She's turned her back on Botox - so what keeps her young-looking these days is her zest and energy.

Teri Hatcher showed plenty of that, smiling all the time as she competed in a charity triathlon in California inspired by a sick child.

The Desperate Housewife revealed that she took part after receiving a letter from Joel Rothman, the father of Sophia, a two-year-old patient at Children's Hospital Los Angeles - an organisation which will benefit from the event

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