Behati Prinsloo reveals Ellen came up with the name for her and Adam Levine's first child... as she gets gifted backpack with Victoria's Secret wings
Supermodel Behati Prinsloo talks saving the rhinos and baby names while trying on a unique travel backpack with Victoria's Secret wings on a new episode of Ellen.
The Nambian model, 31, revealed that she actually named first child Dusty Rose at DeGeneres' suggestion, though she was against it at first.
'Adam brought it to me pretty early on in my pregnancy, and he was like, "Ellen came up with this amazing name, Dusty," she explained.
Behati on Ellen: Supermodel Behati Prinsloo talks saving the rhinos and baby names while trying on a unique travel backpack with Victoria's Secret wings on a new episode of Ellen
While the supermodel said she loves Dusty Springfield, she didn't want to name her first child Dusty.
'I was like, "Dusty? That is not... my parents are going to think it's a piece of dust,"' she said, because her parents are Afrikans and 'English is not their first language,' but as the months went on, the name grew on her.
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She added that, while her husband Adam Levine wants to have five kids, she's thinking more along the lines of 'three or four' kids.
'Just by one. Adam can't have everything,' she said.
Out and about: Ellen then asked if, while growing up in Namibia, she just saw rhinos and other animals just out and about
Ellen then decided to bestow a special gift to the model, a special travel backpack complete with Victoria's Secret Angel wings.
'This will really come in handy,' Prinsloo said with a laugh, while modeling her special backpack for the crowd.
The 31-year-old Victoria's Secret Angel also spoke about recently returning to her home country of Namibia in her work with Save the Rhino Trust.
Poaching: The model added that the rhinos are being poached for their hair, which, in certain Asian countries, having rhino hair is a, 'form of status,' along with medicinal uses
'It made sense for me to be a part of this organization, because I'm from Namibia, my parents still live there,' she said.'
'We all know poaching is going on, and devastating things are happening, but I just wanted to join and make a difference, use my voice to let people know, spread awareness,' she added.
'So I joined SRT and we went down there and we had a crazy trip,' the supermodel said. 'We met amazing people doing incredible things for these animals.'
Traveling angel: Ellen then decided to bestow a special gift to the model, a special travel backpack complete with Victoria's Secret Angel wings
Ellen then asked if, while growing up in Namibia, she just saw rhinos and other animals just out and about.
'Not as much as we should see them, especially. They're very solitary animals,' Prinsloo said.
'And, through poaching, their numbers have declined from the 60s to the 90s by like 98%, which is crazy. And they're incredible creatures,' she said.
Handy backpack: 'This will really come in handy,' Prinsloo said with a laugh, while modeling her special backpack for the crowd
The model added that the rhinos are being poached for their hair, which, in certain Asian countries, having rhino hair is a, 'form of status,' along with medicinal uses.
'So they think it will cure anything from a headache to cancer, which is not true,' adding that they kill the animals to get their horns as well.
'They do de-horning now,' adding that the poachers, 'basically let the animal bleed to death, and then sell it on the black market.'
'It's just really sad, and I feel like we as human beings are doing this. And we can stop it. So we can't be the reason they go extinct,' she added.
Adam talk: 'Adam brought it to me pretty early on in my pregnancy, and he was like, 'Ellen came up with this amazing name, Dusty,' she said
