Celebrity Biographies
Paulina Porizkova Bio, Family, Career, Net Worth, Metrics
Profession: | Models |
Date of Birth: | 09 avril 1965 |
Age: | 56 |
Net value : | 10 millions |
Place of birth: | Prostejov |
Height (m): | 1,78 |
Religion: | Christianity |
Relationship status: | Divorce |
Paulina Porizkova is a model, actress and author from Czechoslovakia. She became the first woman to appear on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue at the age of 18, from Central Europe. After that, she appeared in several major magazines like Maxim, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Self, and Cosmopolitan. She is the author of a children’s book ‘The Adventures of Ralphie the Cockroach’ with Joanne Russell and her stepson Adam Ocasek.
Moreover, she is also known as the third wife of a musician, Ric Ocasek. Unfortunately, her ex-husband was found dead on September 15, 2019 by his ex-wife, Paulina Porizkova. He died at his New York townhouse. Additionally, Ocasek was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Cars in 2018. Scroll down to know more about her while reading her net worth and body measurements.
PAULINA PORIZKOVA: BIOGRAPHY, FAMILY, EDUCATION
Pavlína Elisa Pořízková was born on April 9, 1965 in Prostějov, Czechoslovakia. Her parents flew to Lund, Sweden when she was a toddler to escape the Warsaw Pact invasion in 1968. After that, she revealed she grew up in the care of her grandmother . She has dual Swedish and American citizenship.
Also, her parents divorced when she was little and fought for custody of Paulina. Her mother won custody and later her father refused to pay child support and severed all ties with them. Also, she did not have a good life during her youth, on top of that she was bullied during her school years. When she was 15, her high school friend made her up and then sent her photos to the modeling agency.
PAULINA PORIZKOVA: PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
After receiving an invitation from Paris to begin her modeling career, she moved there in the early 1980s. She then appeared on the 1983 cover of Sports Illustrated magazine and in Sports Illustrated magazine in 1984. At the start of in her twenties, she had appeared on the covers of some of the world’s most popular magazines, including Elle, Vogue, Cosmopolitan and Glamour.
Along with her modeling career, she has worked on several television and film projects. Her films and documentaries include 1987 ‘Anna’, 1993 ‘Arizona Dream’, 1998 ‘Thursday’ and 2012 ‘About Face: The Supermodels, Then and Now’. She joined the judging panel for cycles 10-12 of America’s Next Top Model in 2008. Porizkova has also featured in The Mysteries of Laura (2015), Nightcap (2016), and Bull (2018).
PAULINA PORIZKOVA: PERSONAL LIFE AND HUSBAND
As mentioned above, she married Ric Ocasek, the American lead singer of the band named The Carson on August 23, 1989. The couple first met while filming the music video for their song ‘Drive’. The couple had welcomed two sons together and finalized the divorce in 2017. Additionally, Ocasek was an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and known as the frontman of rock band Cars.
Moreover, the singer was found dead in his apartment while their divorce proceedings were still in progress. Following this, the model suffered from severe depression. Before dying shortly after the operation, Ric said in his will that Paulina abandoned him at his most vulnerable time. In addition, her ex-husband married twice: Constance and Suzanne Otcasek.
PAULINA PORIZKOVA: NET WORTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES
The professional model has accumulated a considerable amount of money from her acting and writing career. She has been actively working in the entertainment industry for over three decades. Hence, she achieved an estimated net worth of around $10 million. Additionally, she sold her Gramercy Park townhouse for $10 million where she lived for over 30 years. However, she has currently moved into a rental apartment in Manhattan.
She is very active on different social media platforms with personal and verified accounts. On Instagram, she has an @paulinaporizkov account with 378,000 followers. She has a @paulinaporizkov Twitter account with 14.4k followers. On Facebook, she goes through an unverified account with 11,000 followers.
PAULINA PORIZKOVA: BODY MEASUREMENTS
She has a slim and well-exercised figure who is 5 feet 10 inches or 1.78 meters tall. Her body weighs around 60 kg with a chest measurement of 34 inches, a waist measurement of 28 inches and a hip measurement of 40 inches. She additionally has blond hair color and light blue eye color.