Paulina Porizkova is a name that many people may not have heard of nowadays.
But she was a proper national icon in the 1980s.
She came to a foreign country as a refugee at the age of 9, was accidentally discovered by a talent scout at the age of 13, appeared in American Sports Illustrated at the age of 19, took up the most valuable endorsement at that time, and married a rock star 21 years older than herself in 1989.
However, after 30 years with him, she ended up feeling deeply betrayed…
Today, we’ll talk about the supermodel’s tumultuous life…
Paulina was born in Czechoslovakia, and at the age of 3, her parents fled to Sweden, leaving her behind with her grandmother.
It was seven years before she was reunited with her parents in Sweden as a refugee.
This childhood experience made her feel very insecure, lonely and abandoned.
Paulina is 182 tall, with clear blue eyes and a charming, exotic look all over.
However, her entry into the modeling industry was purely an accident.
At the age of 13, a friend of hers wanted to be a make-up artist, so she asked her to be a model and then sent her make-up photos to a Parisian modeling agency to apply for the job.
This casual promise to help changed Paulina’s life.
The modeling agency received the photos and was instantly stunned by Paulina’s beauty.
They called her immediately and arranged a meeting with model scout John Casablancas.
“He took one look at me and said, want to go to Paris?”
“How could I possibly say no!”
And so, Paulina became a model by mistake.
Later, she moved to Paris and caught the attention of the fashion world as soon as she started out.
With her stunning and recognizable looks, healthy and tall body
With a sweet and lovely smile,
Paulina quickly rose to fame and became a top model in Paris in the early 1980s.
She made her fashion magazine debut in 1983.
In 1984, she appeared directly on the cover of American Sports Illustrated.
From Europe to the United States.
In 1992, she was selected by Harper’s Bazaar as one of the 10 most beautiful women.
The inaugural issue of American Photo magazine said she was a model representing the 1980s.
At that time, Paulina could be said to be popular and crazy.
She was on the cover of hundreds of magazines, Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Self, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, all the famous magazines, and she was on the cover.
Chanel, Hermes, Versace, Christian Dior, Oscar De La Renta and many other fashion brands have also asked her to do advertisements.
In 1988, Paulina signed the most valuable endorsement contract with Estee Lauder at that time, $6 million a year!
It was an immediate sensation in the world of beauty and modeling.
Never before had any model been able to command such a high price.
In Estee Lauder’s ads, Paulina’s image changed from a swimsuit model to a celebrity aristocrat.
Her pictures were spread all over the world through counters, TV, fashion magazines, and large billboards.
Many young girls saw her as their idol and hoped to grow up to be a world-class supermodel like her.
At the peak of her career, Paulina also met love.
In 1984, she met Ric Ocasek, the lead singer of the rock band The Cars, while shooting a music video for the band Drive.
At that time, Paulina was 19 years old and Ric was already 40.
But the two fell in love at first sight on the set, and after that it was all sorts of vows and vows to keep each other apart.
As for why she fell in love with a man so much older than herself.
Paulina said, may be with their own lonely experience, let her prefer older, wise men, such people, will make her feel safe.
So.
On August 23, 1989, Paulina, 24, and Ric, 45, got married.
The two were one of the representatives of the trend of celebrity models marrying rock singers.
The attention it generated at the time was palpable.
Although they were 21 years apart, Paulina’s beauty, paired with Ric’s talent, made many people feel that they were really a good couple. macos/deepLFree.translatedWithDeepL.text
Paulina Porizkova is a name that many people may not have heard of nowadays.
But she was a proper national icon in the 1980s.
She came to a foreign country as a refugee at the age of 9, was accidentally discovered by a talent scout at the age of 13, appeared in American Sports Illustrated at the age of 19, took up the most valuable endorsement at that time, and married a rock star 21 years older than herself in 1989.
However, after 30 years with him, she ended up feeling deeply betrayed…
Today, we’ll talk about the supermodel’s tumultuous life…
Paulina was born in Czechoslovakia, and at the age of 3, her parents fled to Sweden, leaving her behind with her grandmother.
It was seven years before she was reunited with her parents in Sweden as a refugee.
This childhood experience made her feel very insecure, lonely and abandoned.
Paulina is 182 tall, with clear blue eyes and a charming, exotic look all over.
However, her entry into the modeling industry was purely an accident.
At the age of 13, a friend of hers wanted to be a make-up artist, so she asked her to be a model and then sent her make-up photos to a Parisian modeling agency to apply for the job.
This casual promise to help changed Paulina’s life.
The modeling agency received the photos and was instantly stunned by Paulina’s beauty.
They called her immediately and arranged a meeting with model scout John Casablancas.
“He took one look at me and said, want to go to Paris?”
“How could I possibly say no!”
And so, Paulina became a model by mistake.
Later, she moved to Paris and caught the attention of the fashion world as soon as she started out.
With her stunning and recognizable looks, healthy and tall body
With a sweet and lovely smile,
Paulina quickly rose to fame and became a top model in Paris in the early 1980s.
She made her fashion magazine debut in 1983.
In 1984, she appeared directly on the cover of American Sports Illustrated.
From Europe to the United States.
In 1992, she was selected by Harper’s Bazaar as one of the 10 most beautiful women.
