Editor's note: Gillean McLeod is a luminous gray-haired model that we can't help but look up to. That's why we've deemed her one of "The Pushers"—women who are pushing themselves in new directions and toward new passions that might be off the beaten path. She pushes us to take a leap of our own, and we hope she does the same for you.
When a fuss is made over a photo of a woman in a bathing suit, it’s usually because there’s hardly any bathing suit and the woman is young and perky in all the right places. But last year a black-and-white picture of a woman in a one piece got gobs of attention because the shapely woman in the photo was 60 years old and not wearing any makeup. And, to the surprise of everyone but women like us, she looked fabulous. Long, flowing gray hair. Toned arms. A hint of cleavage. Expectations about age and stereotypes about women over 50 got turned on their head that day.
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