Nineties ‘It girl’ Alison Brahe looked remarkably youthful as she attended a health and wellness event in Sydney on Wednesday.
Alison, 53, who is married to actor and TV presenter Cameron Daddo, was one of Australia’s top models in the ’80s and ’90s.
She famously appeared on the cover of teen magazine Dolly several times.
The mother of three was a guest at a product launch for Swiish, the lifestyle brand owned by former Channel Seven host Sally Obermeder.
The new product is Peri + Meno Relief, which helps women experiencing menopause symptoms.
Nineties ‘It girl’ Alison Brahe (left) looked remarkably youthful as she attended a health and wellness event in Sydney on Wednesday
Alison, 53, was one of Australia’s top models in the ’80s and ’90s. She famously appeared on the cover of teen magazine Dolly several times (pictured here)
Alison looked chic in grey high-waisted trousers, a brown ribbed singlet and a belt.
She wore her long blonde hair loosely and opted for natural-looking dewy makeup including a touch of foundation and mascara.
The Separate Bedrooms podcast host was pictured by the media wall alongside Kylie Gillies, who co-anchors Seven’s The Morning Show.
Kylie paired white trousers with a knitted jumper, while Swiish owner Sally was all business in a powder blue suit.
Swiish’s new product is Peri + Meno Relief, which helps women with menopause symptoms
After moving to the U.S. with husband Cameron in 1992, Alison walked away from her modelling career to focus on raising a family.
She told Whimn in 2019 she did not enjoy modelling in America as much as she did in Australia, and had no regrets about leaving it all behind.
‘I decided I really didn’t want to do it there. It really wasn’t fun,’ she said.
The event was held at Sala Dining to celebrate the launch of SWIISH’s new product Peri + Meno Relief, which supports women experiencing menopause systems. Co-founder Sally Obermeder is pictured right
Kylie Gillies (pictured) looked chic in a pair of white trousers, which she teamed with a white knitted jumper at the event
‘All my friends and people I knew in Australia – the photographers and makeup artists – they were no longer there.
‘So, I’d walk in, know no one and I was like, ‘this doesn’t feel good at all’. I was really, really happy when I stepped away from it.’
Alison and Cameron have previously spoke about struggles they faced after moving to America, and admitted they found it tough financially.
Despite landing a string of roles in projects like Aaron Spelling’s Models Inc and F/X: The Series, Cameron was left broke and struggling for cash in the mid-2000s.
After moving to the US with husband Cameron, 58, (pictured) in 1992, Alison walked away from her glamorous modelling career
In fact, things got so bad at one point that the Australian star’s friends were leaving groceries on his doorstep just so he could feed his wife and their three children.
‘Cam still deals with feeling, you know, a lot of angst or shame around that,’ Alison previously told Stellar magazine.
Cameron also spoke about that challenging time in an interview with Mia Freedman on her No Filter podcast in 2017.
‘It got very tense for a while on several occasions,’ Cameron said.
He added: ‘Then something would open up and suddenly you forget there was a moment where we had $100 in the bank because now we’re doing okay.’
Alison recently shared how going through menopause led to body insecurities.
Back in 2019, she told Whimn that she didn’t enjoy modelling in the US as much as she did while in Australia, and has no regrets about leaving it behind. ‘I decided I really didn’t want to do it there, it really wasn’t fun,’ the mother of three said
The teacher recently told Body+Soul she gained some weight and feared that her husband no longer found her changing body attractive.
‘I know, for instance, that Cam’s love language is physical. It’s what he wants and needs and how he feels secure with me,’ she said.
‘A lot of the dislike of my body shape had to do with what I thought Cam wanted, or what Cam liked. Once he told me he didn’t give a crap if I put on weight and that he loved me as a person, the more I addressed my own judgement of myself.’
Over time, Alison came to accept her new shape, but says she still has difficult periods where she feels less than confident.
‘There are days where I go, “You’re just a cute little 52-year-old with a tubby tummy,” and then I’ll put on a pair of jeans and think, “Oh, God, I look six months pregnant, I can’t stand it.” I still go back and forwards with it,’ she said at the time.
‘I’m so aware now of what women have been taught about their body shapes. They’re constantly described by how they look. You’ve just got to love the shape you are.’
Alison was an It girl in the 1990s, gracing the covers of dozens of magazines during her successful modelling career.
Alison recently shared how going through menopause led to body insecurities. The teacher recently told Body+Soul she gained some weight and feared that her husband no longer found her changing body attractive
