A 81 Year Old Chinese Portuguese Mixed Woman Breaks The Age Limit Of The Contracted Model.

Have a chance to go back to Shanghai.

China Business Daily: as a person with 1/2 Chinese ancestry, how do you view your identity?

Machado: as a model, in fact, in the 60s of last century, I had reached the peak of my career.

As one of the most famous models in history, the articles that sing praises for me add up to tons of weight.

Every time I report my article, the headline will use "Great China, Ma Chi do..."

I feel very proud.

I spent my childhood in China. When I was 16 years old, because of the Second World War, our family had to leave Shanghai for France. This experience made me become a very loving family.

At that time, I was "frivolous" in the way of modeling. So in the early 60s of last century, I fled from the camera to the background, and made an editor of Harper "sBazaar". But all my colleagues regarded me as an alien, but in this way, I stayed in my post for 11 years.

Now I am old, but I can't forget the time of my childhood. I can't forget Shanghai. I can't forget the Bund. If I have the chance, I have to go back to see it.

China Business Daily: has your business always been plain sailing? Have you met any setbacks?

Machado: there must be setbacks. Because of being discriminated against, I almost stopped my modeling career.

In 1959, I became the first non white race to take cover for fashion magazines.

A few years later, Richard Avedon told me that the editor in chief of the Harper sBazaar magazine told him, "listen, we can't use Machado anymore to publish her photos. There's only one reason. Her complexion is not white."

Richard Avedon also changed his contract with the magazine for me. He told the editor in chief of the Harper sBazaar magazine that if you do not publish the picture of Ma Chi do, then I will not renew the contract.

In this way, ah weather even threatened to "Harper" sBazaar with my own future.

Since then, you've seen me in different magazines every month. It's crazy.

Carelessly created the world record.

China Business Daily: how does Signing company view your strength? How do they evaluate you?

Machado: Ian Bart is the head of IMG company. He has taken a fancy to me and has contributed to our cooperation. He said that although my age is not small, my charm is obvious.

When he signed the contract, he said to all the people present, "Machado is a legend. She devoted all her life to the fashion business. I think she can create more miracles at the age of 80."

China Business Daily: how do you evaluate this contract? You know, you are the oldest contract model in the world. Maybe not after all, but perhaps it is unprecedented.

Machado: God, I accidentally created a world record.

I would like to be a fashion speaker in the future, and I'm doomed to never leave fashion in my life, because fashion has become a blend of me.

I think this time the boss is willing to sign a contract with me because they know that there are still some people who are interested in looking at my age. They are not so ugly. If there are no medical devices, they can still maintain such a positive and optimistic attitude towards life.