'I cried when I realised I was ageing': Sharon Stone, 55,

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Sharon Stone says she cried and cried the day she realised she was getting older.
The 55-year-old, who has enjoyed a career as one of Hollywood's sexiest vixens for over two decades, recently revealed her struggles with ageing.
The Basic Instinct star admitted that when she reached her 40s she locked herself inside a bathroom with a bottle of wine and wept as she examined her 'face in the magnifying mirror'.

Nothing to cry about: Sharon Stone reveals her struggles with ageing in revealing interview with Shape

Gracing the cover of the March issue of Shape magazine, Sharon shows off her seemingly ageless figure in a bright two-piece bikini.

Breakout role: The 55-year-old first caught international attention with 1992's Basic Instinct

Squatting in a sultry pose, the blonde bombshell wears a fishnet top as she seductively pulls her zippered shirt down over her crotch as she balances in a pair of sky high wedges.
Explaining how she learnt to accept the effects of time, the Totall Recall star said: 'It hasn't been easy.
'There was a point in my 40s where I went into the bathroom with a bottle of wine, locked the door, and said, "I'm not coming out until I can totally accept the way I look right now."

'And I examined my face in the magnifying mirror, and I looked at my body, and I cried and cried and cried. Then I said to myself, "You're going to get old now. How do you want to do that?"
'And I thought, "I'd like to age like a dancer." I want to keep my body in shape like that. I want to do the work. I like to dance and stretch. And I like going to the gym.'
Stone also talked about some of her other age defying secrets, including swearing off alcohol and engaging in a high protein diet.
'I like porterhouse steak, rib-eyes and New York strip. This works for me because I have very low cholesterol and low blood pressure. It's not good for everyone; you have to talk to your doctor about that. I also eat fish and cheese. I like clean food prepared as simply as possible.

'I used to love wine, but I don't drink at all now. I think, at a certain point, it's better for women not to have any alcohol because it can make your face, breasts and midsection get very bloated.'

How does she do it: Sharon says she's sworn off alcohol to stay young, pictured in Los Angeles in November