated: 21:31 GMT, 24 July 2017

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Alessandra Ambrosio showcased her knockout legs in a frayed pair of denim shorts when she was photographed in Los Angeles on Sunday.

The Erechim-born 36-year-old had swung by celebrity-flypaper Nobu Malibu in a tight yellow T-shirt with 'California HONEY' emblazoned on the front in black.

Her hair falling free, the slender Victoria's Secret Angel had accessorized with bracelets, a walnut brown purse, a necklace and a pair of round Oliver Peoples sunglasses.

Allez, Ale: Alessandra Ambrosio showcased her knockout legs in a frayed pair of denim shorts when she was photographed in Los Angeles on Sunday

Alessandra's been engaged since 2008 to RE/DONE founder Jamie, by whom she's got a five-year-old son called Noah and an eight-year-old daughter called Anja.

Giving an interview to The Edit last year, she conceded: 'Your body will never go back to exactly what it was before pregnancy, whatever people tell you. It can’t.'

Meanwhile, 'I think I have a better body now than before I had kids. It’s partly because I work out, whereas before I didn’t, but also to do with the shape – it just looks more formed now and I feel better about it than I did.'

Swank locale: The Erechim-born 36-year-old had swung by celebrity-flypaper Nobu Malibu in a tight yellow T-shirt with 'California HONEY' emblazoned on the front in black

The look: Her hair falling free, the slender Victoria's Secret Angel had accessorized with bracelets, a walnut brown purse, a necklace and a pair of round Oliver Peoples sunglasses

She did recall that 'after having Anja I only had three months to lose all the weight [before doing the 2008 Victoria’s Secret show] and I was on this 1200-calorie-a-day meal-delivery service that I hated. I couldn’t do that again.'

Motherhood has, indeed, shifted her view of modeling in that 'I used to be 100% comfortable on lingerie shoots - then I had a child, and it was more of a mental shift than anything else. Somehow it felt a bit weirder to be in lingerie once I was a mum.'

She recalled that 'I did that cover for Maxim last year [naked but for a strategically placed newspaper],' but 'you don’t see anything,' Alessandra noted.

Background: Alessandra's been engaged since 2008 to RE/DONE founder Jamie, by whom she's got a five-year-old son called Noah and an eight-year-old daughter called Anja

'It can't': Giving an interview to The Edit last year, she conceded: 'Your body will never go back to exactly what it was before pregnancy, whatever people tell you'

'When my daughter saw it, she asked: "Mummy, why do you have no clothes on?" And I said: "Mummy actually has a G-string on - it’s just so small you can’t see it."'

Ale's also said in that interview that 'Growing up in Brazil, it’s the curves that I remember most. Brazilians don’t just appreciate curves - they worship them.'

The model explained that 'It comes from that carnival culture, where women will parade around barely wearing a thing - just a tiny bikini, G-string or feathers.'

She's held that 'Every woman’s body is spectacular there, not because it’s perfect but because they’re loving life. It’s never been about having a Barbie-like physique in Brazil but having the right curves, whatever your proportions or size.'

'I feel better about it than I did': Meanwhile, she's maintained over the course of that same interview that 'I think I have a better body now than before I had kids'

'Brazilians don't just appreciate curves - they worship them': Ale's also said in that interview that 'Growing up in Brazil, it’s the curves that I remember most'