Former Vogue cover girl Paulina Porizkova admits aging 'isn't the greatest thing'

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The Czech-born mom-of-two ruled the modeling world in the '80s and '90s
Despite her negative thoughts about aging, she insists she would never get Botox because it makes people look 'homogeneous'
The couple have two sons together, Jonathan, 19, and Oliver, 15
Despite her negative thoughts about aging, she insists she would never get Botox because it makes people look 'The couple have two sons together, Jonathan, 19, and Oliver, 15
Paulina is currently the face of skincare line RxGenesys and is writing a memoir about her struggles with anxiety

Published: 18:40 EST, 13 August 2015 | Updated: 18:49 EST, 13 August 2015

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Supermodel Paulina Porizkova has one of the most famous faces in the world, and while the 50-year-old has admitted she hasn't always embraced aging, she explained that she has never tried cosmetic injections because she is against everyone 'looking homogeneous'.

The Czech-born mother-of-two, who ruled the modeling world in the '80s and '90s, sat down with famed make-up artist and Yahoo Beauty editor-in-chief Bobbi Brown, 58, whom she has worked with closely in the past, to discuss her candid thoughts on plastic surgery and what it is like to age after decades of being told that she is beautiful.

'Nobody was particularly interested in what I thought. Everybody was interested in what I looked like,' Paulina told Bobbi in an interview for Yahoo Beauty. 'So when your looks are so tied in to who you are and what you're worth, then aging is not the greatest thing.'

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Aging gracefully: Supermodel Paulina Porizkova, who is pictured in November 2014, turned 50 in April, however, she said she has never gotten cosmetic injections because 'it never stays in one place'

'I mean it's really great for growing up and acquiring a personality, sure, because obviously learning is only achieved the hard way,' she added. 'You don't learn unless you suffer, so I'm learning a lot.'

Bobbi, who hadn't seen her in years, told Paulina that she looks fantastic, noting that it is hard to believe that she just turned 50 in April.

However, Paulina explained that when people tell her that often finds herself comparing herself to what she looked like before.

'The thing that ages the worst is a beautiful woman's ego,' she said.

Born star: Paulina, (pictured left in 1988, and right in 2014), ruled the modeling world in the 1980s and 1990s, modeling for a host of fashion and beauty brands, as well as appearing In Vogue and Sports Illustrated

Tough sell: The Czech-born model is the new face of skin care line RxGenesys, which she sampled for a week before agreeing to represent the brand's products

Paulina has spoken openly about plastic surgery, however, she noted that she never actually said she was against it.

'I'm against all of us looking homogeneous, where there's only one kind of a template of a person. That, I'm really against,' she said. 'That really, like, p***es me off. Why can't there be a little more variety in beauty?

'And as people do age and start messing with the injectables and all that, then people do start taking on very similar looks 'cause everybody is sort of oddly smooth and oddly immovable,' she added. 'But it never stays in one place, if you happen to do injectables, in 10 years they're not going to be where you put them.'

Paulina maintained that she has never tried injectables for that very reason, but she admitted to using lasers from time to time.

Stunning star: Paulina, who is pictured in 1989, said nobody was particularly interested in what she thought when she was working as a model

The model is the new face of skin care line RxGenesys, but she maintained that she would never promote a product that she doesn't believe in.

'After I finished working for Estée Lauder, I stopped being a professional model,' she said. 'I decided to never again advertise something that I don't actually use. I only sign up for things that I truly believe in.'

Paulina said she used RxGenesys face cream for a week before she agreed to represent it.

'It's not that a week later I suddenly looked like I was 20 again,' she noted. 'I don't really expect that from any cream, at this point. But people started commenting.'

Pet peeve: Paulina, who has one of the most famous faces in the world, said she hates when people get plastic surgery to look like 'only one kind of a template of a person'

When Bobbi explained that one of the reasons she is at Yahoo Beauty is because she wants to test products and let other women know what works and what doesn't, Paulina readily agreed with her mission.

'I am totally on board with that, and I think that whole "What do you do to look so good?" thing - "Yoga, health and diet…" - is bulls**t!' Paulina said.

'If you do something, share it so that the rest of us can take that same ride with you. Don't lie!'

And while Paulina said she 'not an expert' on lifestyle, she said she exercises five to six days a week - which she actually hates to do.

Beauty queen: Paulina can be seen posing for an Estee Lauder ad that shot at Claridge's Hotel in London in 1988

Pretty face: Paulina, who is pictured during the height of her career, explained that as a young model everybody was interested in what she looked like, which has made it hard for her to embrace aging

'I'd much rather not, but I started doing it because of anxiety and to get off of antidepressants and when I realized how it's so effective at keeping anxiety at bay.'

Paulina is currently writing a memoir about her experience with anxiety.

And while she said she never shied away from talking about it, it has been something that has alternated from crippling to nearly non-existent.

'When I turned 40 and my [first] book [A Model Summer] came out, it kind of slammed me,' she said of anxiety.

Sharing her story: Paulina, who is pictured in 1987, is currently writing a memoir about her experience with anxiety, something she has dealt with for nearly her entire life

Happy family: Paulina and her husband Ric Ocasek, the lead singer for The Cars, are celebrating 31 years of marriage together this month. They have two sons together, Johnathan, 19, and Oliver, 15 (pictured in 2014)

Paulina Porizkova poses on red carpet with family in 2006

'It had retracted for a bit when I was being a mom and at home and writing and all that, but then when I went back into the public, I got really slammed with it,' Paulina noted. 'Like big time, where I could barely get into a car. I started getting all claustrophobic and agoraphobic and all kinds of stuff.'

Paulina and her husband Ric Ocasek, the lead singer for The Cars, have two sons, Jonathan, 19, and Oliver, 15, and this August they will be celebrating 31 years of marriage together,

'It's pretty long, but I better give Keith Richards and Patti some props too,' Paulina said of three decades of marriage.

I agree we did get lucky to find the right person, having the brains to know that it's the right person, and to work on it and not let it fall apart when things aren't easy,' she added.