A model walks the red carpet while feeding

MIAMI – A model has revived the debate on public feeding in the United States, where the practice divides, after marching in Miami giving the milk to her baby five months, a gesture she ensures to have improvised.

Mara Martin paced the podium on Sunday at a Sports Illustrated magazine parade , wearing a golden bikini and carrying her daughter Aria sucking.

“She was getting a little hungry, the parade was late and it was time for her to eat. I honestly did not think twice, “assured the young mother Tuesday on the NBC, following the many reactions triggered by his gesture.

“I can not believe that so many articles have been published about my daughter and me for doing something I do every day,” she had reacted the day before on her Instagram account.

“I’m happy to be able to share this message and I hope I can help normalize feeding and also show others that women can do anything!” She added.

Unruffled in her green layer, the little Aria had on her ears a noise-canceling headphones protecting her from ambient music and public acclaim.

While the reactions were mostly positive, some users have qualified on social networks his “disgusting” or “disgusting”. “Masturbation is also a natural act. Will it also be on a podium? “Commented one of them on Twitter.

Feeding in public is a regular debate in the United States. Although almost all states legally protect feeding women in public, the practice still divides.

In 2014, several moms had fed their babies in front of an Anthropologie women’s clothing store in Beverly Hills, California, where a woman had been invited to go to the bathroom to nurse out of sight.

More recently, US President Donald Trump defended the use of milk powder, after an article accused the United States of wanting to mitigate a World Health Organization (WHO) resolution in favor of ‘feeding.

WHO recommends exclusive feeding for up to six months and part-time beyond and up to two years or more.