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Paulina Porizkova
Porizkova in 2014
Born
Pavlína Pořízková

(1965-04-09)9 April 1965(age 59)
Prostějov,Czechoslovakia
Nationality
  • Swedish
  • American
Occupations
  • Fashion model
  • author
  • actress
Spouse
​
​
(m.1989; died 2019)​
Children2
Modeling information
Height176.53 cm (5 ft9+1⁄2in)[1]
Agency
  • The Model CoOp (New York)[2]
  • Premium Models (Paris)
  • IMG Models(Milan)
  • Models 1 (London)
  • Traffic Models (Barcelona)
  • Place Models (Hamburg)[3]

Paulina Porizkova(bornPavlína Pořízková,Czech:[ˈpavliːnaˈpor̝iːskovaː];9 April 1965) is an author and former fashion model. Born inCzechoslovakia,she relocated to Sweden in 1973. She began modelling in Paris at age 15.[4]In 1984, Porizkova became the first Central European woman to appear on the cover of theSports Illustratedswimsuit issue.[5]

As an actress, she made her film debut inAnna(1987).

Early life[edit]

Porizkova was born on 9 April 1965 inProstějov,[6][7][8][9]then inCzechoslovakia,to anti-Sovietdissident parents, Anna Pořízková and Jiří Pořízka.[10]She was left in the care of her maternal grandmother after her parents fled to Sweden to escape theWarsaw Pact invasion.[10][11][6]Czechoslovak authorities would not allow her parents to reclaim her, and the ensuing battle was widely publicized in the Swedish press, making her acause célèbre.[10][11]

When Porizkova was seven, her pregnant mother returned to Czechoslovakia by a fake passport in an attempt to rescue her.[10][11]After the attempt failed, her mother was briefly detained by thenational policeand then placed under house arrest with her family.[10][11]In 1973, international political pressure led byOlof Palmecaused thecommunist governmentto allow the Pořízek family to be reunited.[10]Porizkova's parents divorced after her father had an affair.[10][11]She and her father, who refused to pay child support for his children, have been estranged since her youth.[11]Her mother, a midwife, remarried at least twice and, as of 2010, was reported to be serving in the Peace Corps in Uganda.[11]

Career[edit]

Modeling[edit]

External images
image iconPorizkova'sSports IllustratedSwimsuit Issuecover from 13 February 1984
image iconPorizkova'sSports IllustratedSwimsuit Issue cover from 11 February 1985

Porizkova shared the photo that got the attention of modeling scoutJohn Casablancas.She was 13. One of her friends, who wanted to be a makeup artist, painted Porizkova's face, along with other friends, and sent the photographs to modeling agencies in Paris in the hopes of getting hired. "Soon after, a modeling agent called inviting me to Copenhagen to meet the famed model scout John Casablancas.... He took one look at me and asked: ‘Want to go to Paris?’ As if I'd say no! The rest, as they say, is history."[10][12]

Porizkova rose to become a top model in Paris during the early 1980s, and her fame spread to the United States when she posed in swimwear forSports Illustrated.[improper synthesis?]In 1984, at 18 years old, she became the first woman from Central Europe to be on the cover of theSports Illustratedswimsuit issue.[5]She appeared again on the cover in 1985.[13]She was the second woman (afterChristie Brinkley) to be featured on the swimsuit issue's front cover in consecutive years (1984 and 1985).[14]Her first appearance as a model in the magazine was in 1983.[10]She appeared on the cover and insideNew Yorkin July, 1985.[15]Harper's Bazaarnamed her one of its ten most beautiful women in 1992 and AmericanPhotomagazine in its first issue declared her to be the model of the 1980s.[16][17][18][19][20]Porizkova appeared on the covers of numerous magazines around the world during the 1980s and 1990s, includingVogue,Elle,Harper's Bazaar,Self,Cosmopolitan,andGlamour.[10][16][21]

She has been featured in advertising campaigns forChanel,Versace,Hermes,Christian Dior,Oscar De La Renta,Mikimoto,Perry Ellis,Laura Biagiotti,Anne Klein,Ellen Tracy,Barneys New York,Ann Taylor,Guerlain,andRevlonand appeared on the runway forCalvin Klein.[22][citation needed]

In 1988, Porizkova won what was then the highest-paying modeling contract: a $6,000,000 contract withEstée Lauder,replacingWillow Bay.[23][24][25]The black-and-white television and print advertising campaign won praise from critics. The Estée Lauder makeover transformed Porizkova's public image from a swimsuit model to that of European sophisticate and she remained the company's face until 1995.[24][26][27][28]She soon landed another multimillion-dollar contract, withEscada.[29][citation needed]

Television work[edit]

Porizkova was part of the panel of judges onAmerica's Next Top Model(ANTM), starting onCycle 10,replacing fashion iconTwiggy.[30]

Porizkova continued to conduct regular weekly evaluations ofANTMparticipants on the show until she announced during a 12 May 2009, appearance onThe Late Late Show with Craig Fergusonthat she had been fired from the show.[31]Although Porizkova maintained she was told by producers that she had an "ego problem," especially when she "consistently complained" aboutTyra Banks' reported lateness to the set,ANTMexecutive producer Ken Mok and Banks released a statement claiming Porizkova's firing was due to "the current state of the economy," forcingANTMto "make major budget cuts…unfortunately, Paulina was a casualty of these cuts." When questioned byABC NewsjournalistCynthia McFaddenabout the firing of Porizkova as well as formerANTMcolleague,Janice Dickinson,both of whom had complained Banks was "difficult," Banks refused to address the issue.[32][33][34]

