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Brooke Shields Celebrated on Her Milestone 60th Birthday as 'Everyone's Favorite Girl Boss'
Brooke Shields is the big 6-0!
The model and actress celebrated her milestone 60th birthday on Saturday, May 31.
To mark the occasion, Shields' daughter Rowan Henchy shared a series of posts on her Instagram Stories.
"Happy birthday to my role model, partner in crime, and best friend. Thank you for always being my rock," Rowan, 22, wrote alongside a red carpet photo of the mother-daughter pair.
Then sharing a photograph of herself, her mom and sister Grier Henchy, Rowan called Shields "everyone's favorite girl boss," later writing, "Love you mama," alongside a summertime snapshot of the duo.
Rowan concluded her social media tributes with a throwback image of herself and her mom that had a white heart drawn across it.
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Shields has been in the public eye ever since she was a child star. She speaks candidly about aging in her recently released memoir, Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman.
Per the book's official description, Shields often felt 'scrutinized' and 'judged' while in the spotlight, but, as she's gotten older, she has learned that time can provide a new sense of freedom and independence.
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Shields, the description added, now lives life feeling 'more comfortable, more empowered and confident."
Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old also covers a range of other topics, including the star's rise as the CEO of haircare company Commence, as well as what she described as "this collective feeling of being overlooked."
Back in January, Shields revealed how she wanted to mark her milestone 60th birthday as she spoke on stage at the Flow Space Presents an Evening with Brooke Shields event in New York City.
At the time, the Mother of the Bride star told audience members, "I'm going to do something special with groups of friends."
"I have friends that I laugh like that with. I have my boozy friends, I have my granola friends,' Shields continued. 'They each serve a different part of my soul and psyche.'
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The mother of two also explained that she wouldn't be in a rush to wrap her birthday celebrations up once they began.
'I'm going to try to take experiences that I really want to have and spend the time and the money on them,' she said. 'And just celebrate the year of this big year that I'm walking through.'
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