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Paulina Porizkova has shared a stunning photo of herself posing topless on a beach as she talks about the importance of complimenting others.
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit star wore instagram this week to remember a previous trip to St. Maarten, a Caribbean island that is still part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Porizkova, 57, shared a snap of herself frolicking on the beach at sunset, clad only in a bikini bottom. She strategically covered her bare chest with her hand as she gave the camera a flirtatious look.
Paulina Porizkova, 57, took to Instagram this week to reminisce about a past trip to St. Maarten while sharing a four-year-old snapshot of herself frolicking on the beach topless at sunset.
In the caption, she talked about a special memory from the tropical getaway, recalling how her friends said her “superpower” is that she “makes other women feel beautiful.”
In the caption, she talked about a special memory from the trip, recalling how her friends gave her a compliment she’ll never forget.
‘Four years ago, I was on vacation with some friends in St. Maarten. We were lounging on the beach and I brought up the subject of superpowers. What were our superpowers in real life? What did we think of ours and others? she wrote.
“We didn’t get to mine before I went and took a dip in the ocean, and when I got back, both my friends were excited. “We’ve nailed your superpower,” they exclaimed. “You make other women feel beautiful.”
Porizkova admitted she was “stunned” by her words because being a famous model has often led to her being “accused of the opposite.”
The supermodel recalled being ‘stunned’ that she had been accused of ‘making women feel bad about themselves for decades’
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit star said she “cares to compliment others” because she “understands how it feels to have someone tell her you’re beautiful.”
“My image, I was told, had been making women feel bad about themselves for decades,” she explained. ‘But what my friends said was that my presence made them feel beautiful. Looking at me made women feel bad, but listening to me made them feel good.
The cover star shared that she likes to congratulate others because she knows how kind words can brighten someone’s day.
Everyone thinks I get nothing but compliments all day. So my friends and lovers, assuming I know it and hear it all the time, very rarely give me one,” he said.
‘I understand how it feels to have someone tell you that you are beautiful to them. And just the opposite,’ she continued. ‘So I make a point of congratulating others.
‘Is it superficial? Is it superficial? Maybe. But who cares when the result is a sincere smile and a little more pep in step. Every woman is beautiful in her own unique way. Why not celebrate it?
A few days later, Porizkova shared a makeup-free photo of herself looking out the window of her home as she reflected on having gratitude during a difficult year.
“For those of us recently indoctrinated into the Grief club, the holidays can provide both the solace of love and the pain of lost love,” wrote Porizkova, whose estranged husband, Ric Ocasek, died in September 2019.
A few days later, Porizkova shared a makeup-free photo of herself looking out the window of her home as she reflected on having gratitude during a difficult year.
‘President Zelenskyy reminded us last night that the war continues. And Ukraine is not giving up. That’s courage,’ he wrote. ‘There is also more courage in Iran, where two people have been publicly hanged for standing up to their government in the #mahsaamini protests.
“In the meantime, I can get my dream back and spend time with my family in my little corner of the world. I should feel so lucky. And thankful. And I do, while dealing with grief closer to home.’
The mother-of-two explained that she has friends who are “fighting for their lives with incurable illnesses” and “dealing with the specter of the death of loved ones.”
‘Once again, I am the lucky one to be healthy, just like the people I love. But feeling lucky and grateful doesn’t negate also feeling sad and heartbroken,” she noted. “They’re opposite sides of the emotional seesaw, trying to balance in the middle.”
Porizkova has been candid about her struggle with grief in the years since her husband Ric Ocasek’s death.
It’s been a busy few months for the author, who has been promoting her new memoir, ‘No Filter: The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful’, which was published in November.
Porizkova celebrated her last photo shoot of the year by posting a makeup-free selfie she took on set.
She and The Cars frontman were estranged but still living together when he died suddenly of natural causes at his Manhattan home on September 15, 2019, at the age of 75.
“For those of us recently indoctrinated into the Grief club, the holidays can provide both the solace of love and the grief of lost love,” her post concluded. ‘I’m trying to keep my balance in the middle. But if I lean to one side or the other, that’s okay too. Actually, that’s what a seesaw is made for.
It’s been a busy few months for Porizkova, who has been promoting her new memoir, ‘Unfiltered: The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful’, which was published in November.
A few weeks ago, she celebrated her last photo shoot of the year by posting a makeup-free selfie she took on set.
In the caption, she shared her amusement with people congratulating her on her ‘return’ to modeling when she only had seven modeling jobs this year.
This is not to sound ungrateful! I have had an amazing year filled with career highlights,” she explained. It is simply a statement of fact. I’m hardly making a “model comeback.”
“But I’m excited and grateful to all the people who have chosen to work with me this year,” she added. “Thank you to everyone who has worked with me, you are all helping to push the limits of how long older women can feel beautiful and relevant.”