She appeared onAndy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes.[35]

Porizkova was a participant onDancing with the Stars,[36]in spring 2007 but was voted off on the first results show which aired on 27 March 2007.[37]

In 2009 and 2010, she played Clarissa on about five episodes of theCBS Daytimesoap operaAs the World Turns.[38]Porizkova appeared in the fourth episode ofCelebrity Ghost Stories'second season.[39]

Acting[edit]

Porizkova's film debut was in the 1983 modelingmockumentary,Portfolio.[40]She appeared in the 1987 filmAnna.In 1989, she co-starred withTom Selleckin the filmHer Alibi;[41]she was nominated for aGolden Raspberry Award for Worst Actressfor her appearance.[42]

Porizkova appeared inEmir Kusturica's 1993 filmArizona Dream,withJohnny DeppandJerry Lewis,in a minor role as Lewis's young Polish fiancée. She had the main female role in the 1998 filmThursday.Porizkova wrote and directed the 2001 film,Roommates.[43][44][45][46]She also starred in the 2001 thriller filmDark Asylum,alongside Judd Nelson.[47]In 2004, she starred in the romantic comedyKnots.She appeared in an episode of the Starz comedy seriesHead Casewhich aired on 24 April 2009. She appeared in a 6th-season episode ofDesperate Housewives,"Chromolume No. 7",alongside modelHeidi Klum.She appeared on the ABC Family drama-comedy seriesJane by Designin an episode which aired on 6 March 2012, and made a guest appearance onThe Mysteries of Laurain February 2015.[48][49][50]

Writing[edit]

Porizkova co-authored a children's book,The Adventures of Ralphie the Roach(ISBN978-0385424028) with British model Joanne Russell and illustrated by her stepson Adam Ocasek, that was published in September 1992. She published her first novel,A Model Summer(ISBN978-1401303266;Modellsommarin Swedish), in 2007, which is about a 15-year-old Swedish girl (Jirina) chosen by a modeling agent to spend a summer working in Paris in 1980. Porizkova is a blogger for Modelinia andThe Huffington Post.[51]

In popular culture[edit]

Porizkova is the subject of three songs: "Friends of P"byThe Rentals,[52]"Paulina"byNo Doubt,and "Dear Paulina" (written for the filmThursdayin which she appeared) byLuna.She is one of several women referenced inSonic Youth's song "Swimsuit Issue", from the 1992 albumDirty.[53]She was the inspiration of the late transgender model andballroomperformerOctavia St. Laurentwho spoke glowingly about her in the documentary filmParis is Burning.[54]She has said that St. Laurent's praise and idolization in the documentary was the favorite moment of her modeling career.[55]

Personal life[edit]

Porizkova holds dual Swedish and U.S. citizenship.[56][57]In 1984, she metRic Ocasek,lead singer of the rock bandthe Cars,during the filming of their music video "Drive".[58]The two married on 23 August 1989.[59][10]They had two sons, Jonathan Raven Ocasek (born 4 November 1993)[58]and Oliver Ocasek (born 1999).[60]In May 2018, Porizkova announced she and Ocasek had separated a year earlier.[61][62]

In September 2019, while caring for Ocasek following an unspecified surgery, Porizkova found him dead in his home.[63]At the time of his death, they were still in the process of their divorce, though he had disinherited her as well as his two eldest sons[64]in a new will, alleging that before his recent surgery she had "abandoned" him, a legally significant term.[65]In 2021, her dispute with Ocasek's estate was settled. Porizkova commented, "They gave me what is mine under New York state law, and we’re done."[64]

In 2021, Porizkova briefly dated screenwriterAaron Sorkin.[66]

In "America Made Me a Feminist", an article she wrote forThe New York Timesin 2017, Porizkova stated that she considered herself a feminist.[67]

Filmography[edit]

Film
Year Film Role Notes
1987 Anna Krystyna
1989 Her Alibi Nina Lonescu
1993 Arizona Dream Millie
1996 Female Perversions Langley Flynn
1996 Wedding Bell Blues Tanya Touchev
1998 Long Time Since Diane Thwaite
1998 Thursday Dallas
2000 The Intern Chi Chi Chemise
2001 Dark Asylum Dr. Maggie Bellum
2004 Knots Lily Kildear
2012 About Face: The Supermodels, Then and Now Herself Documentary
2017 Kevyn Aucoin Beauty & The Beast in Me Herself Documentary
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1987 Saturday Night Live Herself "Bronson Pinchot" (season 12: episode 11)
2008–2010 America's Next Top Model Judge Judge for cycles 10–12
2009–2010 As the World Turns Clarissa
2010 Desperate Housewives Herself
2013 Rupaul's Drag Race Herself "Draggle Rock"(season 5: episode 3)
2015 The Mysteries of Laura Charlotte Bernice
2016 Nightcap Ana
2017 Bull Nella Wester Episode: "Dressed to Kill"
2022 Beyond the Edge Herself
Music Videos
Year Title Role Notes
1984 "Drive" Herself
1984 "Cold Blood" Herself

Bibliography[edit]

  • "America Made Me a Feminist".The New York Times,10 June 2017[67]
  • A Model Summer.Hyperion, 8 April 2008[68]
  • “No filter: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful”, 15 November 2022[69]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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