50 Most Beautiful Women over 50

(Getty) Iman is more than a great beauty—she is a woman who has revolutionized the beauty industry for women of color. In the 1970s, she was among the first African-born women to conquer the modeling industry, eventually becoming Yves Saint Laurent’s muse and “dream woman.” In 1994, she launched Iman Cosmetics, catering exclusively to women who had, for years, struggled to find beauty products that matched their skin tones. Iman isn’t just beautiful: She makes women feel beautiful. Below...Read Full Story

(Getty) “When I spend time in Vegas my ideas about beauty change a little bit,” Jennifer Tilly tells me. She's calling from California's Commerce Casino, a stop on the North American Poker Tour. "When you're in Vegas, it's all about flash. The skirts are a little bit shorter and everyone has hair extensions, and it's all low-cut.”Tilly has become something of an expert on the Vegas look; As a poker pro, she finds herself living there for months out of the year. “There’s a lot of smoke in...Read Full Story

(Getty) Mary Steenburgen doesn’t waste any time worrying about getting older—she sees it as a blessing. In an exclusive interview with StyleBistro, the Academy Award winner explained what makes her feel beautiful—and how she reached her perspective. “I feel really lucky to just be here in this moment in time,” Steenburgen said. “My life is vibrant.” Steenburgen told us that in the years approaching her fifth decade, she was “preoccupied with worry about aging. When I got close to my 50th...Read Full Story

(Courtesy photo) Jaclyn Smith (Getty) Texas native Jaclyn Smith has a lot to celebrate—a fact she’s quick to acknowledge. “I’ve been a fortunate girl, I grew up in a family that loved me from day one,” Smith told us in an exclusive interview. “I feel well grounded and lucky from that. So everything else is a bonus, because I grew up in this family that I adored, and adored me, and I think when you have that, you are already ahead of the game in the sense of how you feel about yourself...Read Full Story

(Getty) Cheryl Tiegs is always on the go. The supermodel, so famous for her string of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue covers in the 70s, has a home in Los Angeles, but says she’s rarely home for longer than two weeks. It seems Tiegs prefers it that way—she’s constantly on the hunt for the next learning opportunity. “Just living life, I think, is the key to beauty,” Tiegs mused in an exclusive interview with StyleBistro. “When I graduated from college and was going out on my own, my...Read Full Story

(Getty) It’s been almost three decades since model Beverly Johnson was the first black model to appear on the cover of American Vogue, helping to forge a path for women of color in the fashion industry. Johnson, now a seasoned entrepreneur, told us that she is often disappointed by the lack of diversity in the fashion sphere. “The industry—New York, Paris—we are a bubble, so to speak. And sometimes I feel that we get so wrapped up in our own world that we don’t see what’s going on in the...Read Full Story

(Getty) Ours is a youth-obsessed culture, and one particularly unfair to women in the entertainment and beauty industry. There are myriad mature women, however, who continue to be celebrated for their diverse allures and talents—many of whom have graciously shared their unique and textured perspectives on what it means to feel beautiful.It goes without saying that beauty is subjective. The women featured on our list were selected and ordered according to Zimbio reader popularity...Read Full Story