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Helena puts models today's to shame as the supermodel-turned-photographer steps back in front of the lens

Helena Christensen has been in the modelling industry for almost 30 years, so it's no surprise that she knows how to make herself look good.

What might surprise, though, is that the 42-year-old looks quite this much better than her colleagues who are mostly half her age.

In a shoot for InStyle, Christensen, who is wearing dark eye make-up and scraped-back hair, proves she's still got it - more than 26 years after she won the Miss Denmark crown.

Instyle's photos show Christensen wearing tailored dresses and a catsuit that all emphasise her incredible body.

The flowing outfits are teamed up with with minimal golden accessories and sky-scraping platforms.

The Danish beauty stepped behind the camera in the Noughties.

She held her first photography exhibition in 2006, and quickly became almost as well known for her photographs of Bono, REM's Michael Stipe and Robbie Williams, as for her modelling.

Her photos have appeared in Marie Claire and Elle magazines and, judging by these images, it seems like taking pictures has only helped Christensen to look even more beautiful back in front of the lens.

The 42-year-old has been linked to a string of famous men over the years, including actors Heath Ledger and Leonardo DiCaprio and Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall.

But most of the tales are plain wrong. ‘I think I saw Mick Hucknall twice in my life,’ she said.

‘I do get bothered by the fact that I’m linked to all these men I haven’t even met.

'Some were my girlfriends’ boyfriends and they’d cut her out of the picture and then it would be me dating them,’ she told InStyle.

‘Billy Corgan (US singer) was one of those situations – my girlfriend dated him for five years. Josh Hartnett, we’re like brother and sister.

The thought of us being together makes us crack up. Heath Ledger I barely even knew that well by the time of his death and suddenly I had dated him?’

She revealed she was on her way to see him the day he died at his New York apartment three years ago. ‘He was actually an incredible photographer.

'That day, I was in a bookstore and found a photography book and was like, ‘‘Wow, he would love this’’. I hadn’t seen him for a while and thought it would be nice to drop in and then I got the phone call.’