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BABY MAKES THREE By Melissa Walsh
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e’s six foot one, weighs 90 kilograms, and is a professional boxer and Australian Cruiserweight champion. She’s a five foot 10, slim, brunette international model who was runner up in the sixth season of Australia’s Next Top Model. Genetically they are a match made in heaven which they soon discovered after Sophie gave birth to their beautiful baby daughter, Laylah, on April 30 this year.
These days, life has slowed down for the young couple who met on New Year’s Eve four years ago and found out Sophie was pregnant while holidaying in Bali. “I met Kane at an event on New Year’s Eve but it took ages before I would go out with him. He was very persistent so I finally agreed to go on a date. Within the first ten seconds of being on our date, I texted my mum ‘keeper’,” said 26 year old Sophie, from the home
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she shares with her partner Kane in Langwarrin, while little Laylah rests snuggled up in her arms. For the model who has worked alongside Rachel Finch, Eamon Sullivan, Ruby Wilkins and Jennifer Hawkins, finding out she was pregnant came as a lovely surprise. “We were in Bali on holidays and to wind down after Kane’s fight with Danny Green,” said Sophie. “I was in a café and a Balinese girl started laughing at me saying I was pregnant. So I rushed to the shop and bought five pregnancy tests.” Peninsula born Kane said the biggest challenge was to get their house ready for the baby, as they were doing a massive renovation. “We bought the house in December and spent the next couple of months madly getting it renovated,” said the 34 year old, admitting the fact they were having a baby didn’t sink in until they were on the way to the hospital. “We were so busy getting