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Paulina Porizkova has never been one to shy away from hard truths about being a woman, whether it’s the pressure to age gracefully or navigating menopause, and her latest Instagram selfie is no exception. With her 60th birthday on the horizon, the supermodel shared a bare-faced, no-filter photo reminding the world what aging with pride can look like.
The selfie shows her gazing slightly upward, her makeup-free face kissed by morning light that, in her words, is “honest and unforgiving.” Flyaways refuse to conform (like they always do), and gray hairs hint at a woman who’s earned every single strand.
“This is morning light, honest and unforgiving, which seems to pick out every imperfection in my face. This is being 7 weeks shy of 60,” she starts in her caption, before shifting her perspective.
“My love looks at me across the table every morning as we have our coffee, and every morning he tells me how beautiful I am. And this is what he sees… But no. This IS what he sees. And he thinks this is beautiful.”
Porizkova has been dating Will & Grace writer Jeff Greenstein since May 2023, and she’s been open about how their relationship continues to change her perspective on love folllowing the passing of her ex-husband, the Cars frontman Ric Ocasek, in 2019.
Her fans couldn’t hit “comment” fast enough. One wrote, “Girl, you ARE beautiful… from my days of waiting for my SEVENTEEN magazine to arrive till TODAY! I love seeing beauty in women MY age. We need MORE!” Another chimed in, “At 60 it’s beautiful to see you accepting the natural progression of time with pride.”
This ability to accept and celebrate her aging has been a consistent part of Porizkova’s message. Her appearance in Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell’s Swimsuit Issue reflects on her earliest days in the modeling world when, as a 17-year-old posing topless, she was introduced to the idea of owning her image. “When you have a bikini on, all you have to do is embrace your body,” she shared in the documentary. Decades later, she admits that power lies in choice, saying, “Now, when I put myself out in a bikini or nothing, that’s my choice… It’s objectification or celebration. Can it be both? I don’t see why not.”
Her 2022 memoir, No Filter: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful tackled even harder truths, recalling how as a young model, she felt disempowered by the industry’s impossible expectations. Now, she’s tackling a new challenge — the societal pressure women face to disappear as they age. Speaking to Vogue Czechoslovakia last November, she argued, “Getting old doesn’t mean you’re broken… Our beauty is still here. It’s just different.”
From celebrating her gray hairs to navigating the romance department in her 50s, Porizkova is unapologetically showing us how to age with both grace and guts. Aging, as she sees it, isn’t the end of beauty — it’s just another chapter worth celebrating.
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