U-Christie Brinkley ngobusuku bangaphambi kosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa lwama-60 ngo-February 2 ubukeka ebonga ngendlela emangalisayo ekudleni kwakhe kanye nokuzivocavoca kwansuku zonke. UBrinkley uzizwa ejabule futhi ulubheke ngabomvu usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa lweminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha.
“Ngikubheke ngabomvu ukuhlanganisa iminyaka engu-60,” kusho uBrinkley etshela iphephabhuku iPeople. “Ngisesimweni esihle kakhulu njengamanje.”
Naphezu kokuphumelela kwakhe njengentombazane ekhava ye-Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, u-Brinkley uthi ngeke agqoke i-bikini esidlangalaleni namuhla.
“Izingane zami zingaphoxeka kakhulu! Kusho umama wezingane ezintathu. “Ngangasese, ngingagqoka i-bikini, kodwa ebhishi lomphakathi elinezingane, ngangigqoka isudi yokugeza: izingane zami ngeke zifune ukuhlanganyela nesikhwama sebhikini esidala.”
Shono abanye abantu bengavumelani naye. “UChristy ubukeka emangalisa,” kusho uMJ Day, umhleli omkhulu we-Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. “Unemilenze yengane eneminyaka engamashumi amathathu ubudala nobuso bengelosi. Uyilento ofuna ukubukeka ngayo eneminyaka engu-60. Muhle ngendlela emangalisayo!”
UBrinkley ubelokhu edla imifino kusukela eneminyaka engu-12. Uthi: “Ngaqala ukudla imifino lapho ngineminyaka engu-12 ubudala. “Lapho ngiqala ukudla imifino, abazali bami baqala ukudla imifino futhi umfowethu waba ongadli imifino.”
Ukudla kwasekuseni, uChristy uvame ukudla i-oatmeal namajikijolo, ukudla kwasemini - isaladi enkulu nobhontshisi namantongomane, kanye nesidlo sakusihlwa - i-pasta nemifino. Amasnakhi amahle a-blonde angu-175cm kushokoledi omnyama, amantongomane, imbewu, ukudla okulula kwesoya noma ama-apula e-fuji anebhotela lamantongomane.
Umama ozacile futhi ophile kahle wezingane ezintathu usebenza njalo, ehlanganisa i-yoga, ukuziqeqeshela amandla, ukugijima nokuhamba ukuze agcine umzimba wakhe usesimweni. “Ngisebenzisa ngempela umshini weTotal Gym, lesi akusona isikhangiso,” usho kanje.
Ngokushesha ngemva kokuvuka, wenza i-gymnastics. UChristy uvamise ukwenza ama-push-ups ayi-100 ngosuku futhi "aphakamise imilenze yakhe ngenkathi exubha amazinyo."
UBrinkley, osedivosile izikhathi ezine, uthi isisusa sakhe esikhulu ngempilo akukona ize, kodwa isifiso sokuba nezingane zakhe isikhathi eside ngangokunokwenzeka. “Ngingumama osekhulile, nginakekela izingane kanye nami uqobo,” usho kanje. “Ngifuna ukuba nabo.”