{"id":15130,"date":"2024-12-22T11:42:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T11:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=15130"},"modified":"2024-12-22T11:42:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T11:42:47","slug":"meet-worlds-most-beautiful-69-year-old-grandma-yazemeenah-rossi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=15130","title":{"rendered":"Meet World\u2019s Most Beautiful 69-Year-Old Grandma, Yazemeenah Rossi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yazemeenah Rossi is a 67-year-old fashion model who has been referred to as the \u2018most beautiful grandmother in the world\u2019 for years.<\/p>\n<p>Rossi was born on 21 December 1955 in Corsica, France, and began her modeling career when she was in her early 30s.<\/p>\n<p>She has also appeared as an actress in several movies, such as Timeless Beauty, Relevator, and The Grasslands.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5928-300x200.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5928-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5928-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5928.webp 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nAccording to Khaleej Times, \u201cHer breakthrough as an \u2018older model\u2019 of renown happened in the mid-90s, when the Japanese department store brand Isetan featured her in their print ads and catalogues, pushing older women to the forefront. Having just turned 40 then, she wasn\u2019t quite in the \u2018old\u2019 category yet, but her already abundant silver hair made her seem so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before stepping foot into the modeling field, Yazemeenah used to work from \u2013 she made clothes, knit, and gave interior design services to her friends and other people in her not-so-big social circle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI was a mother of two kids at 20, working from home, making clothes, knitting, interior design for friends and private clients. I knew since teen that I would never work in an office or stay at the same place through all my life, so even at the time when raising my children I was very active and independent,\u201d she told The Fashiongton Post in 2020.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5929-300x233.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5929-300x233.webp 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5929-768x595.webp 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5929.webp 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nSo, how did she end up becoming a famous fashion model that too in her 30s when many people simply retire from modeling because apparently, this field is only for youngsters in their early 20s?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne day someone needed a model because their model was in emergency at a hospital, and asked me if I could start right away that evening,\u201d said Yazemeenah.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI jumped into that because I simply love the unknown! I never worked outside my home and in front of the public before, so it seemed exciting to me, as well as made me smile.\u201d<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5930-237x300.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5930-237x300.webp 237w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5930-768x973.webp 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5930.webp 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><br \/>\nThe mum of two, who\u2019s also a grandma, said it was ironic because her mother always told her that she would never be a model as she couldn\u2019t stand still for more than ten minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThus, I started to work as a fit model. It was not glamorous at all at the beginning and was a hard first experience, though I kept my eyes wide open and saw an opportunity in it. It became better and better as more as I aged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite making her name in the industry and gaining recognition as the fittest supermodel of her age, Rossi believes modeling still remains a \u2018field for the young.\u2019<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5931-200x300.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5931-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5931-684x1024.webp 684w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5931.webp 721w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><br \/>\n\u201cThere was a time, some years ago, when I started to think things would gradually begin to change and we\u2019d start to see more older models, but that did not happen. I do believe that men and women have the same concerns about growing old, although men might talk less about it. Nobody likes to see their skin give in to gravity. At the same time, growing old is something beautiful because you become stronger with the passing of time,\u201d she told VICE.<\/p>\n<p>Until now, Yazemeenah has never had any surgical procedure done on her face to enhance her facial features and get younger-looking skin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t had any cosmetic surgery so far. The idea of going under the knife when I am perfectly healthy doesn\u2019t make much sense to me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Rossi, who will turn 68 this year, told Daily Mail that she has no plans to retire and will continue to work as a model until the end of her life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will model until the end of my life\u2026. But it\u2019s not about modeling, it\u2019s about witnessing, witnessing beauty, energy makes us alive.\u201d<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5932-300x162.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5932-300x162.webp 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5932-768x416.webp 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5932.webp 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yazemeenah Rossi is a 67-year-old fashion model who has been referred to as the \u2018most beautiful grandmother in the world\u2019 for years. 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