Martha Stewart has turn into Sports Illustrated's oldest ever cowl mannequin on the age of 81.

The TV presenter and businesswoman was chosen as one among 4 girls for the journal's annual swimsuit version alongside Megan Fox, Kim Petras and Brooks Nader.

She wrote on Instagram that she was "thrilled" to be on the quilt.

"My motto has always been: 'when you're through changing, you're through', so I thought, why not be up for this opportunity of a lifetime?

"I hope this cowl evokes you to problem your self to strive new issues, it doesn't matter what stage of life you're in. Changing, evolving, and being fearless - these are all excellent issues, certainly."

Stewart advised the journal: "When I heard that I was going to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, I thought, Oh, that's pretty good, I'm going to be the oldest person I think ever on a cover of Sports Illustrated.

"And I do not take into consideration age very a lot, however I believed that that is sort of historic."

The photoshoot took place in the Dominican Republic with photographer Ruven Afanador.

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit's editor-in-chief MJ Day praised how Stewart had never "let her circumstances dictate her consequence".

"She's changed with the times - always one step ahead, it seems - to build a wide-reaching business empire," she mentioned.

The journal known as Stewart the "OG of influencers"; she reaches greater than 100 million followers month-to-month along with her magazines, tv exhibits and books.

She took the crown of oldest Sports Illustrated swimsuit cowl mannequin from Elon Musk's mom, the mannequin Maye Musk, who posed in 2022 on the age of 74.

In 2004, Stewart shot to notoriety worldwide when she was convicted of a collection of felony prices referring to the sale of shares and obstruction of justice.

She spent 5 months in jail and later reached a settlement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission over allegations of insider buying and selling, paying a nice and being banned as a director for 5 years.