Christie Brinkley really knows how to take care of herself!
She also knows the importance of atoning for past sins.
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After spending a great many years as a bikini model, the 62-year-old is all about reversing sun damage, as she admitted to People:
“I grew up in Malibu. Then my real job of modeling took me to beaches all over the world and under the sun. I really am aware of all the sun exposure I’ve had in my life and I’m interested in things that they can do to [reverse the sun’s effects].”
She admits she gets Clear and Brilliant laser treatments and “occasionally I’ll do a little bit of filler” but never any Botox:
“I’m a model. I want my skin to look its best. Some women on my Instagram will say, ‘Oh, she’s so fake. It’s not her skincare, she gets filler.’ And it’s like okay ├óΓé¼┬ªif I only did filler and I didn’t use my Recapture 360 [skincare treatment], I wouldn’t have the moisturizing, I wouldn’t have that bounce back ├óΓé¼┬ª it’s the whole thing. You have to take care of the texture of your skin.”
In fact, a very clean and healthy lifestyle gets the main credit for why she looks so good:
“You’ve gotta take care of yourself and share what you do so others can take care of themselves as well. I try to be as vegan as I can be ├óΓé¼┬ª I try to keep it mainly to the mozzarella now. It comes from Italy and I like to imagine it’s just this little cow roaming on a hill and somebody milks it gently. Occasionally I feel like I need a little piece of salmon ├óΓé¼┬ª I will occasionally eat oysters. I think that there’s nothing like a great oyster and a little glass of prosecco. But other than that it’s a vegetable based diet with lots of greens and quinoa and some couscous.”
Moreover, the blonde babe feels like she has a duty and role to maintain:
“As a model, if I don’t look good, I’m not gonna be able to be ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ I don’t wanna say inspiration ’cause that sounds so full of myself. But I think that models generally speaking are either aspirational or inspirational. The only thing I don’t like about modeling is I don’t want women to feel like they have to look like the airbrushed version and feel like they can’t attain the perfection there. I’m always trying to unmask that and say you guys, hair and makeup, good lighting.”
Good lighting? Maybe. Good genes? For sure.
See more shots of the model in the gallery (above)!
[Image via Christie Brinkley/Instagram.]