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Paulina Porizkova

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Nationality:
Czech
Birthday:
April 9, 1965
Born in:
Prostejov, Czech Republic
Known for:
My eyes, my hair, my body
Status:
Cover girl, retired (mostly)
Married:
Ric Ocasek (since 8/23/89)
Children:
Jonathan (born 1993), Oliver (born 1999)
Friends with:
Christie Brinkley, Helena Christensen, Kathy Ireland, Liya Kebede
Model turned…
Director (Roomates, 2001), actress (People I Know, 2002), writer (The Adventures of Ralphie the Roach, 1992)
Interests:
Oil painting, pastel painting, playing classical piano

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Career

Elle, 1986

Apr 9, 1965
Born in Prostejov, Czech Republic
1968
Parents flee from Czechoslovakia to Sweden, and leaves Paulina her grandmother’s care
1980
Signs contract with Elite
Feb 1984
Lands on the cover of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue
Feb 1985
Appears on her second consecutive Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover
Mar 1985
Appears on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar
Mar 1985
Photographed by the legendary Irving Penn for Vogue
1986
Lands on the cover of Vogue three times (May, September, December)
Sep 1986
Appears on the cover of British Vogue
1987
Lands on the cover of Glamour three times (March, June, September)
1987
Lands on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar two times (May, November)
Aug 1987
Appears on the cover of Playboy
Aug 1987
Appears in French Vogue editorial
1988
Signs contract with Estée Lauder for $6 million Video »
1988
Face of Oscar de la Renta
1988
Face of Versace
1988
Releases her own calendar
Oct 1988
Appears on the cover of French Vogue
Feb 3, 1989
Co-stars alongside Peter Selleck in Her Alibi as a beautiful woman with a mysterious past Video »
Mar 1989
Featured in Patrick Demarchelier’s Fashion Photography
Aug 23, 1989
Marries film writer Ric Ocasek
1990
Featured in People magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People in the World
Aug 1991
Becomes the object of desire by famous underground transsexual Octavia St. Laurent in the cult documentary Paris Is Burning
1992
Releases the children’s book The Adventures of Ralphie the Roach
1992
Featured in People magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People in the World
May 1993
Gives birth to son, Jonathan Raven Ocasek
1995
Turns down the lead female role in GoldenEye
1995
Replaced at Estée Lauder by Elizabeth Hurley
1997
Face of Escada
May 23, 1998
Gives birth to son, Oliver Orion Ocasek
2001
Directs and stars in the independent film Roommates
Nov 21, 2002
Co-stars alongside Al Pacino in People I Know as Dr. Anna Fahri
2004
Featured in Sports Illustrated 40th-anniversary swimsuit issue
2004
Appears in Ann Taylor ad campaign
2005
Makes her very first appearance in Victoria’s Secret catalog
Feb 2007
Announces she will take part of Dancing with the Stars Video »
Apr 10, 2007
Releases A Model Summer about a15-year-old girl and her difficult modeling experiences in Paris
Aug 2007
Photographed by Helena Christensen for Marie Claire
Sep 2007
Photographed by Juergen Teller for W in an editorial spread alongside supermodels Cindy Crawford, Tatjana Patitz, and others
Nov 2007
Announces she will replace Twiggy on America’s Next Top Model

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