Paulina Porizkova sure knows how to make the reality of aging comforting. Despite her supermodel career, she’s just like us!
In a July 28 Instagram post, the 60-year-old fashionista showed two snapshots that emphasized how lighting and what we are going through in life can make a difference. The first photo was gorgeously lit as Porizkova hit all the right angles in a tiny white bikini as the sun set in the background — she looked natural and pretty. The second image features her in a flesh-tone bra and panties set with overhead fluorescent lighting that is flattering to absolutely no one. She’s proving we can all be both images at the same time. (You can see the photo here.)
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As always, her caption provided the wisdom we all needed to hear.
Paulina Porizkova attends a special screening of “Maybe I Do” hosted by Fifth Season and Vertical at Crosby Street Hotel on January 17, 2023 in New York City.
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“This is me,” Porizkova wrote. “Vacation, pretty light, posing for a shot. This is also me. Home, not great light, not posing. This is 60.”
She continued, “This is 60 years of sometimes healthy eating, sometimes not. 60 years of sometimes working out, sometimes not. 60 years of doing the right things, followed by doing the wrong things, and over again and again. It’s 60 years of learning of what works and what doesn’t. And just as I think I’ve figured it out, everything changes, and I have to start again.”
Porizkova then summed up with a quote we should keep nearby anytime self-doubts creep in. She added, “The beauty of 60 is that now I understand the importance is IN the lesson, not passing the exam.”
She has had one of the most successful modeling careers, but Porizkova is also experiencing changes in her body — and she’s learned to artfully accept the beauty of what she’s accomplished. From walking down the runway around the world to birthing two sons, Porizkova is honoring the body she was given.
Porizkova also offered Harper’s Bazaar sage advice in April for anyone who is fearing the aging process because in the end, it’s the intangible things that “matter” the most.
“The best part is that you finally turn into the person that you were meant to be all along,” she said. “And perhaps that’s not always a happy finding. But I think if you try to live your life with an understanding that other people matter, that connections matter, and that love matters, then you won’t be disappointed with who that person is that you truly are.”
Before you go, click here to see celebrity women over 50 whose bikini photos are blowing our minds.
