Daphne Selfe: an 80 year old supermodel who earns $1,372 per day!

Almost one year ago I had featured Valerie Ramsey who started modelling in her 60s because I was so impressed with her bold move. Valerie is now close to being 69 and she’s still striking poses in front of the camera.

If you missed that post, you can still catch here: Valerie Ramsey started modeling in her sixties

Of course there is the famous Carmen Dell’Orefice who was born in 1931 and has been modelling since 1947 … she’s still modelling today in her 70s and she’s representing luxury brands like Rolex.

That said, I had not heard of Daphne Selfe until recently. This British model (well she’s half Irish) is only 80 years old and she might be considered the oldest supermodel on the planet!

Yup, this story comes straight from one of my favourite British online newspaper Daily Mail. I think it’s quite important to feature these types of story because most of time the media makes us feel as if 30 was ancient and 40 was like being a dinosaur and being over 50 is like being invisible.

The reasons why everyone is going on and on about Madonna is because she’s over 50 and she’s clearly telling the world: “I’m NOT invisible and I’m still pretty sexy at my age”. I’ve never been a huge fan of Madonna’s music, but she tops my list of celebrities over 35 who are aging well because she’s showing women that just because you age doesn’t mean that you lose your beauty, sexuality or strength. Some journalists choose to mock her and say that she’s ancient and irrelevant … but I could not disagree more … there is NOTHING remotely irrelevant about Madonna in her new role as spokesperson for women over 50 who are aging well!

Daphne Selfe is not only modelling, but she’s modelling for la crème de la crème: Dolce & Gabbana, Michiko Koshino and Tata-Naka … and she’s fetching over $1,300 per day for strutting her stuff on international catwalks and posing for magazines!

As if that wasn’t enough, Daphne has been photographed by some of the top artists in the fashion industry including: Mario Testino, Nick Knight and David Bailey.

It seems that Daphne has been modelling for a very long time now … in fact she started modelling at 20 … so that would mean that she’s been in the business for 60 years!

Another thing I love about Daphne is that she kept her hair quite long … although it’s completely silver now and she can still work a pair of high heels.

I say BRAVO Daphne for showing the world that being a model in your 80s is a beautiful thing! I have no doubt that here kids and grandkids are incredibly proud of her incredible trailblazing ways!!!

You can read the original post and take a look at Daphne at work here: Supergran! Aged 80 and earning £1000 a day, could Daphne Selfe be the world’s oldest supermodel?

Photo by Daily Mail