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OMG! I love this story: A 65-year-old will today become the oldest woman to model at London Fashion Week.

Valerie Pain, who began her career in the Sixties, will be taking part in the All Walks Beyond The Catwalk event, which has been endorsed by Sarah Brown and the British Fashion Council.

Today, the mother-of-one said that designers could be more open-minded about using and designing for older women.  "A lot of designers could take something from this and realise they can design for all types of women."

Betty always tells me that 40 is the beginning and your 70's are the youth of old age:

Most people get happier as they grow older, studies on people aged up to their mid-90s suggest.

Despite worries about ill health, income, changes in social status and bereavements, later life tends to be a golden age, according to psychologists.  They found older adults generally make the best of the time they have left and have learned to avoid situations that make them feel sad or stressed.

The young should do the same, they told the American Psychological Association.