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Martha Stewart, nee Martha Helen Kostyra is an American entrepreneur, American businesswoman, writer and television personality. She was born on 3 August, 1941 in Jersey City of New Jersey. 

Martha Stewart gained success in various field of business, encompassing publishing, broadcasting, merchandising and e commerce. She is the founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. She has written number of bestselling books and is the publisher of Martha Stewart Living magazine. She hosted two syndicated television programs, one is Martha Stewart Living which ran from 1993 to 2004 and other The Martha Stewart Show which ran from 2005 to 2012.

Martha Stewart is the second child of her parents. Her parents Edward Kostyra(1912–1979) and Martha(nee Ruszkowski; 1914–2007) were teachers, after that her father become pharmaceutical salesman. Her family moved to Nutley New, Jersey when Stewart was three year old. She adopted the name 'Grace' for her catholic Confirmation name.

Stewart used to innovate domestic lifestyle who built a catering business into an international media and home furnishing corporation, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia inc.

Martha grew up in a polish American household in Nutley, New Jersey where the traditional art of cooking, sewing, canning preserving, gardening and housekeeping is practiced. She used to plan birthday parties for neighbour children while she was in grammar school and also used to do modeling job in New York City to pay her college tuition. 

She married a law student Andrew Stewart in 1961. Alexis, daughter of Stewart was born in the year 1965 and She divorced in 1990. She worked as occasional babysitter for the children of Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra and Gil McDougald and all players for the New York Yankees. She also began modelling and went on to appear commercials and in magazines, including one of Tareyton's "Smokers would rather fight than switch!" cigarette advertisements. At her college period, she supplemented scholarship through modelling jobs which was enough for that time. 

Stewart started catering business in 1976 in her basement. The venture become successful but it was little difficult to work and also was also taking catering jobs on the side. Andrew had become the president of New York City publisher Harry N. Abrams Inc. He was responsible for releasing the English language edition of The Secret book of Gnomes series, by Dutch authors Wil Huygen and Rien Poortvliet, which quickly became a blockbuster success and was on The New York Times Best Seller list. 

Stewart released many books under the Clarkson Potter publishing imprint, including Martha Stewart's Pies and Tarts (1985), Weddings (1987), Martha Stewart's Hors d'Oeuvres (1984) which was also ghostwritten by Elizabeth Hawes, The Wedding Planner (1988), Martha Stewart 's Quick Cook Menus (1988), and Martha Stewart's Christmas (1989), among others. She also authored dozen of newspaper, magazine articles and other pieces on homemaking and numerous television appearance on programs such as The Oprah Winfrey show and Larry King Live.

Martha Stewart has become sports illustrated's oldest cover model ever, posing for the magazine's annual swimsuit edition at the age of 81. 

Stewart said in an interview, 'When I heard that I was going to be on the cover of sports Illustrated swimsuit, I thought: ' Oh, well that's pretty good; I'm gonna be the oldest person, I think, ever on the cover of Sports Illustrated'.

And I don't think about age very much, but I thought that this is kind of historic and that I better look really good." 

Stewart's cover shoot means she is now the oldest woman to ever pose for Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue. 

 Stewart wrote on Instagram, "My motto has always been: ' when you're through changing, you're through,' so I thought, why not be up for this opportunity of a lifetime?" 

I hope this cover inspires you to challenge yourself to try new things, no matter what stage of life you are in."

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