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Thursday 17 July 2008

63-year-old woman in a bikini


Goddess

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Goddess? Yes, she has a lovely figure; toned and curvy. Would that I looked like that now, let alone at 63! However, she never had children and she clearly takes care of herself in a number of ways. She obviously goes to the gym, she's probably never been fat and she may even have had some surgery. And fair play to her; an actress' body is one of the tools of her trade. If she needs to keep it looking a certain way then she should do whatever she needs to do that she's comfortable with.

For me the best part of this picture is not how good her body looks, but her evident ease and self-confidence. I don't see why a woman of 63 shouldn't wear a red bikini if she feels good in it. But if she had a wobbly stomach and was still happy to be seen in her red bikini, would you still be calling her a goddess then?

Unknown said...

I don't believe Helen Mirren has had surgery.
She's wonderful! I've been a fan since seeing her playing Cleopatra with the National Youth Theatre way back (I'd just started in 6th form I think) - possibly 1967 or thereabouts. And there, of course, she was a young woman playing a much older one. Quite brilliant!
That she still looks so amazing is an inspiration to us all.
Thanks for the picture.

Anonymous said...

Mary, why do you believe that Ms Mirren never had surgery? And more to the point, why would it be wrong if she had?

Unknown said...

Sorry! - re above - it was 1965.
What's a couple of years lost between friends?

Unknown said...

Oh dear, we're into all the surgery stuff again. Obviously I don't know whether or not she has had surgery, though I admit I would be a bit disappointed if she had because it would go against the ideas I have of her and what she represents. She's a proper actress and has never seemed to need to conform to what was expected. And has suffered on occasion. When she did Prime Suspect first they wouldn't show it in America - wanted to do own version with someone younger/more glamorous (or that's what I understood) - she wasn't yet known in the US.
And I certainly read somewhere - and this may be just a rumour (who knows?) - that she had been offered free surgery by someone and had turned it down. But I'm very ignorant on all this - am not a celeb-watcher, don't read the appropriate magazines - simply take an interest in anything I see about the odd person I like!
If she or anyone else wants to take that route that is up to them. Maybe I'm too squeamish. But one of the things I like about Helen Mirren is that she has wrinkles/white hair etc. - all the tokens of age - and yet looks so bloody good! She's lucky of course to have such great bone structure etc. but I do think it's sad, though presumably sign of the times, that if anyone of a certain age looks good then it is presumed they must have had surgery.

Anonymous said...

Would that I had the same confidence at 35(after three kids) that she does at 63(with or without children - gravity IS gravity, after all). She looks great, period. Not great for 63 - just bloody great. And normal. And healthy - like she could hoist more than a hanky to her nose. She's someone I would dearly love to sit down and have a drink with because she looks to me to be someone with whom you have not only have a laugh with..but also a very intelligent conversation with. (I'll now go back to being depressed from looking at that picture)

Linda Grant said...

The weird thing about Helen Mirren is that although one is insanely jealous, I don't bear her any ill-will, in fact I cheer her on. And if she has indeed had work somehow, she has managed to achieve a look which doesn't make her appear a fossil, cf Madonna.

Gi said...

I prefer this look, natural but healthy, over Madonna's ultra-toneed-i-work-out-all-day look, to be honest...

Anonymous said...

Another contributor to the Great Mutton Debate: Esther Rantzen.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/07/18/boesther118.xml

Anonymous said...

Helen Mirren looks fantastic. No kids does help. But kudos to her, I am delighted she looks so good, and it makes one think twice about over 60 being all gravity driven. I have just seen a photo of Madonna, who apparently has had a facelift, according to her disaffected brother who's just written a shabby tell-all, and I have to say she looks ghastly. Trout pout and skin at unnatural angles. I'll have tea with Helen any day.

Anonymous said...

Helen Mirren does look good, but, at the risk of opening the old French versus British debate again, put her on any south coast beach in France and she would not stand out.

In my opinion Ms Mirren looks pretty because she isn't overly toned; she looks soft and feminine and above all healthy. Madonna has looked like a man for years! I've never met a man who has wanted to cuddle up to her, not even a gay one!

Pamela Terry and Edward said...

God Save Our Gracious Queen,
Long Live Our Noble Queen,
God Save The Queen.

She is spectacular.