A 74-Year-Old Model Defies Ageism – Has A Fitting Response To Critics

At 74 years old, Colleen Heidemann is a fabulous fashionista, who defies ageism and refuses to surrender to a discriminating public that says her trending styles are “not age appropriate.”

Boasting her incredible physique, which she works very hard to maintain, Colleen Heidemann is a gorgeous granny who started modeling when she was 68 and graced the cover of Vogue six years later.

Heidemann–who’s Influenced by the “iconic beauty and gracious aura” of timeless beauties like Jacqueline Kennedy, Grace Kelly, and Elizabeth Taylor–said she “rails against” ageism every day.

“A difficult truth is that women age so differently than do men, that with menopause comes the ‘Age of Irrelevance!’” she said in an interview with DSCENE. “Well, I prefer it to be felt and seen as an’ Age of Enlightenment,’ whereupon we realize just how much that is wonderful we yet have to learn, to feel, to think, to experience, and oh, yes, to laugh about. So let us not despair but continue to keep going, keep doing, keep moving, keep being alive!”