Magnificent Midlife

Meet Mia Maugé, a 57 year old model championing broader representation in the modelling industry. She burst onto the scene in 2020 in the midst of the global pandemic when she was picked up by a modelling agency, allowing her to leave her career in digital marketing and PR . She’s passionate about occupying spaces previously reserved for those who look nothing like her, be that her hair texture and colour, age, skin tone or body type. We talk about: - Mia’s experiences of Black Power as a mixed race child of the Windrush Generation growing up in the 70s - How she discovered her passion for writing - Working at Notting Hill carnival - How Mia became a model - Going public with her Instagram page in 2020 - Facing the fear of aging - Dyeing her hair and finally stopping - How Mia connected with the community of silver sisters - The low point in Mia’s life - Elderhood as the youth of old age - Practicing gratitude and being grateful - How the language around aging has got to change - Aging and how society views o