There's still an unfortunate stigma surrounding ageing, and it can be difficult to come to terms with getting older - especially when your looks begin to change and you begin to "look your age".
But one woman on TikTok is proving that people don't stop being beautiful just because they're not in their 20s, as she's left people stunned by revealing her age to her followers.
The mum-of-three, who goes by Mama Ayana online, posted a video of herself smiling at the camera as she asked people to guess how old they think she is, and accompanied it with an audio clip which said: "This sound is for everyone who looks younger than their actual age, and people don't believe you when you tell them how old you are."
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She then pauses to give people enough time to guess in the comments before revealing the truth - that she's 47.
Ayana, who posts on TikTok under the username @the.officialmama, received over 3,300 comments on the video, and many people couldn't believe that the mum was older than they had initially thought.
Some commenters even claimed Ayana "looks better" than women half her age, while others were stunned to learn she was older than their own mums.
One person wrote: "I’m 22 and I have to say you look better than most girls my age nowadays."
While another said: "No way you're older than my mum?!"
And a third added: "I never would have guessed that. You are gorgeous!"
Ayana regularly receives comments on her videos from people who are shocked by her youthful looks, with many people saying she looks like an older sister to her three kids, rather than their mum.
In one video where she posed alongside her two daughters and her son, one person commented: "If I didn't know better I would've thought you were one of the siblings."
As someone else wrote: "I had to rewatch the video to see who the mum is ... you look more like siblings!"
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