Martha Stewart looks phenomenal on the cover of this month's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, donning a sleek white one-piece and billowing orange blouse. Her hair is perfectly tousled. Her smile is seductive. She's a natural.
At 81, Stewart is the oldest woman to be featured as a cover girl on the sports magazine's coveted edition, (stealing the title from Elon Musk's mother, Maye Musk, who at 74 was a cover model last year.) Stewart joins Megan Fox, Kim Petras, and Brooks Nader as one of four cover models this year.
Stewart is a master of maintaining her relevance. She spent five months in prison in 2004 for lying to the feds during an insider trading investigation. When she got out, she didn't give up on her career or hide on the periphery of pop culture. She made a comeback, writing a business handbook, The Martha Rules, and hosting a talk show on NBC from 2005 to 2012. In 2015, the intrepid entrepreneur sold Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia for $353 million to Sequential Brands. The following year, Martha and Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party debuted on VH1, introducing her to a new audience and endearing her to her old one.
