By kindlylives 
Age and wrinkles had always been a reality that made most women turn pale at the mention of it. It was even more so for women under the spotlight. It was not an exaggeration to say that time was a sharp blade to them.
However, this woman used her own experience to tell the world that time was just a concept created by humans.
Some people were old at the age of 18, while others only started to look young at the age of 60. The age stipulated by society was far from being able to define a person.
She was Isabella Rossellini, who was known as God’s Favorite.
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I’ve been in pain
Only then do I know the pain of others
Speaking of Isabella Rossellini, you might still be a little unfamiliar.
Everyone knew her mother, Ingrid Bergman. She was a Swedish national treasure actress, the female lead of the classic movie Casabianca, and one of the greatest actresses of Hollywood’s golden age.
His father was the world-renowned film master, Robert Rossellini. He had won almost all the best director awards at famous film festivals around the world.
Being born into such a family and inheriting her mother’s beauty, it was easy for her to enter the entertainment industry.
However, she had been motivated to be a human journalist since she was a child and “speak” for the animal world.
However, Isabella’s ” extraordinary ” was far more than that.
At the age of five, he had already undergone appendectomy.
At the age of 11, she was even more unfortunate to suffer from scoliosis. The disease left her paralyzed and bedridden for half a year. During this period, she had to undergo three painful correction surgeries that lasted for 18 months.
Every surgery was performed from the back, and the bones that protruded out were sawed off a little. Then, the wound was sutured, and the upper body was fixed with a cast. The upper body could not be bent from the neck to the waist. When the wound healed, the surgery was continued, and the bones were sawed and fixed, waiting for the wound to heal.
During the process of waiting, Isabella could not lie down and could only sit.
As a result, visible scars were left on her back and shin bones.
She was in so much pain, but the 11-year-old only wanted to comfort her mother.” Mom, don’t be sad. Although the operation is very, very painful, I’m the only one who has been in pain. In the future, when others are in pain, I’ll know how much they are in pain.”
After she recovered, she devoted herself to her studies.
At that time, she did not realize how important learning was. She only knew that no success could be obtained without effort.
Due to his passion for learning and proficiency in three languages, he began to work as a reporter and translator for an Italian television station in New York at the age of 19.
Due to her outstanding professional ability, four years later, she was already a well-known reporter in Italy.
Coupled with her outstanding looks and her parents ‘fame, many people around her advised her to debut, but she always refused patiently.
“Because I’m a superstar, my parents paid a huge price. Everywhere they go, there are paparazzi and almost no privacy. However, the actors I understand are just ordinary people who like to perform and work hard for it. Doing a job you love is a life worth living. ”
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“Old Age” debuts
Has become the world’s greatest
Isabella, who was doing very well in the news industry, never expected, An accident had changed the course of her life.
In 1980, 28-year-old Isabella was busy with her interview work, but because a friend’s filming site was short of a model, she temporarily replaced her and was selected by VOUGE.
Under the camera, she was noble and elegant, unrestrained and free, without the slightest hint of naivety.
She was 28 years old. Whether it was in the past or now, it was the age of retirement in the modeling world. However, she did not show any fear and continued to work hard.
Soon, she became the darling of Voice, and all the major magazines in the fashion industry were also competing to throw an olive branch at her. As long as she was on the cover of the magazine, it would definitely sold well.
According to incomplete statistics, She had shot more than 500 magazine covers and sold them in more than 50 countries.
Her debut was the peak, but the future was unknown. Isabella had always kept a low profile, so almost everyone in the circle said that she was elegant and energetic, hardworking and indifferent to fame and fortune.
Due to her unique temperament, good looks, intelligence, and enthusiasm, she became one of the highest-paid models in the world throughout the 1980s.
In 1982, Lancome, who had never used a celebrity to shoot an advertisement, spent a lot of money to invite her to be the spokesperson. This cooperation lasted for 14 years.
Three years later, Isabella stepped into the film industry. In just a year, she became famous with her stunning performance in Blue Velvet and became a member of Hollywood.
She was not a professional, but later on, she won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the American Independent Spirit Award for her unforgettable character image. She was nominated for the best actress in the world and became a judge at Cannes Film Festival…
If this was luck, then it was also the result of her ample preparations.
I have seen such a sentence, you can read Fan Bingbing in a day, but you can’t read Lin Huiyin in a day.
In the ever-changing fashion industry, where new people were constantly coming in, one’s appearance alone would never be the best.
