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Paulina Porizkova (born April 9, 1965) is an actress and former supermodel. She was born as Pavlםna Pořםzkovב in Prostějov, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic).
Porizkova's father left Czechoslovakia and moved to Lund in the south of Sweden in the 1970s, then hired people to "rescue" his wife and daughter (Paulina). This was always headline news in Sweden during the Cold War. After years of failed rescue attempts, the Czech government finally gave in, and let the family reunite in Sweden.
The parents soon separated though, and Paulina never liked Sweden, for she was harassed in school. She soon became a successful model and moved to the United States.
She was on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in both 1984 and 1985, and lost her cover for the 1986 issue when she appeared on Life magazine. She appeared in Playboy magazine in August 1987 issue with an non nude spread. She was chosen twice by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world in 1990 and 1992 and was also once considered one of the four most beautiful models in the world (along with Cindy Crawford, Isabella Rossellini and Claudia Schiffer. Hailed by American Photo magazine as the face of the 80's. Her face imprinted on hundreds of magazines around the world during the eighties and early nineties.
During her modelling career, Porizkova has a very noticeable gap between her two front teeth. For this reason, she always appeared with a closed mouth smile during her modelling career. The smile became something of a trademark for her during that period of her career. The gap has since been corrected.
Seeming to have a preference for extrememly thin men—she once stated in an interview that she would like to ravage Mr. Spock—Porizkova married Ric Ocasek, a musician with the group The Cars on August 23, 1989. The couple has two sons, Jonathan Raven Ocasek, born December 1993, and Oliver Orion Ocasek, born May 1998.
Porizkova appeared in the 1987 movie, Anna, and was nominated for a Golden Raspberry for worst actress for her 1989 appearance in Her Alibi, which starred Tom Selleck. Most recently, she wrote and directed the 2001 movie in which she also starred, Roommates. She turned down an opportunity to be a Bond Girl in the 1995 movie GoldenEye. Her film debut was in the 1983 modeling documentary "Portfolio".
Paulina Porizkova
PROFILE
Born: 9-Apr-1965
Birthplace: Prostejov, Czechoslovakia
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Model, Actor
Level of fame: Famous
Executive summary: Married Ric Ocasek, for some reason
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