Talking to WWD, Ms Theron said: 'It's ironic that we've built the beauty world around 20-year-olds, when they have no f***ing concept about wisdom, what life is about, having a few relationships below [their] belt and feeling hardships, to grow into [their] skin and feel confident within [themselves] and to feel the value of who [they] are, not because of a man or because of something like that.
Improving with age: Charlize Theron, pictured at this year's Oscars, says the beauty industry is largely targeted at twenty-somethings, when women actually hit their prime in their forties. The star turns 40 herself next year
'And I think that's such a beautiful thing. And that's why I think people say women come into their prime in their forties.'
She said that society seems to view older woman like a dead flower.
'It's like we wilt for some reason. And men are like fine wines - the older they get, the better they get,' she explained.
'It's such a misconception, and it's such a lost opportunity because that's when I think women are really in the true moment of their sensuality. 'I think that women find their strength and power in their sexuality, in their sensuality within, [through] getting older and being secure within that.'
Golden girl: Ms Theron has been the face of the J'Adore Dior fragrance for a decade
New love: The actress has been in a relationship with Sean Penn since the start of this year, and the pair are believed to be planning to marry in her native South Africa
Ms Theron, who turns 40 in August next year, is mother to two-year-old adopted son Jackson and is believed to be planning to marry boyfriend Sean Penn.
She has been the face of the J'Adore Dior fragrance for a decade, during which she's had to gain weight or drastically alter her hair for film roles.
However, unlike other parts of the beauty industry, the actress says Dior has embraced her changing looks.
She explained: 'I can say this now, since I'm almost 40 and I've worked with a lot of design houses and a lot of people within that world. There are very, very few brands that will be brave enough to really, completely take a step back and not to try and control what is considered beautiful.
'There's always been a celebration of what is that moment, whoever I am at that moment in my life. [It] is a very real way of looking at beauty.'
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