Paulina Porizkova isn’t hiding. The 60-year-old supermodel is posting raw, unretouched photos of herself in a bikini and underwear — not to prove a point, but just to be honest.
In a pair of contrasting Instagram shots shared Monday, she offered a side-by-side glimpse of herself looking radiant on vacation and more stripped down at home. The message was simple: This is me, both ways.
A Supermodel Who Refuses to Edit Her Story
One image shows her standing in front of a beautiful seaside backdrop in a white bikini, golden sunlight washing over her skin. “This is me. Vacation, pretty light, posing for a shot,” she wrote.
The second? Much different. Porizkova is in her bathroom, wearing a nude bra and underwear, her gray hair loose and natural, the lighting unflattering. “This is also me,” she said.
And that honesty hit home. Her fans, many of whom have followed her since the height of her modeling days in the ‘80s and ‘90s, flooded the comments with gratitude. Not because she looks perfect — but because she looks real.
Sixty Years of Trial, Error, and Grace
Porizkova didn’t sugarcoat the journey to where she is now. She described a life of ups and downs, from exercise to eating habits to self-worth.
“This is 60,” she wrote. “60 years of sometimes healthy eating, sometimes not. 60 years of sometimes working out, sometimes not.”
It’s a refreshing reminder that even someone who made a career from her image has wrestled with her reflection.
She went on: “Doing the right things followed by doing the wrong things, and over again and again. It’s 60 years of learning what works and what doesn’t.”
Sometimes she thinks she’s figured it all out. Then something shifts again.
“Wrinkles Are a Map”: Her Unfiltered Thoughts on Aging
Porizkova has become one of the loudest and most visible voices pushing back against age-shaming in Hollywood and fashion. In a “Today” show appearance earlier this year, she spoke candidly about the fear society has of aging faces.
“We’re so scared of wrinkles,” she said. “They make us no longer relevant, no longer sexy, no longer desirable.”
But she doesn’t see it that way. Wrinkles, she says, are the story of your life.
“It’s your map of life,” she continued. “I see how you are as a person. Why would you want to erase it?”
Bikini Pics, Gray Hair, No Filters — And No Apologies
If there’s one thing Porizkova has embraced fully, it’s her gray hair. She doesn’t dye it, hide it, or try to make it trendy. It’s just part of who she is now.
Her Instagram has become a space not just for beauty, but for authenticity.
She’s posted makeup-free selfies, tearful videos, even shots of her body in what she calls “non-flattering” angles. But that doesn’t mean she’s given up on looking good — far from it.
Here’s what she’s said she appreciates about herself now:
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Her legs, which she says she loves even more now than in her 20s.
It’s not about denying beauty. It’s about widening the definition.
New Love After Loss
Earlier this month, Porizkova shared another piece of big news: she’s engaged.
Her fiancé, Jeff Greenstein — the producer and showrunner behind “Will & Grace” — proposed six years after the death of her husband, Cars frontman Ric Ocasek.
Porizkova and Ocasek were married in 1989. They had two sons, Jonathan and Oliver, and remained close even after announcing their separation in 2018. Ocasek died unexpectedly in 2019.
She went public with Greenstein in May 2023. The engagement marks a new chapter, one she’s stepping into with the same openness that now defines her social media presence.
Aged, Not Faded
In a world obsessed with airbrushing, filters, and fixing what time naturally changes, Porizkova’s rawness is almost shocking.
There are no hashtags begging for validation. No “look how great I still look!” tone. Just a woman who’s lived, lost, learned, and still figuring it out.
“I understand the importance is IN the lesson, not passing the exam,” she wrote. That might be her truest beauty secret yet.
