Paulina Porizkova shares nude photo as she hits back at her critics: ‘I finally get to do ME’
Porizkova appeared ‘frontal nude’ on an unretouched cover for Vogue CS in May
The supermodel widow of Ric Ocasek isn’t at all a stranger to sharing risqué photos of herself on social media – really as a means of standing up to the stigma that aging women can’t flaunt their stuff.
However, the swimsuit model doubled down on tabling such a notion on Thursday in response to one social user who told her she focuses “way too much” on herself and her physical features.
“I’m 56, and living my best life. After a lifetime spent taking care of others, I finally get to do ME,” she exclaimed in the caption of a nude and censored photo baring all.
The response garnered quite the reaction from some of Porizkova’s industry friends, including Lisa Rinna and Helena Christensen.
“You. Go. Girl,” Rinna commented, with Christensen adding, “And I love you.
She followed that up a year later when she was featured in the 2019 Swimsuit issue, which was published completely unretouched. Porizkova said on “Good Morning America” at the time that when she was made aware of the magazine’s plan she was afraid to do it, but after thinking about it, she decided she was happy with the way she looks.
“When she got into her position she really started expanding the notion in Sports Illustrated — that’s where people go to see beautiful young women — and she really started expanding the idea that it’s not just models size 2 to 4 that are pretty, but hey, they could be size 10 to 20,
