Christie Brinkley posted a sizzling new Instagram album proving her youthful glow and chiseled physique are undiminished at 71.
The former supermodel, who shot to fame in the 1970s via the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, flaunted her figure in a black bikini top and matching shorts.
Serving up a generous helping of cleavage, she showed off her enviably taut midriff and statuesque legs, which she maintains with a fitness regimen including cycling, spin classes, yoga and a ‘rainbow diet’ filled with colorful produce.
Her sleek straight hair was its signature blonde color as she posed for a string of mirror selfies while relaxing at her vacation home on Turks and Caicos.
Brinkley was showing off a large art piece she created out of a variety of seashells she had accumulated over decades of owning property on the Caribbean island.
‘I shell attempt to distract you from the important news you sea on Insta then I’ll clam up and you can scallop back to the more pressing issues of the day,’ she punned in her Instagram caption for her more than 900,000 followers.
Christie Brinkley posted a sizzling new Instagram album proving her youthful glow and chiseled physique are undiminished at 71
The former supermodel, who shot to fame in the 1970s via the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, flaunted her figure in a black bikini top and matching shorts
‘I made this over the 20 + years we’ve been here in Turks&Caicos from things I find on the beach,’ explained Brinkley, who was the inspiration for the beloved hit song Uptown Girl by Billy Joel, the second of her four ex-husbands.
Brinkley has been candid about having ‘dabbled with fillers’ to retain her youthful complexion, though she ‘mainly’ relies on laser treatments.
‘I don’t want to look “done” or anything,’ she said last year, remarking that she does not attempt to ‘get rid of every wrinkle,’ via People.
A few years ago, she divulged that she experimented once with Botox but has avoided it ever since because of its aftereffects.
‘I don’t Botox. I like the movement. I like to be able to have expression and move my face,’ she said on the Tamron Hall Show. ‘I only did Botox once and had a bad experience with it and I never did it again.’
Where her diet is concerned, the world-famous pinup has been a vegetarian from the age of 13 and in recent years has advanced a step further to veganism.
She shed light on her daily eating habits in 2018, revealing that her breakfast generally consisted of raw oats with nuts and berries.
‘For lunch, I go into greens and do a salad, then add a protein like a bean or nuts,’ she shared while speaking to The Cut. ‘Dinner is more of the same except maybe I’ll put my vegetables on a bean pasta, rice, grain, or quinoa.’
Brinkley is pictured on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1981 during the height of her fame as a supermodel, four years before her marriage to Billy Joel
Serving up a generous helping of cleavage, she showed off her taut midriff and statuesque legs, which she maintains with a fitness regimen including cycling and a ‘rainbow diet’
Brinkley was showing off a large art piece she created out of a variety of seashells she had accumulated over decades of owning property on the Caribbean island
As for exercise, she often posts Instagram photos of herself cycling on the beach, amid a varied workout regimen including classes and machines.
‘When I’m in a place where I can get on a bicycle and just go for a long ride, I love doing that, but I also like to jump on a Peloton or to take a spin class of some sort,’ she shared with People a couple of years ago.
‘I do a 20- or a 30-minute class several days a week, and then I’ll do some of the floor exercises and arm and core [the other days],’ she explained.
‘I truly love my Total Gym because it’s at home equipment and for me, I find that if it’s in my home, I’m going to do it,’ the fashionista continued.
A year earlier, she also remarked: ‘I love yoga. Every time I’m doing it, I’ve got both dogs aiming for my face, trying to give me kisses,’ via Women’s Health.
