Kelly Bensimon opened the Melissa Odabash present wanting her best possible.
Forward of strutting down the runway in an attractive bikini on Friday, Could 30, throughout Miami Swim Week, Bensimon solely opened as much as Us Weekly about modeling in her 50s and the way she received in form for the catwalk. “That is such an enormous honor to be strolling in swim week,” the Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis alum gushed to Us, noting it was her good pal Melissa Odabash’s twenty fifth anniversary present. “I assumed I stored retiring from modeling [but] I hold coming again.”
“I’m previous, by the way in which,” Bensimon informed Us, sharing she was “tremendous, tremendous nervous” to open the present. “I haven’t walked in a present in a very long time, and this isn’t strolling in a present. That is strolling in my finest pal’s present, so I’m actually nervous as a result of I need to do one of the best for her.”
Bensimon additionally gushed that Odabash’s designs are one for the ages. “One factor that I really like about her is that her designs should not solely designs that I like to put on, however my daughters like to. And so if I’m carrying it, my daughters are stealing it,” she laughed. (Kelly is the mother of daughters Sea, 27, and Teddy, 25, whom she shares with Gilles Bensimon.)
Whereas she was feeling butterflies earlier than stepping on the stage, Kelly is not any stranger to modeling as she’s grown older. At 40 years previous in 2010, she graced the quilt of Playboy, which she recalled as an “superb” expertise. “In case you have psoriasis and also you’ve been hiding your pores and skin all of your life, I feel that having the ability to exhibit all of your imperfections at 40 years previous, particularly on the quilt of Playboy, is a large deal,” Kelly reminisced.
In terms of confidence and embracing her physique, Kelly received candid about feeling insecure, proving she actually is rather like Us. “I’ve had so many insecurities,” she admitted. “I want I might sit right here and be like, ‘I’m so attractive,’ however I simply don’t see myself like that in any respect.”

She continued, “I solely see myself as fairly. I simply by no means considered myself like that. I don’t speak like that, actually.”
Though Kelly has her self-doubts like the remainder of Us, she can also be a champion of the mantra that wellness comes from inside. “In case your mindset shouldn’t be geared in the direction of feeling nicely, you’re simply not going to really feel nicely,” she informed Us.
To organize for the runway, Kelly employed coach, Joao Martins, and began weightlifting. “I’ve by no means been in higher form in my whole life,” she hyped herself up. “I’ve a six pack. After menopause, it’s actually troublesome to be ok with your self and weightlifting has been so nice.”

Kelly Bensimon’s daughters, Teddy Ann and Sea Louise, help her throughout style present. Sergi Alexander/Getty Pictures for Melissa Odabash
Kelly took her well being significantly by getting IV remedies with peptides that may assist promote regeneration. “The true secret to being stunning and wholesome in your 50s is true NAD [therapy]” she informed Us, noting that it maintains mobile well being and reduces indicators of getting old. “It’s absolutely the mothership for wellness and cell rejuvenation.”