Cindy Crawford’s Swimsuit Shoot at 51!

The star posed in a bathing suit for Dujour magazine's summer issue, in which she and opens up about what it means to age gracefully.

“For me it was really hard; the idea of turning 50 was daunting,” she said. “For so long I was the 20-year-old model on the cover of Vogue, or 25 or 30—and then all of a sudden my daughter is becoming that.”

Crawford continued, “My mother was here for Mother's Day and I was talking to her about how I change the narrative for who I am at this age. I don't want to spend my fifties trying to get back to where I was in my thirties. Even though, yes, maybe I would like my skin or my waistline to be the same, I've worked hard and evolved into this person.”

She also reflected on son Presley, 17, and daughter Kaia, 15, following in her footsteps.

“It's certainly not something I encouraged, nor did I discourage it,” Cindy explained. “I think what I'm realizing, especially now that they're graduating from high school, is a lot of kids end up doing what their parents do. The fact they were interested in fashion shouldn't be totally surprising. And because they're my kids, they have an easy point of entry.”