According to top model Elle Macpherson, who is now, thirty years later, the same beauty as in the early eighties, all models in America had blond hair and blue eyes, it was difficult to distinguish the girls from each other. And now there is an opportunity to see beauty in all its diversity. She is sure that staying the same as before helps her with the correct daily routine that she has set for her family.
Her childhood
Elle MacPherson was born into a simple Australian family in Sydney (according to other sources - in Cronulla) in March 1963. The girl grew freedom-loving, no one limited her freedom. About herself, El said she grew up on the street. Her mother at that time was only seventeen, she, in fact, herself was still a child. Mirk little El were the kids who grew up on the same street where she was. The girl almost did not play with dolls, and she didn’t have them, only a teddy bear. But she had a bicycle on which she rode, dressed in the boy’s clothes.
Elle Macpherson, whose photo is still striking in what physical form the former model is in, did not consider herself feminine in childhood, but she was not a tomboy either. But the girl always wanted to be a leader.
While studying at school, she devoted a lot of time to swimming lessons. Every day I got up at half past five in the morning and swam before the lessons. She did not forget about netball (a kind of basketball popular in Australia). El often went to the ocean with friends, and there she went kayaking, water skiing or windsurfing. Even during the holidays she spent time on the ocean, becoming (in her words) a “beach addict.”
At the same time, the girl studied well. Experiencing her studies and knowledge, she tried to get only good grades, because she was sure that knowledge would help her choose the thing in life that she wanted to do in order to earn a living and be independent.
“I am responsible for them!”
In the family, El was the firstborn, then her mother gave birth to two more children. But it was she who felt responsibility not only for herself, but also for her family. When my mother got married a second time, she gave birth to another baby. And El, as the eldest, helped mom and him.
MacPherson's parents divorced when she was only ten. From that moment, she lived with her mother, who worked as a nurse, and with her stepfather, lawyer, or with her father, a former rugby player, who became a sound engineer and entrepreneur, opening her first store in her own garage. El still says she had three parents. The stepfather taught her to be a disciplined person, to be responsible for her deeds and actions. He always said that education is very important. Mom taught her to be flexible in dealing with people, find a job to her liking. Dad was quite a good entrepreneur and hard worker, but he was also a rebel.
On the steps of a modeling career
Elle Macpherson, whose age makes it possible to doubt the passport numbers (she looks so gorgeous), was always tall - 183 cm. In her youth, one of her friends advised her to work as a model in order to earn some money for study. The girl obeyed.
When Eleanor turned eighteen, she was able to sign her first contract with one of the Australian modeling agencies. Very soon, the beginning model was already filming for the glamorous magazine ELLE. Due to the fact that her figure had perfect proportions (chest-waist-hips: 90-61-89), Eleanor was called the nickname "Body".
In the nineties of the last century, the girl led the charts "Hot Ten", which in a short period of time became famous.
Cinema and TV screens
Elle Macpherson, whose films are known to many viewers, began to work in cinema for a long time. Nearly a third of a century ago, she starred with Woody Allen in the movie Alice. Of course, her role was a model. But later, more serious work followed - Sheela in the film "Sirens", Julie Madison in "Batman and Robin." You can see her in the series "Friends", however, here she was in the background. The audience was delighted with her Australian dancer Janine Lacroix. And just five years ago, Eleanor played the role of Magdalena in the movie "Vampires from Hollywood."
Ageless model
Looking at her photographs, it becomes clear that El MacPherson has a secret of youth. But what does it consist of?
She plays sports daily. Sport is anyone you like. It is important to sweat, and then take a shower in order to get rid of toxins accumulated in the human body. Then Eleanor rubs the body with a washcloth, also cleansing the skin of dead cells and improving blood circulation. Moreover, she uses any available scrub. After this procedure, a moisturizer will penetrate the skin much better.
What is El Macpherson’s diet? Every morning she drinks a liter of alkaline water. This speeds up the metabolism and decreases the level of acidity in the blood, the body absorbs nutrients much better. If there is no alkaline water, any purified water will do, only it should be at room temperature. After Eleanor, he takes a thin slice of rye bread with sunflower seeds and makes a toast with a poached egg (break one egg and pour it into a saucepan with boiling water, leave for three minutes, select with a colander and transfer to a toast). Fruit salads with grapefruit, kiwi or papaya will also be helpful.
According to the model, it is precisely such a diet in the morning that allows her to maintain her youth even at 55.
Her family
Ellie MacPherson today is the perfect illustration for the novels of Alexander Green, the little mermaid Assol. Thirty years ago, she was at the highest step of the fashion podium, but was different from other models. She could not be associated with High Fashion or fashion shows in Paris. Ale - as a living embodiment of the Miami style with its cult of a sexual body, physical perfection, relaxation on the ocean shore.
Her first husband was a fashion photographer and art director of Elle magazine Frenchman Gilles Bensimon. It is thanks to him that the covers with El in a swimsuit on the background of the surf have become classics of gloss, and now inspire photographers and stylists around the world.
They lived for seven years, and it was Gilles who helped El develop a certain vision of how good photographs should look and how they should be placed on the magazine page. They spent a lot of time together. It was the ELLE magazine in those years that was dedicated to how one thing is correctly combined with another, how to wear them correctly, that is, it helped to develop your own style.
The second husband of the model was the financier Arpad Busson. In this marriage, they had two wonderful boys - Flynn and Sai. But this union fell apart.
With their third husband, the owner of condominiums and hotels from Las Vegas to the Bahamas, Jeffrey Soffer, they married five years ago, in 2013. And before that, they had a beautiful four-year romance, in which there was a pause for several months. But after Jeffrey's helicopter crashed in the Bahamas, El immediately flew to Miami, where her beloved was taken for the operation, and offered her support and help. Having recovered, Soffer made El an offer, “arming himself” with a giant diamond ring.
Tip from the model
McPherson El assures modern girls who want to look just as great at her age, that it is very important to look natural. You need to choose your own style - that is, what the girl likes and looks good on her. Do not blindly follow fashion trends. If the girl has short hair, then it is quite possible to do haircuts. If she is satisfied with long curls, then you should not listen to the advice of others that after a certain age, haircuts are necessary. You have to love your hair. Yes, and the best color is its own, because it is it that perfectly harmonizes with the color of the eyes and skin.
Eleanor is convinced that one should remain natural, using all the wealth that nature gave originally. And do not try to look like the rest: you have to accept yourself for who you are. In addition, individuality is very much appreciated in society.