21 quotes from the performance of the model in Kyiv
Canadian May Musk is a practicing nutritionist and model, mother of three children (which should also be considered a separate vocation). Her youngest son Kimbal owns The Kitchen restaurant chain, her daughter Tosca is a Hollywood director and producer, and her second son Elon is one of the most famous entrepreneurs on the planet and a billionaire.
At 69, Mei is more in demand than she was when she was young, and has appeared in advertising campaigns for major cosmetic brands such as Clinique and Revlon, Target and Virgin America, and also appears on the covers of Time, Vogue, Elle, etc. Musk signed with IMG Models in 2015.
The Ukrainian edition of Marie Claire invited May to take part in the first business conference for women [email protected] The project was launched in 2013 in the UK and annually brings together the most talented, successful and influential representatives of different industries. We have selected the most interesting quotes from May Musk's speech in Kyiv:
1. I am delighted with Ukrainian sweets, I eat and can't stop.
2. When I was young, I had to work hard to survive and feed my children. At one point I was working 5 jobs at once. I was lucky that my children were well brought up and managed on their own while I worked late. Sometimes they sat in the front row at shows I did because I didn't have money for a babysitter.
3. I know how to eat healthy and on a budget, because I went through hard times when there was no money even to pay for the rent of an apartment. I had to dye my own hair with $6 dye.
4. With any problems, a positive attitude will always help to cope.
5. My children have always been my friends.
6. If someone had once told me that my life would consist of constant travel and filming, I would never have believed it.
7. To become successful in the fashion industry, you must first of all be creative and actively use the main advantage of the modern world - social networks.
8. I don't need much time for myself. I have a dog and I take her for walks in the morning after my first cup of coffee. I spend a lot of time with my grandchildren and family in between filming, I read a lot and I love scrolling through Instagram. 
9. I like a sense of humor in men, because only smart people have it. Men have never been my forte, I got divorced at 31 and never remarried. I do not think that now a man would fit into my busy schedule.
10. My parents taught me how to work and earn money.
11. I love to study. When people tell me something I don't know, I immediately go online to get more information.
12. Women should respect each other.
13. As a nutritionist, I must practice what I advise others. I am very food conscious, my diet always includes fresh fruits and vegetables, legumes, brown rice, jacket potatoes, wholemeal bread, eggs, small portions of meat, poultry and fish, avocados, nuts and seeds.
14. I don't diet.
15. There was a time when I abandoned proper nutrition, started eating sweets, junk food and gained 27 kg. I realized that if I did not stop, I would continue to gain weight, and everything could end badly. At the same time, I was in demand as a model, because at that time I was the only plus-size model in South Africa. But upon returning to Canada, I decided to return to the 6th American size [Ukrainian 46th. - Buro 24/7] and still keep myself within these limits. It took 8 months to lose weight.
16. Three must-haves for a woman's wardrobe: well-fitting jeans, a white shirt and high-heeled shoes.
17. I can't imagine my life without my family.
18. 5 secrets of healthy eating: eat more vegetables, replace sweets with fruits, eat whole grains and bread. Eat a hearty meal and then brush your teeth and floss. If you get very hungry later - eat a piece of cheese or drink a glass of milk. Last but not least, never keep junk food at home. As soon as you have chips, cakes, ice cream or other junk food at home, you will definitely eat it.
19. Strong women inspire me.
20. My superpower is my self-confidence.
21. Advice to Ukrainian women - be strong and don't give up, there is always a way out, even in the most difficult life situations.
This year, the elegant Mae Musk, mother of three, nutritionist and model with 50 years of experience, turned 70 years old. However, describing Mei, one can use any number of epithets, except, in fact, the word "old" - this woman accepted her age with dignity and carries it so elegantly and almost solemnly that, it seems, the years have made her even more beautiful. And since the name of her son Elon Musk began to appear regularly in all the news, attention to Mei has increased more than ever.
Looking at May Musk(Maye Musk), for her majesty and sophisticated elegance, one can readily believe that Elon Musk simply had no other choice but to become famous, successful and happy. Although, of course, everything did not start as rosy as you might think.
May herself was born into a large family in South Africa. She had four brothers and sisters, and her parents were so restless that they barely had time to raise their children. In 1952 (Mei was then four years old) they flew around the world in a small plane, and then roamed the Kalahari desert for another 10 years in search of the Lost City. So Mei from childhood learned to rely more on her own strength and rely only on herself, not expecting guardianship or care from other people.
At 21, May won the Miss South Africa beauty pageant and the following year married Errol Musk, an engineer she met at university. They had three children - two sons, Elon and Kimbel, and a daughter, Tosca. Mae continued to work in the modeling business, and at the same time she received her education as a nutritionist in South America, and later, after the whole family moved to Canada, she also received a master's degree in nutrition from the University of Toronto.
