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After I finished working for ...

After I finished working for Estee Lauder, I stopped being a professional model. I decided to never again advertise something that I don't actually use. I only sign up for things that I truly believe in.

Paulina Porizkova 17 quotes

I'm against all of us looking...

I'm against all of us looking homogenous, where there's only one kind of a template of a person.

Paulina Porizkova 17 quotes

Beauty, unlike the rest of th...

Beauty, unlike the rest of the gifts handed out at birth, does not require dedication, patience and hard work to pay off. But it's also the only gift that does not keep on giving.

Paulina Porizkova 17 quotes

I used to think the word 'fem...

I used to think the word 'feminist' reeked of insecurity. A woman who needed to state that she was equal to a man might as well be shouting that she was smart or brave. If you were, you wouldn't need to say it.

Paulina Porizkova 17 quotes

I think I had my first anxiet...

I think I had my first anxiety attack at the age of 10. Then it sort of varied between being so bad that I barely dared to go out to periods where it almost vanished. It's sort of like an ebb and flow thing.

Paulina Porizkova 17 quotes

Now, I don't actually know th...

Now, I don't actually know the exact cut-off age where beautiful ceases and "must have-once-been-beautiful" begins. It's true it's not forty-five. I can still get attention when I try really hard, even if it's greatly reduced.

Paulina Porizkova 17 quotes

Models are back to what they ...

Models are back to what they were in the '70s: clothes hangers.

Paulina Porizkova 17 quotes

When I model, I pretty much b...

When I model, I pretty much blank. You can't think too much or it doesn't work.

Paulina Porizkova 17 quotes

I have now spent over a year ...

I have now spent over a year trying to figure where in the workplace I belong.

Paulina Porizkova 17 quotes

I was fired by 'America's Nex...

I was fired by 'America's Next Top Model' on my birthday.

Paulina Porizkova 17 quotes

I remember when I first start...

I remember when I first started modeling, and I would read interviews with people. Then I would see them, and they would always say something entirely different to a crowd of people than they would say privately. I always found that really offensive.

Paulina Porizkova 17 quotes

When you have used your beaut...

When you have used your beauty to get around, it's like having extra cash in your back pocket. I was so used to walking down the street and having the young guys passing by at least give me a flicker of a look. But once you're over 40, you become invisible. You're a brick in the building, and it's sad.

Paulina Porizkova 17 quotes

When I model I pretty much go...

When I model I pretty much go blank. You can't think too much or it doesn't work.

Paulina Porizkova 17 quotes

Fame is an interesting phenom...

Fame is an interesting phenomenon.

Paulina Porizkova 17 quotes

I wash my hair once a week. I...

I wash my hair once a week. If it gets stinky in between, I just dry-shampoo it.

Paulina Porizkova 17 quotes

Reading is, hands-down, my fa...

Reading is, hands-down, my favorite activity.

Paulina Porizkova 17 quotes

I've always hated modeling. I...

I've always hated modeling. It's superficial and fake, and I hate to have to care about what I look like. I get a pimple and freak. The whole business is all about selling beautiful girls' faces and bodies, so how can there be anything intelligent or nice about that except for the girl who makes money?

Paulina Porizkova 17 quotes

Now, I don't actually know th...

Now, I don't actually know the exact cut-off age where beautiful ceases and 'must have-once-been-beautiful' begins. It's true it's not forty-five. I can still get attention when I try really hard, even if it's greatly reduced.

Paulina Porizkova 17 quotes

I always hear, 'Oh, she's rea...

I always hear, 'Oh, she's really beautiful.' I'd die to hear, 'Oh, she's really smart.' I'm not as dumb as I look.

Paulina Porizkova 17 quotes

The real bummer of fame is th...

The real bummer of fame is that at some point you're bound to get demoted.

Paulina Porizkova 17 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....