‘Wow She’s Gorgeous’: Former ‘Love and Hip Hop’ Star Hazel-E Welcomes First Child and Fans Deem the Newborn Her Twin

Congratulations are in order for Hazel-E and her fiancé Devon Waller.

The former “Love and Hip Hop: Hollywood” cast member gave birth this week to a baby girl, Ava Dior Waller, and Little Ava clearly takes after her mother in the beauty department.

On Tuesday, June 16, Hazel took to Instagram with a sweet recording of her newborn daughter. The video showed the infant dressed in a sparkly one-piece outfit and sucking on a pacifier.

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Hazel-E shares picture of her newborn daughter Ava. @hazelebaby/Instagram

“Meet our heartbeat @avadiorwaller 🤍 you’re literally everything I dreamed of and more 👼🏽,” the new mother wrote. She continued to pan the camera all over the child’s face.

Instagram followers flooded the 40-year-old Hazel with congratulatory messages on her first child while commenting on how much baby Ava resembles her.

“OMG!!! What a beauty!! Congrats Hazel darling!!!! Happy birthday @avadiorwaller 🎉🥳🙏🏽 she looks like you!” a fan wrote. Another person remarked, “Omgeeeeeeee she’s like a splitting image of the both of you!!!!!!!!! Congrats love 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕blessings!!!”

Another IG user said baby Ava had Hazel’s “whole face,” while someone else wrote, “Wow shes gorgeous. She is your twin babe #minime👑.”

Hazel announced her pregnancy in December with an Instagram photo of her ultrasound appointment. “I’m so nervous, happy, and anxious to take this journey but God had a plan when he placed you in my life @devonwallerofficial,” she wrote, tagging her fiancé Devon. “We went half & made it thru the first trimester! just wanted to make sure we secured the 👶🏽) 🙌🏽 #2020Baby #omgimfinnabeawholemom & a Wife #GodAnsweredAllMyPrayers 🙏🏽.”

Devon has apparently been by his future wife’s side throughout her entire pregnancy, and Hazel couldn’t be happier.

“So blessed to have a partner who has been there with me every step of the way. I couldn’t have gone on this journey without you @devonwallerofficial you’re my 🌍 #AmericasSweetHearts,” the former “LHH” star wrote on June 5.

Hazel and Devon got engaged last October. The TV personality and rapper flashed her engagement ring in a photo and penned, “I must be fucccinnnn dreaming!!!!!!!!!!! OMG baby! Yes yes yes! I’m forever grateful for you helping me center myself and focus on my heart & helping me embrace real, true love, without 0 intentions.”

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