The inaugural issue of American Photo magazine said she was a model representing the 1980s.
At that time, Paulina could be said to be popular and crazy.
She was on the cover of hundreds of magazines, Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Self, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, all the famous magazines, and she was on the cover.
Chanel, Hermes, Versace, Christian Dior, Oscar De La Renta and many other fashion brands have also asked her to do advertisements.
In 1988, Paulina signed the most valuable endorsement contract with Estee Lauder at that time, $6 million a year!
It was an immediate sensation in the world of beauty and modeling.
Never before had any model been able to command such a high price.
In Estee Lauder’s ads, Paulina’s image changed from a swimsuit model to a celebrity aristocrat.
Her pictures were spread all over the world through counters, TV, fashion magazines, and large billboards.
Many young girls saw her as their idol and hoped to grow up to be a world-class supermodel like her.
At the peak of her career, Paulina also met love.
In 1984, she met Ric Ocasek, the lead singer of the rock band The Cars, while shooting a music video for the band Drive.
At that time, Paulina was 19 years old and Ric was already 40.
But the two fell in love at first sight on the set, and after that it was all sorts of vows and vows to keep each other apart.
As for why she fell in love with a man so much older than herself.
Paulina said, may be with their own lonely experience, let her prefer older, wise men, such people, will make her feel safe.
So.
On August 23, 1989, Paulina, 24, and Ric, 45, got married.
The two were one of the representatives of the trend of celebrity models marrying rock singers.
The attention it generated at the time was palpable.
Although they were 21 years apart, Paulina’s beauty, paired with Ric’s talent, made many people feel that they were really a good couple.
After they got married, they always attended public events together.
Like a shadow.
They looked very much in love.
A few years later, they had two sons, and Paulina slowly faded out of the fashion world.
But the couple’s relationship seems to be very strong.
They have been together for 10 years, 20 years, 30 years.
In 2018, The Cars were inducted into the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Paulina took her two sons to the venue to cheer for Ric.
The couple’s photo together still looks sweet.
But many people don’t know that this sweetness has long had cracks.
In fact, the two broke up in 2017.
In May 2018, Paulina announced the news in ins.
Paulina described her marriage this way.
“When the 4 of us are together, we can go anywhere.
But like riding a bike, my husband and I could no longer have the same pedal frequency, so we decided to get rid of the bike.”
“I still love him, it’s just that I suddenly feel as if, between the two of us, only one of us wants to keep the marriage, and that person is me.
It’s really tough in a marriage when you’re the only one trying.
It could also be the age, maybe he’s just tired.
Maybe I spent too much energy trying to love. I don’t know.”
However, although the two decided to divorce
But after the breakup, they still live together…
Paulina says she still loves Ric.
“I grew up with him and can’t imagine life without him.”
She hopes she can continue to be friends with him, supporting each other and being there for each other.
In 2019, after Ric had surgery, it was Paulina who was also taking care of him.
She and her two sons would call in food, watch TV with him and make sure everything was comfortable for him during his recovery.
Ric started out recovering very well and
On the morning of September 16, 2019, Paulina went to bring him coffee.
Finding him still asleep, she used her hand to touch his face, trying to wake him up.
But to her surprise, Ric had already passed away in his sleep last night…
Ric’s sudden death caused Paulina to collapse instantly.
“This is the most horrible day I’ve ever experienced in my life.”
However, there was more that broke her.
The day after Ric’s death, Paulina discovered that he had changed his will a few weeks earlier.
In this new will, he hadn’t left Paulina a dime.
“I didn’t leave any share to my wife… . because we are going through divorce proceedings.
Even if I died before our divorce was finalized, Paulina would not be entitled to any share…
Because she abandoned me.”
When she saw the will, Paulina felt the sky fall apart.
All the money she had earned in her modeling career had been invested in the marriage, but as a result, her husband had done this to her?
She felt betrayed and deeply hurt.
What made her despair even more was that she had no idea why her husband would say that.
The pain of losing her husband, the pain of being betrayed, loneliness, regret, anger, missing, all kinds of emotions engulfed her and drove her into depression.
After Ric’s death, Paulina also had a financial crisis. For a year, she didn’t even have the money to go to the supermarket to make purchases and had to ask friends for help.
At that time, she showed a photo of her face and was in a bad state.
But fortunately, such a state did not last forever.
After numerous times of crying and swollen eyes, she finally regained her composure.
This is the first time she has lived alone since she was 19.
“In a way, it was liberating for me.
It was pretty scary.
It may not have been what I wanted, but that’s the reality.
So, now I have to learn to fly on my own.”
On one side, she got a lawyer to file a lawsuit, determined to get back her share of the inheritance.
On the other, she returned to the fashion world.
In life, she is slowly getting used to being alone.
Occasionally, she tans her body.
Doing food.
Spend time with her dog.
Quietly painting.
When the mood strikes, she puts on a beautiful makeup for herself and goes out.
Despite the hurt she experienced, she didn’t give up on love.
A year and a half after Ric’s death, she started looking for a boyfriend again and went out on dates.
Only now, she is more aware of what she wants in a significant other.
At 55, it’s never too late to start over and make life move in a better direction!
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