Canadian model and dietitian Maye Musk is also known as billionaire businessman Elon Musk’s mother. She spent her younger years in South Africa and was even a finalist at the 1969 Miss South Africa contest. She survived an abusive marriage to engineer and business tycoon Errol Musk and divorced him the year divorces were made legal in South Africa. She later moved to Canada, where she worked 5 jobs at a time, to raise her children singlehandedly. She later became a registered dietitian and focused on her modeling career, too. She has appeared on the covers of many top fashion magazines and has also posed nude for Time and New York magazines. At 69, she became the oldest CoverGirl spokesmodel, and at 74, she became the oldest model to appear on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition. She remains an iconic figure who has successfully beaten ageism in the fashion industry. She has also penned a bestselling memoir.
