How This 100-Year-Old Woman Became Vogue's Oldest Model

As a young woman working at a cardboard box manufactory company in England, Bo Gilbert probably never suspected she'd end up in the pages of Vogue, but decades later, and that's exactly where you can find this centenarian now. The 100-year-old woman, who's always cherished fashion — and never left the house without heels or makeup — was spotted by a casting agent in a local paper and chosen to appear in the magazine's 100th anniversary issue, according to BBC News.

The resulting photo shoot casts Bo in an elegant portrait, complete with a pink coat and statement jewelry. It's a beautiful photo that celebrates her age and her style, but it's Bo's reaction to the piece that has the biggest effect. She gasps, "It's astonishing!" and continues to admire the picture. As I watched the clip, I let that sink in: how truly beautiful it is to celebrate ourselves, to look in the mirror and at pictures of ourselves and not pick them apart but lift ourselves up. Just watch to be inspired by this 100-year-old Vogue model, my hero.