Paulina Porizkova Without Filters

It’s easy to assume that the life of Paulina Porizkova has always
been an easy one. Most people first knew her as an
internationally famous model, posing on the covers of fashion
magazines and Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues. She married a
rock star, Ric Ocasek of The Cars, whom she met while filming a
music video for the band. Seems like the sweetest life possible,
right? Well, not so fast.


Paulina tells stories in this interview that show another story.
She was orphaned in Czechoslovakia at age three when her parents
fled to Sweden, left with her grandmother, then torn away from
her grandmother at age nine to be reunited with her parents in
Sweden just as their marriage was collapsing. She talks about
being a teenage model in Paris, not knowing that what was
happening was sexual harassment or assault. And she tells the
story of her marriage to and divorce from the late Ric Ocasek,
who left her out of his will.


Not so glamorous, really.


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