Supermodel Carol Alt Poses for Playboy

Carol Alt Sends Message About Age and Body Image

After years of being pursued by Hugh Hefner's Playboy Magazine, Carol Alt finally agreed. She appears nude on the December issue of Playboy. According to Ottawacitizen.com, it was not an easy decision. She took into consideration what was at stake personally and professionally. Both Carol Alt's mother and her boyfriend were supportive. He mother argued that is was nothing you couldn't find at a museum. Her boyfriend Alexei Yashin supported the decision because he wanted everyone to see how beautiful she was. The pics are available at babble.com as well as the December issue of Playboy.

Carol Alt is a model and actress from Long Island. Her career took off in 1982 when she was featured on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. In the 1980s, Carol Alt was featured on 500 magazine covers and appeared in ads for Diet Pepsi, General Motors, Cover Girl, Noxema, and Hanes. In the 1990s, Carol Alt focused more on acting. Since then, she has appeared on infomercials promoting skin-care products as well as her raw foods diet plans.

Carol Alt Poses for Playboy: Age and Body Image

By posing for Playboy, 47-year-old Carol Alt wants to send that message that you can be sexy at any age. According to Ottawa Citizen, she wants "people to know that after 40, it's not the end of your life. Life goes on. You can feel good, look good, be beautiful and sexy and that's all an attitude which comes from health."

Carol Alt attributes has been following a raw foods diet regimen for over ten years. She attributes her healthy fit body to her healthy lifestyle and raw foods diet. When posing for Playboy, she refused to let the photographers retouch her photos. She wanted to show a realistically attainable body, flaws and all but still healthy and attractive.

Carol Alt Poses for Playboy: Older Celebrities

Carol Alt is one of several celebrities who demonstrate that women can be attractive at any age. Last summer Helen Mirren was spotted in a red bikini while on summer holiday. Viewers were impressed that the 62-year-old Helen Mirren had such a toned and healthy body.