After ten years of marriage, May and Errol divorced. Ilon at that time was only 8 years old, and the youngest Toska was barely 5 years old at all. May had to work five jobs at the same time to provide for her three children with everything they needed. At the time, they were renting a small apartment in Toronto. "We spent three weeks removing staples from the floor that were digging into our legs, and removing creepy green wallpaper from the walls, from which dust was falling."
“When I got my first paycheck, I went and bought a cheap carpet and put it on the floor in our apartment, because there was nothing else in there at all, not even chairs,” May Musk recalls. “And with my second paycheck, I bought a computer for Elon .So he sat on the carpeted floor and sorted through his computer."
May recalls that at the time it was so hard for her that they could not afford to buy red meat - it was too expensive for their budget. One of Mei's clients used to treat her family to steak once a month, though Mei herself never admitted to him that this was their only opportunity to eat meat at the time. “He then gave me a huge kusman to divide it into my three children, and I cut this piece into 4 parts, froze them, and already divided each part into three, giving the meat to the children once a week. So I stretched this piece for a month."
Because of this poverty, children also had to get early jobs. Elon got a job at Microsoft before he even went to college, Tosca started working in a supermarket. And May herself assures that she never helped her children. "I had to work hard, so my kids learned to be independent early."
Although, of course, Mei is disingenuous. In fact, she was desperate to help her children set up their own business, covering their bills during their studies, flying regularly from Toronto to Silicon Valley, where Elon lived at the time, buying them everything from food to clothes, helping them write a business plan. .. In 1996, she gave away all her savings to cover Elon and Kimbal's office rent and expenses for their young company. However, recalling the episode, Mei shrugs her shoulders and says it was "the best investment" on her part.
Now, of course, the times of need are long past. Tosca Musk became a film director, Kimbal owns a chain of health food restaurants in several US states, and also works with his mother on the Learning Gardens project in schools, and Elon Musk became a billionaire, founding such huge companies as SpaceX, Tesla and PayPal.
Mei has built a great career in Canada during this time - both as a model and as a nutritionist. However, perhaps it is due to the fact that Mei successfully combines these two professions that she still looks great. While for most models careers end before the age of 30, Mei has continued to sign major contracts with leading firms for 50 years.
May can be seen in Revlon commercials, she starred in a Beyonce video, she appeared completely naked on the cover of Time, as well as New York magazine with a fake pregnant belly (at that time she was 63 years old). At 64, May appeared on the cover of Elle Canada and starred in commercials for Virgin America airlines. And last year, when she was 69, she became a spokesperson for American cosmetics company CoverGirl.
May also does not leave aside her main education - as a nutritionist, May traveled the whole world lecturing on healthy eating. Many agree that looking at May herself, it is difficult to underestimate the importance of proper nutrition - perhaps, in order to look like she looks at her age, you can refuse extra pizza or going to McDonald's. However, May's main task is to instill a culture of good nutrition in children: she invests heavily in the project of organizing her own gardens with vegetables and fruits at schools that do not have canteens and in which children are used to eating junk food dry food.
However, the career of May's son, Elon Musk, was also not smooth; there are ups and downs in his biography. Read his story in our article.
She became the face of the cosmetic brand Cover Girl and and for over 50 years she has worked as a model, including in the category , starred in Beyoncé's Haunted video, as well as in advertising beauty campaigns for Revlon and Clinique. H About the merits of 69-year-old May Musk go far beyond the modeling business. May Musk is known as a licensed nutritionist - the model received two higher educations in the field of dietetics and nutrition science. Musk has three children: the most famous is billionaire inventor Elon Musk, head of Tesla Motors, Space X and PayPal. Her daughter is a TV show producer and another son is in the restaurant business. The other day, Musk gave an interview to The New York Magazine and talked about her nutritional principles and beauty rules that you should listen to.
May Musk
May Musk in the 1990s
If I have to shoot early in the morning, I drink a cup of coffee, eat some cereal and half a banana. I make my own high-fiber porridge: a mix of raisins, bran, wheat and barley, dried cranberries, chopped nuts and pecans, and sunflower seeds. I use 1% milk. I don’t consider almond milk to be milk, it’s not even a drink.
I don't really like training. I walk my dog four times a day, but sometimes I still go to the gym.
While I do 30 minutes of exercise on a stationary bike, during this time I can read. Or I can run on the track. And when I do strength exercises and stretch, I watch TV at the same time - otherwise I get bored. However, after a workout, I always feel better. I feel proud of myself. My body feels better. It is important to always be active so that the bones remain flexible.
When I got divorced and moved to a new city, I did not limit myself in food, I ate everything and gained weight. But gaining 18 kilograms is not so difficult if you like fried foods. True, then at the age of 32 I became a model with magnificent forms and thanks to this I gained popularity.
As a plus-size nutritionist, I understood how difficult it is to lose weight. You must be vigilant. It is very difficult to be a plus-size model and a nutritionist. Therefore, in order to lose weight, I ate right for a year and dropped those same 18 kilograms in order to return to the sixth size.
