Hannah Neeleman , the influencer known as “ Ballerina Farm ” with 9 million Instagram followers, is the most public “trad wife” — but that doesn’t mean she likes the title. “I don’t necessarily identify with it,” Neeleman, 34, told The Sunday Times in an interview published on Saturday, July 20. “Because we are traditional in the sense that it’s a man and a woman, we have children, but I do feel like we’re paving a lot of paths that haven’t been paved before.
” Hannah shares eight children — Henry, 12, Charles, 10, George, 9, Frances, 7, Lois, 5, Martha, 3, Mabel, 2, and baby Flora, 6 months — with her husband, Daniel Neeleman . The couple’s youngest child, Flora, was born in January. Hannah eschewed painkillers for Flora’s birth, and 12 days later she competed in a beauty pageant.
(She was named Mrs American in 2023, and competed for Mrs World in Las Vegas earlier this year.) The former ballerina, who studied at Julliard, explained that although she is a stay-at-home mother a.k.
a a “traditional wife,” she has a high-earning job as a contributor to their family farm. “For me to have the label of a traditional woman,” she cautiously continued. “I’m kinda, like, I don’t know if I identify with that.
” When asked if Daniel, 36, was the head of their household, he responded, “No. We’re co-CEOs.” Hannah agreed, “Yeah.
We are.” Hannah gained fame on social media as the “trad wife” phenomenon — which centers on women .