SHARON STONE, 63

The Hollywood star believes wholeheartedly in the title of her book – The Beauty of Living Twice. A mum of three adopted sons, after an auto-immune deficiency made it difficult to carry a baby, she has survived divorce, and a stroke that stopped her feeling like herself for seven years. ‘I think that as we grow older, we have this societal pressure where people start to try to tell us that our worth is diminished. I think this is a time in our life when our worth is the most enhanced,’ she says.