Isabella, on the other hand, was putting it into practice. What you give will one day become your unique capital.
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Abandoned by time
Reborn in time
She thought that someone as hardworking as her would always be successful, but she never expected that… The role of a woman still made her abandoned.
At the age of 44, Lancome, who had worked with him for more than ten years, still terminated the contract. The reason was simple and crude: You’re old.
The new spokesperson had a face similar to hers, but she was 12 years younger than her.
For the first time, she, who had never cared about age, realized that a woman’s age was so important in this circle. Eternal youth was not her dream, but it was the dream of this circle.
However, she was powerless to change this harsh reality.
What made her even more desperate was that her husband, who had been with her for many years, had also reached the end of her marriage. She had no choice but to become a single mother and raise her 10-year-old daughter and 1-year-old son alone.
Looking at her children, her main source of income had been cut off. She did not dare to slack off and had to find a way out.
After wandering in this glamorous circle for more than ten years, she was still heartlessly abandoned in the end. She might as well leave.
Her past experience told her that when you were faced with a difficult situation and didn’t know what to do for the time being, you should do something else first. When time passed, it would be another situation.
Like she stepped into the eyes of the world without warning It disappeared again, and it was also sudden.
The once popular goddess, leaving the spotlight, actually started peasant woman 。
He spent his days with vegetables, fruits, chickens, and ducks. He fed the chickens, herded the sheep, planted the land, and raised bees…
It was said that it was difficult to go from extravagance to frugality, but her mother’s identity taught her that she had to.
Perhaps this was life. There were some things that one had to do, and only by doing well in this “must” was one to be brave.
Even Isabella herself did not expect that she would work at sunrise and rest at sunset. She did not have to live deliberately for anyone. Her income was low, but her heart was free.
In order to make the farm more prosperous, she went to New York University to study animal behavior research despite being nearly 50 years old. She woke up at 5:30 every day to study.
It was as if the prosperity and glory of the past had never happened. It was just like when he was in his early 20s, he was painstakingly pursuing what he wanted.
Gradually, the farm became lively and welcomed guests.
Running a farm gradually became Isabella’s greatest pleasure.
” On the farm, no one will care about your delicate face. People will only pay attention to your results. Even if your hair turns white and your face wrinkles, you can still shine brightly.”
As time passed, the traces of time remained on her face, but it was also engraved in her soul. She became more elegant and her gaze became gentler.
Unlike the carefree attitude she had when she was young, Isabella had more wrinkles and more smiles.
She said,”Old age brings a lot of happiness. You’re getting fatter and more wrinkled, and that’s not good, but with that comes a freedom: I’d better do what I want now, because I’m going to die soon, so this is my last chance;
Besides, there’s also a sense of peace-I have my career, good or bad, I’m doing my best, and now I’m continuing to pursue what I’m interested in.”
In 2010, Bulgari invited her, who was nearly 60 years old, to be the spokesperson.
It turns out that people recognize you by your face and body, and people define you by your mind and soul.
What surprised her even more was that… At the age of 66, her old boss, who had abandoned her due to aging, came to apologize and re-invited her to endorse.
Just when everyone thought she would refuse, she said yes 。
” I believe that I don’t represent beauty for Lancome, but a different dream. It can be defined as happiness. Life must go on. There are many chapters. If there are difficulties, don’t regret it. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s an experience.”
He stepped into the spotlight at the age of nearly 30, debuting at the peak, from the world’s “most expensive” to being abandoned due to aging, and starting again at the age of 50.
No matter how life changed, Isabella never gave up on her efforts and curiosity. How could she not be charming?
Just like a diamond, the more cuts it had, the more dazzling it would be. The more experiences a person had, the more charming she would be. This charm was not because of a moving face, but because of the accumulation of time, a treasure that no one could take away.
Beautiful things were never perfect. On the contrary, they were full of scars, but they never collapsed. The cracks were the places where light shone in.
Nowadays, age anxiety seemed to have become the norm for many women. They were no longer young, no longer beautiful, no longer youthful…In the eyes of many people, aging was like a wolf or a tiger.
But even if you were a woman, no one had set a limit on what you should do at what age. As long as you were willing, what was wrong with being 60 years old?
Chanel had a famous saying: Nothing can make a woman look older than working hard to make herself look younger.
So, in any case, please believe,” The beauty of a woman is not in her face. The true beauty of a woman is in her soul, her compassion, her passion. A woman’s beauty grew with the passage of time! ”