Maye Musk is back to being a runway fixture after walking in yet another show during New York Fashion Week.
The 69-year-old mother of Tesla CEO Elon Musk strut down the catwalk at the Zero + Maria Cornejo Spring/Summer 2018 show on Monday after appearing on the runway just days before.
Maye, who has been modeling for five decades, looked right at home as she walked down the runway in a striped satin top tucked into matching pants and patent leather slides.
Still got it: Maye Musk walked the runway at the Zero + Maria Cornejo Spring/Summer 2018 show on Monday
Decadent duds: The 69-year-old beauty modeled a striped shirt tucked into matching pants
Famous faces: The model happily posed for a photo with Paula Abdul at the show
The grandmother of ten wore natural looking make-up and had her short, shiny white hair parted to the side as she glided down the catwalk.
Maye proudly took to Instagram after the show to share a photo of herself on the runway — while promising that this is only the beginning for her.
‘Closing @zeromcornejo runway show. A great way to end #nyfw #model #justgettingstarted,’ she wrote.
The next day, she shared an equally glamorous shot to announced that she was heading back to her home in Los Angeles.
‘Goodbye New York City. Thank you for the memories #NYFW #ss18,’ she captioned the image, which sees her walking away while her long red coat billows in the wind.
Simply stunning: Maye also walked the runway at the Concept Korea show on Friday
Rocking it: The white-haired beauty sported an edgy ‘do and colorful eye make-up for the show
While speaking to The Hollywood Reporter this week, Maye admitted that she never imagined she would be hitting the catwalk well into her 60s.
‘That would’ve been considered very silly in the 1960,’ she said. ‘When I started modeling at 15, I was told it would all be over by 18. So, this is a complete surprise, a happy surprise at 69.’
Earlier in the week, Maye walked in both the Concept Korea and Project Runway shows, proving that she is just as in-demand as models half her age.
When she wasn’t walking in shows, she was attending them, and she even made an appearance at the Harper’s Bazaar Icons party
Maye is determined to make the most of her moment in the sun, and when asked how long she plans to keep working, she said: ‘Forever — until they stop calling!’
Loving it: Maye Musk is pictured getting fitted for the Concept Korea show
A-lister: Maye even made an appearance at the Harper’s Bazaar Icons party on Friday
Model mom: Maye, the mother of tech billionaire Elon, has appeared on numerous billboard advertisements and magazine covers
The dietitian and mother-of-three has lived an extraordinary life, starting her modeling career at the age of 15 in South Africa where she moved to her with her Canadian parents as a child.
She married engineer Errol Musk and the couple had three children. Elon, 46, is the eldest, but all of them are equally remarkable. Her son Kimbal, 44, has founded a chain of farm-to-table restaurants and daughter Tosca, 43, is a filmmaker.
She and her husband separated after nine years of marriage, and the period that followed was not always easy. After some years, she left South Africa and returned to Canada when Elon went there to study.
She likes to recall the time she had ‘three teenagers in a rent-controlled apartment in Toronto,’ but today she lives in California close to her children and grandchildren.
‘I would color my own hair… and you don’t even think of getting out for drinks or dinner with people because you can’t afford it,’ she said, proudly adding that she always worked.
Red carpet moment: Maye and Elon are pictured at the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party
Looking back: Maybe and Errol Musk (Pictured right) were married for nine years, having three children together before they divorced
Natural: Maye began modeling in South Africa at the age of 15, and later moved to Canada to be close to Elon during his studies
A star is born: Maye has developed something of a following in South Korea since she graced the cover of Vogue Korea
She’s recently appeared on billboards in Times Square in commercials for Virgin America and Target, and last year Maye signed with IMG — one of the most prestigious modeling agencies in the world.
And she does recognize that social media, to which she contributes daily on Instagram, ‘helps a lot’ and that clients like booking a model ‘who has a reputation and is well known’.
For more than 50 years, she said work has been steady. As she neared 60, she decided to leave her hair natural, explaining she was ‘tired of coloring’.
Maye credits part of her recent success to an ageing popular and the fact that there is ‘not much competition’ when it comes to models hovering around the septuagenarian stage.
‘I appreciate every last bit. All the people really love us,’ she said of how older models are received on the runway.
‘I think designers are figuring that out… They just want to show there is diversity and that they appreciate older women and why not? Everybody has a mother and a grandmother.’