Martha Stewart sets record for oldest Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model

Martha Stewart has become the oldest ever cover model for Sports Illustrated’s annual swimsuit edition at the age of 81.

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According to the BBC website, the businesswoman and presenter was one of four cover models chosen for the issue, alongside Megan Fox, musician Kim Petras and model Brooks Nader.

Stewart was photographed in various swimsuits in the Dominican Republic.

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Colombian-born photographer Ruven Afanador took the pictures, which show Stewart wearing a white one-piece swimsuit on the front page of the magazine.

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Stewart started a catering business in the 1970s and rose to fame in the 1990s when she started her own magazine, Martha Stewart Living. Her media empire later led her to become a billionaire.

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In 2004 she was sentenced to five months in prison after she was found guilty on a number of charges related to an insider trading scandal.

She has attempted to rebuild her brand since then, starring in her own reality television show, expanding her food products and teaming up with rapper and friend Snoop Dogg in 2016 for a television series.

Before the celebrity chef, the oldest person to pose for the cover was billionaire Elon Musk’s mother Maye Musk at the age of 74.

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