On social media, Paulina Porizkova is completely transparent.
Last Monday, the 58-year-old supermodel shared an unvarnished photograph of her “aging” face on Instagram. Porizkova confidently displayed her unglamorous and glamorous sides to her million fans in the post.
She said, “This is a 58-year-old face in good light without fillers, Botox, or surgery.” Porizkova expressed her gratitude for Ivana Tokarska’s “professional gorgeous makeup” in the caption of her video.
The cover girl grinned as she transitioned to a video of herself without makeup, sporting a vivid red lip and newly applied cosmetics. Since I was in my early 20s, I had used spf religiously and undergone lasers (Ultherapy and Morpheus).
Continuing her candor, she said, “Even with the fanciest creams and lasers that promise to restore some collagen- I am aging.” She added that she had never put anything “into” her face.
Because her “face has gained character even as it has lost its youthful prettiness,” Porizkova said that she sometimes feels at peace with her aging appearance.
Fortunately, being wiser comes with this transformation. and more audacious. I therefore keep gulping down self-acceptance, she admitted.
Despite having “a love in my life who finds me beautiful, and tells me so with words and actions every day,” the actress claimed that she was already on a self-love path before she met her boyfriend. Porizkova admitted earlier this year that she was seeing television producer and writer Jeff Greenstein.
She and Greenstein connected through the exclusive dating app Raya. “In today’s world, dedication looks like this. We met on a dating app, which I’m deleting,” Porizkova wrote as the caption of an Instagram post on May 3. The post featured two phone screens with people going for the “Delete ‘Raya’?” option.
Porizkova noted that society frequently tells her that as she ages, she has changed “for the worse” and that’s why she took the selfie without makeup. Thankfully, she hasn’t allowed unfavorable remarks to tarnish her love for herself.
“I have also changed on the inside. Those who matter have informed me that it has improved. I have never felt so desirable or lovely when I close my eyes,” she remarked.
In an interview with WWD in October 2022 for the promotion of her book No Filter: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful, Porizkova discussed the sometimes-held views about aging women.
Then 57 years old, the woman talked openly about her life after divorcing her late husband Ric Ocasek. I thought it was not cool since I’m actually a lot cooler now than I was 20 years ago, Porizkova said. “I was suddenly a divorced woman who had no career, had no way of making money, and also was completely ignored by the population at large.”
“I know a lot more. I am more tolerant. I have greater academic curiosity. I’m more giving. Everything is better with me. But even though I have wrinkles, I’m not ugly, she added. I merely believed that to be unfair.
Porizkova also talked about getting work done and her decision not to have surgery. I just need a little quiet assistance,” she replied. “I don’t want anything extreme. I’m not looking to get rid of my age. Given the restrictions, all I want is to appear as attractive as possible.
Porizkova uploaded a collage of her previous Vogue covers to Instagram on August 18 before posting her makeup-free image, noting that “the last two are of me over the age of 55.” But don’t I appear younger on them, she questioned? while blaming her radiance on “flattering light by very skilled photographers.”
She explored the “dark side” of magazine covers before she concluded her piece, asserting that businesses will continue to publish what consumers purchase.
They are intended to instill shame through unfavorable comparisons and force you to purchase items to mask that embarrassment, the author claimed. But YOU are the one who pays for it. If you purchase, you will continue to be approached with comparable goods. If you spend time criticizing the women in the pictures, you might feel better about yourself for a moment, but what happens after that? They aren’t the ones at fault. Representation ultimately depends on what sells. What YOU purchase is what sells.
