Paulina PorizkovaNationality:
Czech Birthdate:
04/09/1965 Birthplace:
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biography
Born April 9, 1965 in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) Paulina Porizkova was, at one time, considered the most beautiful woman in the world – a title which the brainy beauty never felt comfortable with.A model from the age of three and one of the highest paid supermodels in the world, following her reign as the top Sports Illustrated swimsuit covergirl of the late 1980s, as well as being the face of Estee Lauder, Porizkova surprised critics who assumed she could not speak, let alone act, when she made an impressive film debut in "Anna" (1987). Playing a scheming Czechoslovakian
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milestones
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Milestone
1968
Was separated from her parents by the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
First modelling assignment at age 3
Rejoined parents in Sweden at age ten
1980
Became a top model from age 15
1983
Made film debut in the modelling pseudo-documentary "Portfolio"
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