I always have a snack with me, such as nuts or prunes. I don't like to go hungry. Because when you're hungry, you look at the food, and it's never salad - it's always muffins! So my principle is not to starve.
I fight temptation. When I visit my grandchildren, I eat a healthy dinner and let them eat their ice cream or cookies or whatever. I also want ice cream and cookies. But I deny myself this. You need to know the products that you should by no means: for me, this is sweet.
Let's say I flew to New York for a photo shoot. I will eat a nutritious breakfast, lunch and snack around 4-5 pm. By the time I get back to the hotel, I won't need to eat anything because I've eaten well throughout the day. For dinner, I can eat leftovers from lunch.
You need to keep your weight in check. It is always daily planning. It's worth it. It seems like hard work, but the result is that you feel great.
My healthy recipe: I make a soup with a mixture of 12 types of beans, soak them overnight, then boil them, add tomatoes, seasoning and let cool. I eat a bowl of this soup a day. It's very nutritious! One report found that people who lived longer ate a bowl of legumes a day.
I really love lamb meat - it's my favorite food in the world. It is a very nutritious meat. I eat all vegetables. I also eat potatoes, divided into three meals with lots of vegetables. This way you don't gain weight. I experienced it first hand. If I cook for myself alone, then it is very simple food. It's more like snacking during the day - egg on toast, lots of fruits and vegetables, and legumes. If I buy salmon, I eat it within three days.
I advise all women over 65 to be positive and enjoy life.
Photo: www.mayemuskmodel.com
She is not just a beauty, May Mask is one of the most sought after beauty models. “It gives me pleasure to take care of myself and see the corresponding results,” she revealed her main secret. And the mother of one of the most famous businessmen in the world, Elon Musk, is a professional nutritionist. So, her dietary rules can be trusted one hundred percent.
1. Breakfast - yes, dinner - no
Mei never skips breakfast. According to her, it happens that she deliberately eats little the night before in order to get hungry in the morning. The model's breakfast is quite dense and usually consists of toast and scrambled eggs with tomatoes and mushrooms. It is this breakfast that allows her to remain energetic until lunch. By the way, Elon Musk's mother does not neglect bread, choosing, however, exclusively whole grains.
“If I have a shoot early in the morning, I drink a cup of coffee, eat some cereal and half a banana. I cook my own high-fiber porridge: this is a mix of raisins, bran, wheat and barley, dried cranberries, chopped nuts and pecans, as well as sunflower seeds," Mae said of her breakfast.
2. For lunch - salad
For lunch, May prepares a salad for herself, combining her favorite ingredients every day: romaine lettuce, onions, carrots, tomatoes, avocados, tuna or salmon, chickpeas, and in general - all kinds of legumes. She dressed the salad with lemon juice and olive oil.
May Musk is not a vegetarian: "I really love lamb meat - this is my favorite food in the world. It is very nutrient-rich meat. There are models and vegetables in the diet. Moreover, there are also potatoes, which nutritionists do not really like. Mei's potatoes divided into 3 meals and combined with vegetables.
3. For dinner - soup with beans
Mei loves to have soup for dinner. Her signature soup is 12 types of legumes, which she cooks for an hour and a half over low heat. She also adds broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, tomatoes and wild rice to it. Mei eats a bowl of this soup a day, keeping in mind recent research that found that people who lived longer ate a bowl of legumes a day.
4. Fruits instead of juices
May Mask tries not to drink fruit juices, explaining that in one glass of orange juice there are 3 oranges and the same number of calories: - But if after eating one orange you feel satiety, if not long-term, then after a glass of juice it is unlikely. Drink better water. Eat fruits separately, - this is how she explains her attitude to fruits.
5. Taboo on sweets
Like most women, Mrs. Musk loves sweets and tries to limit herself in it, knowing about his amazing ability to put off extra centimeters at the waist.
- I'm fighting temptation. When I visit my grandchildren, I eat a healthy dinner and let them eat their ice cream or cookies or whatever. I also want ice cream and cookies. But I deny myself this. You need to know the products that you should by no means be allowed to: for me, this is sweet.
And for dessert, instead of sweets, Mei prefers fruits: apples, grapes, plums.
She told Forbes how she managed to raise her children so that they become successful entrepreneurs.
Elon Musk's mother talks about how she raised her children to be successful entrepreneurs
Veronica ElkinaAccording to May, she allowed her children to experiment, make mistakes and actively develop.
“I didn’t stop them from doing what seemed right to them,” she said. “While you are doing something that may be useful in the future, you need to stay positive and not stop.”
May Musk's career
According to May Musk, entrepreneurship is a long process that must be experienced. “You will have to work from dawn to dusk,” she said. - If you are unhappy with your job, change it, even if it hurts your finances. Don't be afraid to take advantage of new opportunities."
Elon Musk has always been an entrepreneur
May Musk's positive attitude towards new opportunities was passed on to her son Elon.
