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Paulina Porizkova is a model and actress with a net worth of $10 million. She is of Czech and American descent. In 2019, it was discovered that Paulina’s longtime spouse, musician Ric Ocasek, had left her out of his will. After Ric’s death, she reportedly had to borrow money from acquaintances because she had no other means of supporting herself financially.
According to Ric’s will, Paulina was disinherited from inheriting any of his assets, including $5 million in copyrighted intellectual property, since he believed she had abandoned him. Paulina was one of the highest-paid models in the early 1990s, earning tens of millions of dollars in a given year at her peak when it was widely believed that Ric was the wealthier of the two.
It was later revealed by Paulina that after Ric’s death, she was left with two mortgages and a pension, but no other assets or income to cover the monthly obligations. She spent $10 million to sell the NYC townhouse where she and her husband had resided for 30 years or more. She still has a house in the New York state’s interior.
Paulina Porizkova, the Supermodel who decided to age gracefully is gorgeous. I wish more influential women would buck the patriarchy that teaches women they’re no longer sexy w/wrinkles. It’s bs. Women love men w/wrinkles but we allow them to treat us like rotting fruit. pic.twitter.com/Rg1rHPPBJY
— 🏳️🌈Bitsy’s Mom🏳️🌈 (@michelleismyna2) January 8, 2022
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Paulina Porizkova
| Net Worth: | $10 Million |
| Date of Birth: | Apr 9, 1965 (57 years old) |
| Gender: | Female |
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.79 m) |
| Profession: | Model, Actor, Film director, Screenwriter |
| Nationality: | Czech Republic |
Who is Paulina Porizkova?
Paulina Porizkova is a former judge on the American version of the modeling competition America’s Next Top Model. She is also a model, actor, and author. Her childhood in Czechoslovakia was fraught with hardship. After the Soviet invasion, her parents were forced to seek refuge in Sweden.
By the time Paulina reached 10, she had finally been reunited with her parents. She began her career as a model in the early 1980s after receiving an offer from a Parisian agency when she was 15 years old. After being featured in publications like Sports Illustrated and New York Magazine, her career took off.
In little time at all, she was on the covers of fashion bibles including Vogue, Glamour, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, and more. She walked the runway for countless major designers and appeared in their campaigns, including Hermes, Christian Dior, Chanel, and Versace. She has a long history of cinema and television appearances, beginning in the 1980s. Famous in the United States for her role as a judge on “America’s Next Top Model,” a talent competition show.
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Paulina Porizkova Early Life
Paulina Porizkova was raised by an aunt and uncle after her parents divorced when she was a child. During the Warsaw Pact Invasion, her family evacuated the country that had been Czechoslovakia, leaving her behind with her grandma. They fought for seven years to be reunited, but she was not allowed to leave the nation by the authorities.
Paulina started as a model in the early 1980s and rapidly became a household name across both the pond and in America. She has graced the covers of Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, and Elle, as well as featured in Sports Illustrated editorials. The films “Anna,” “Her Alibi,” “Knots,” and “Jane by Design” are just a few of the others in which she has appeared. She is also a writer, with bylines in Modelinia and The Huffington Post, among others.
Paulina Porizkova Personal Life
In 1989, Paulina Porizkova tied the knot with musician Ric Ocasek. Exactly 24 years old. She was 19 at the time they met in 1984; she was contracted to star in a music video for “Drive” by The Cars. At the time, Ric was already tied the knot. His marriage to Paulina began in 1989, following his divorce from his first wife in 1988. Even though Ric and Paulina had been “peacefully separated” since May 2018, their marriage remained valid until he died in 2019. On September 15, 2019, at the age of 75, Ric Ocasek passed away.
Ric and Paulina spent $2.5 million purchasing a townhouse in 1989 that was 6,000 square feet in size and located in New York City. In January of 2019, the townhouse was put on the market for $15.3 million. After Ric died, Paulina agreed to sell the house for $10 million.
They had also purchased, in 1997, for $650,000, a 5.5-acre country property ninety miles north of New York City, in the hamlet of Millbrook, New York. Paulina is still the legal owner of this property.
Paulina Porizkova Estee Lauder Earnings
Paulina’s deal with Estée Lauder, which she signed in 1988, guaranteed her $6 million a year through 1995. After taxes, she made $42 million on just one transaction. Taking into account inflation, this is equivalent to making roughly $80 million in today’s money.
