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    A BOOK, MODELING AND MARS: ‘I AM JUST GETTING STARTED’

    Jul 30, 2020 5 minutes
    INTERVIEWED BY RENUKA METHIL

    You are 72 years old and a grandmother to 12 grandkids. How do you manage to look great and also be a model, dietician, author and entrepreneur?

    Women can do anything and everything… I have to eat very well to maintain a healthy weight and have a lot of energy. I have also never smoked, which is great and I wear a hat in the sun and sunscreen. You need to look after yourself and stay healthy and then, of course, the world is the limit. And then there’s Mars…

    You grew up in Pretoria (South Africa) and in your book, recount your trips traveling with your parents across the Kalahari Desert every winter. Your family motto was ‘live dangerously — carefully’. Have you always been adventure-seekers?

    With my parents coming from Canada, from a small town, to South

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