I’m the oldest Miss Universe contestant at the age of 60 – I still turn heads and it’s all thanks to my simple diet rule
A WOMAN has become the oldest Miss Universe contestant at the age of 60.
The Argentinian lawyer continues to turn heads at the age of 60 and hopes to make history as the oldest Miss Universe contestant.
Alejandra Rodriquez was crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires on Wednesday for the right to represent the province in the nationwide competition in May, according to HOLA!
It’s the first year that the beauty competition has been opened up to women past the age of 28.
Previously, Miss Universe contestants’ ages were required to fall in the strict range of 18 to 28 years old and be single with no children, but the rules were changed last year.
I am the first of this generation to start with this
Alejandra Rodriquez
Alejandra believed she had long aged out of the beauty pageant, but changed her mind when she heard about the new rules.
But the 60-year-old is still turning heads and credits her lifestyle for her incredible appearance, saying she keeps to her diet and remains active.
She revealed the simple diet change she does to keep her killer body.
“The basic thing is to have a healthy life, eat well, do physical activity,” she told Argentinian television network El Trece. “Normal care, nothing too extraordinary and a little genetics.”
The 60-year-old says she sticks to her diet, which consists of healthy eating and intermittent fasting.
“What I try to do is intermittent fasting, I think that helps a lot. Then I try to eat organic foods, a lot of fruit, a lot of vegetables, and use good creams.”
Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern where you cycle between periods of eating and fasting says Healthline.
It does not say anything about which foods to eat, but rather when you should eat them.
She also works out three times a week, mainly walking and some jogging, “I’m not extreme.
The newly crowned Miss Buenos Aires became a journalist out of high school before studying law and becoming a legal adviser for a hospital, she says.
Alejandra was picked to represent the country in the world-wide pageant from a pool of 35 contestants.
“We were 35 participants of all ages, from 18 to 73 years old was the oldest. There was no age category,” Rodriguez said.
Her eyes are now set on the Miss Argentina pageant, which begins on May 25 in Buenos Aires.
“I am thrilled to be representing this new paradigm in beauty pageants because we are inaugurating a new stage in which women are not only physical beauty but another set of values.
“I am the first of this generation to start with this,” Rodriguez said, according to HOLA!
Tips to age well
There are a number of habits you can take up to care for your health and wellbeing as you age.
Age UK shared the following tips:
- Do things that you enjoy everyday – whether that’s cooking, seeing friends or enjoying a good book
- Stay hydrated – drink six to eight cups of water a day
- Eat plenty of fruit and veggies to lower your risk of heart disease and certain cancers, have beans, pulses, fish, eggs and meat to repair your body after injury, starchy carbs for energy dairy to help keep bones strong
- Manage long-term health conditions to prevent them progressing or having a greater impact on your health
- Quit smoking and reduce alcohol intake to no more than 14 units a week
- Make mental health a priority and get treatment for it, as it can also impact physical health
- Make sure you’re getting quality sleep
- Keep socialising – and call a friend or loved one if you can’t make it out the house
- Be physically active to lower the risk of depression and dementia, heart disease, stroke, Parkinson’s and some cancers