Supermodel Heidi Klum on Being 52: ‘You’re Not Off the Shelf’

​Legendary supermodel Heidi Klum is happily embracing middle age and all that it brings.

​In an interview with People, the 52-year-old businesswoman said getting older “doesn’t matter” because “I don’t have this age-shaming or body-shaming thing.”​​“I feel like everyone should do what they want to do,” Klum said. “I like to run around sexy — even now at 52.”​​Klum also discussed one of the concerns some people have about being in their 50s.

​“The biggest misconception [about] being in your 50s is that you are off the shelf. You’re not off the shelf,” she said. “We are very much on that shelf for everyone to see."

​Klum encouraged people who are aging not to “hide” in their 50s.

“Beauty is ever-changing,” she said. “And I’m here for the change. If it’s always the same, life is boring.”​

The Project Runway host noted that views on aging have changed since the ’90s, when she rose to stardom.

​“I feel like we’re more welcoming of wrinkles and rolls on our body,” Klum said. “Being accepted at every age is amazing. That we’ve changed and come all that way.”

​Klum said she’s “looking at 60 and 70, hopefully 80 and 90,” and “if we’re still kicking it then, let’s celebrate.”​​The Primetime Emmy Award winner said she’s “all for” Botox and discussing plastic surgery.

“Whoever wants to talk about [plastic surgery] and wants to share, give me all the numbers.”

​Regarding gray hair, Klum mentioned she has a few.

​“I have one in my eyebrow,” she admitted. “It’s so weird. And I have one on this boob that is this long sometimes.”

​Actress Sandra Oh also recently discussed the benefits and challenges of being a woman in her 50s.

​“Don’t let anyone fool you. It’s tougher on my body,” the 54-year-old told the New York Times. “It’s tougher on my mind in certain ways. But it is great, because I feel balanced enough to really start digging into very important questions.” ​​The Grey’s Anatomy star has come to believe that aging means “it is not up to anyone else to free you,” but rather, “it’s up to yourself.”

​“So whether you have body issues, things about your past, how you grew up, your trauma — those are the things that now you have some space and are able to handle grappling with. But my joints hurt,” she said.

​Meanwhile, actress Charlize Theron is looking forward to her 50th birthday on August 7.​​“I told my mom that I was looking forward to 50, and she said, ‘Oh, honey, it gets so much better when you hit your 70s,’ ” Theron recently told USA Today. “So, yeah, I feel like I got lucky with good genes. I think life’s going to be OK for me from here on out.”