Modeling
A photographer friend took pictures of Porizkova and sent them to the Elite modeling agency in 1980. At 5 feet 10 1/2 inches (180 cm), she was the perfect height for a fashion model. Elite head John Casablancas noticed Porizkova's attractiveness and potential, and offered her a ticket to Paris. It was an extremely tempting offer for a teenager who was eager to get out of Sweden and to support herself.
She quickly rose to become a top model in Paris during the early 1980s, and her fame spread to the United States when she posed in swimwear for Sports Illustrated magazine. She appeared on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 1984 and again in 1985. (Her first appearance as a model in the magazine was in 1983.) A third consecutive run as the S.I. covergirl supposedly was dashed when she appeared on the cover of Life magazine in a swimsuit.
Porizkova appeared on the cover of Playboy magazine in August 1987 to preview her new (non-nude) swimsuit calendar. A f
More about Paulina Porizkova (From Wikipedia)
Modeling
A photographer friend took pictures of Porizkova and sent them to the Elite modeling agency in 1980. At 5 feet 10 1/2 inches (180 cm), she was the perfect height for a fashion model. read more...
Acting
Porizkova's film debut was in the 1983 modelling pseudo-documentary Portfolio. Still only seventeen, she managed to look more mature and intelligent than the other more-established read more...
Writing
She has finished her debut novel, A Model Summer (ISBN 1401303269) (ISBN 978-1401303266). It is about a 15-year-old Swedish girl chosen by a modeling agent to spend a summer working read more...
Paulina Porizkova (born PavlÃna PoÅ™Ãzková IPA: [ˈpavli:na ˈporÌi:skova:], April 9, 1965) is a Czech-born super model and actress. She holds both Swedish read more...
On August 23, 1989, Paulina married Ric Ocasek, lead singer for the pop-rock band The Cars. They had first met in 1984 during the filming of The Cars' music video, "Drive", which read more...