United Kingdom, June 20 -- Elle Macpherson sees menopause "as a rebirth".

The 61-year-old supermodel has revealed she wants the process to be "celebrated and honored" instead of "feared" because the natural changes of the ageing process bring added wisdom and a new focus on self-care - and insisting she feels better than ever now she's in her 60s,

She told Elle Spain magazine: "I prefer to see it as a rebirth: a process that deserves to be celebrated and honored, not feared or silenced.

"It's not a simple list of symptoms, but a set of natural signals that herald a new cycle. One in which wisdom emerges, self-care becomes more conscious, and intention is redefined. Your body begins a conversation with you, asking for pause, attention, ...