(Cover) - EN Star Style - Christie Brinkley has recalled "squirming" during her first modelling job.

The 57-year-old actress-and-model moved from her native America to Paris, France, to pursue art in the 1970s.

However, in 1973 the star was scouted by American photographer Errol Sawyer and a career in modelling followed.

The beauty remembers her first magazine cover was with a publication called Parents, and involved some skimpy attire and a seductive gentleman.

"They handed me a yellow bikini and I was horrified. I wasn't that confident. I wanted to hide my hips and thighs. They put this guy behind me in a Speedo who started kissing my neck. I was squirming. I didn't know what to do with my hands and the photographer was going, Look how she moves, c'est fantastique, gnial, oh-l-l'," laughed Christie in an interview with telegraph.co.uk.

Christie is often cited as one of the most beautiful women in showbusiness, although admits to being irritated by constant comments over her age. The stunning star sees no reason for people to class her as an attractive older lady, and thinks age should be irrelevant when it comes to beauty.

"People say, You look so great for your age,' and I say, OK, you can leave off the for your age part. Can we all stop qualifying it?' I have never hidden my age: I love being 57," she added. (C) Cover Media