Rachel Welch, Cindy Crawford, Kim Cattrall: Pin-ups who Stay Sexy [SLIDESHOW]

For many female stars in the youth-obsessed style and entertainment industries, Mother Nature can be their worst enemy.

Growing old can often be the final blow to the ego and in some cases end a very lucrative career.

But for the fortunate few time has been kind and decades after they burst on the scene as worldwide sex symbols they still have legions of admirers.

Former international pin-up Raquel Welch belongs to the group who age gracefully yet keep their sex appeal. When she stepped out at the Vanity Fair Montblanc party in Los Angeles on Wednesday she was still turning heads.

Almost five decades after the 71-year-old actress emerged from the sea in a furry bikini as Loana in the 1966 film Hammer film One Million Years BC she is still widely regarded as beautiful.

We look at other female celebrities who have still got it.

Blondie's Debbie Harry remains sexy and confident at the age of 66. The singer keeps her body in fantastic shape with the help of a personal trainer.

At 71, 70s pin-up Raquel Welch has aged gracefully and managed to keep her looks

At 55, Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall is still as sexy as ever. And just like her Samantha Jones, the actress is not giving up her saucy antics anytime soon.

At the age of 76 actress Julie Andrews has kept her fine bone structure

Michelle Pfeiffer, 53, proves that it is possible to stay sexy even after you pass the half-century milestone

British actress Helen Mirren is still a sex symbol - even past retirement age. The 66-year-old object of lust is never short of admirers.