And he can clearly count on the 76-year-old model who gave him life to help him in this process. Indeed, Maye Musk enjoys significant popularity within the Middle Kingdom, where she visits regularly. As De Standaard explains, the septuagenarian has become the commercial muse of numerous Chinese products, shows for the country’s stylists and benefits from a significant influence thanks to her presence on the social network Xiaohonghu.
His success in China can be explained in particular by his life story which appeals to the Chinese. It was also with the release of her autobiography that the model saw her popularity take off in the country.
A jagged journey
The life of Maye Musk, which has not been a long, quiet river, fascinates Chinese mothers. Born in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, she was only two years old when her family moved to South Africa. 19 years later, she became one of the country’s beauty queens. In the final of the Miss South Africa competition, the young woman already knows the tricks of the trade well. Having paraded since she was 15, the catwalks don’t scare her. Far from it.
But she is wary of this environment. She knows that, overnight, she could lose everything. She therefore chooses not to be satisfied with this source of income. After studying dietetics, she opened her own practice.
His life changes when he meets a rich American engineer. His name? Errol Musk. Things are moving quickly. She has a series of pregnancies. Three in three years. But his relationship is failing just as quickly. Her husband beats her. Even in front of the children. As Die Welt tells us, her eldest, Elon, then 5 years old, will not hesitate to defend his mother. While Errol Musk rapes his wife, his son screams at him to stop and even ends up inflicting a violent blow on his father’s knees to make him bend.
The success of the Musk children
However, Maye Musk cannot leave her husband. Not an ounce of love weighs in the balance. She’s just scared. Fear of this man who threatens to grab a razor blade and leave the scars of their already ended love story on his face. Worse still, he makes her understand that if she leaves, he will attack the children, making them cripples. So she stays.
It was only after nine years of marriage that she gathered up her courage and packed her bags. His children under his arm. A single mother, she makes her living thanks to her modeling contracts. But one thing is certain: she is not rolling in gold. The end of the month is sometimes complicated. She explains in her memoirs that going out to restaurants or the cinema are very rare.
She ended up emigrating to the United States at the end of the 1980s. From there, she devoted a good part of her time to supporting her three children. Everyone eventually becomes successful. His daughter Tosca produces and directs adaptations of successful novels. His son Kimbal is an entrepreneur who runs several restaurants. And then, his eldest Elon no longer needs to be introduced.
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For her part, Maye Musk has made it her mission for several years to show that “Women can be beautiful at any age”. She stopped dyeing her hair and let her graying hair become her trademark. Which works out for her rather well since she made the cover of several major magazines at the age of 60. Invigorated by the success of her children, the blue-eyed woman fully embraces who she is. “It’s not easy to gain self-confidence when you’ve been oppressed for 18 years”confides to Die Welt the one who ultimately never found love again.
Now, she is making numerous trips to China where she has become the symbol of the strong and independent mother. She does not hesitate to praise the merits of the Middle Kingdom. “Everyone is happy, friendly and pleasant”she recently told Women’s Wear Daily. “Even my friends in the United States now all want to visit China.”
