Maye Musk (yes, Elon's mother) is over 70 years old and still modelling


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Seventy-four-year-old Maye Musk, who has been modeling for nearly five decades, stunned in a one-piece swimsuit recently, shattering the norms and preconceived ideas of beauty. Photo: Instagram/Sports Illustrated Swimsuit

Their names are Iris Apfel, Maye Musk, Linda Rodin and Carmen Dell'Orefice, and they're on a mission to shake up the codes of fashion.

Whether long-time icons or newcomers, these models are gracing magazine covers, have up to several million followers on social networks, and walk the runways of the biggest luxury labels. And the one thing they all have in common is that they're over 70 years old, and they don't care one jot about criticism or what people might say.

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