Cindy Joseph, Boomer Model: 'We're Not Sitting On The Front Porch Knitting & Rocking Ourselves Away' (VIDEO)

San Francisco's KGO-TV caught up with Cindy Joseph, 60, of Yonkers, New York. With her long, gray mane and seemingly healthy relationship with her body, Joseph's line of work might surprise you -- she's a model.

She told cameras, "For me, a model was 18 years old, 18 feet tall and 18 pounds. I never dreamed that I would be modeling." She recalled being discovered by Steven Meisel after she stopped dyeing hair and signing with Ford Models' "Classic" division.

Joseph explained, "It's not about aspiring to youth anymore. We're people who enjoy who we are and what we are, we're enjoying our lives, so we would like to see peers in ads. So they're using people like me and now it's going like wildfire. If you look at the baby boomer generation, every single decade of our lives, we have reinvented what's gone on before. We're not sitting on the front porch knitting and rocking ourselves away."

Like many models, Joseph has other deals on the side -- specifically her own line of makeup called Boom!, based on a "pro-age instead of anti-age" philosophy.

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Comments

[teecee656]

02:39 PM on 07/03/2011

Go "Boomers"! In his book "Age Wave" Ken Dykstra PhD, compared the influence of Boomers in the USA, to a Pig in a Python. They represent 25% of the population and Lee Iacoca recognized this. When Boomers learned to drive, they influenced the the birth of the Mustang and muscle cars, when they started families, he brought out the mini-van. Cindy Joseph represents boomers well. The Woodstock generation has matured and aged well. Without coloring her hair or excessive makeup she looks vibrant and fit. She is a very attractive woman, and exudes elegance and class while still maintaining sex appeal. She is more than a photographic model, she represents the spirit and joy for life that comes with being a boomer.

[Quinxy von Besiex]

02:28 PM on 06/28/2011

comment is spam. flag.

[AngeliaA]

11:15 AM on 06/28/2011

It is great that there are so many opportunities for all women to do many things today. We will not go quietly into the night.

http://angeliaastle.wordpress.com

[AllowMeToObserve]

01:20 AM on 08/02/2011

Self-promotion Spammer

[Elaine Shepard]

09:27 PM on 06/27/2011

The first photograph, before you get to the article, is of Lauren Hutton, another wonderful model, actress and founder of a very successful cosmetics company.

[ChoppyBob]

08:10 PM on 06/28/2011

no, it isn't

[SamiSam]

05:50 PM on 06/27/2011

She's beautifully fierce. I heart her.

[ptrgamb]

05:08 PM on 06/27/2011

She appears to be attractive

[sarac]

04:44 PM on 06/27/2011

She is gorgeous. Just proves age is all in the mind. I wouldn't want to be younger again...too stressfull.

[Emily Sandberg Gold]

02:52 PM on 06/27/2011

yes! I LOVE seeing women modeling! Fantastic.

http://supermodelblogger.posterous.com/

[chakpaknote0]

02:31 PM on 06/27/2011

0-year-old Claudia Schiffer looks fantastically youthful in Chanel's newest ad campaign for the maison's Prestige eyewear. So youthful, http://tinyurl.com/6arsf74

[Cassandra45]

03:45 PM on 06/27/2011

This is not about looking young, it's about looking GOOD. Claudia Schiffer isn't old enough to be a role model for older models.

[tangelan]

02:29 PM on 06/27/2011

That's why we need a single payer healthcare system. People are starting to get the message that we need to take care better care of ourselves. As a result we will start to live longer. This women looks like she's in her 40s. Pretty soon 60s will be the new 40s.

[NevaforLeadership]

01:03 AM on 06/28/2011

I can't imagine what a single payer healthcare system has to do with an individual living a healthy lifestyle and looking good.

In fact, just look to Canada's and Britain's single payer healthcare systems, and you will find two healthcare systems, particularly Canada's (because that government attempts to prohibit a two-tier system of choice), in deep and serious trouble. In Canada that unsustainable system costs tax payers approximately 48% of each tax dollar and is on a fast track to collapse.

Hardly boomer cutting edge. In fact it is the private face and beauty medi clinics that are full up with boomers

[tangelan]

07:41 AM on 06/28/2011

Living longer will tax our healthcare system and social security. With longer live spans unemployment will continue to be high because will work longer and those jobs that would have been available for younger people will not be. We will have to rethink the way we do things because we can't go on like we are. And my company has offices in Canada. Our employees LOVE their system. They pay more in taxes but they don't go bankrupt just for getting sick. You think we have it better but when you count how much we pay for healthcare in addition to taxes, we pay more. Don't go by talking points. Ask someone from Canada how they like the system.

[Kim Visan]

02:25 PM on 06/27/2011

She's fabulous-looking!

[tracyamanda]

02:11 PM on 06/27/2011

Wow-shes absolutely GORGEOUS!

[DebbieNigro]

01:53 PM on 06/27/2011

Nope We're Not Sitting On The Front Porch Knitting and Rocking....We're Out Rockin and Rollin! Kudos to the advertisers finally 'getting it'.
Great Post Hilary!
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