Paulina Porizkova poses nude whereas firing again at ‘previous and ugly’ critic

Paulina Porizkova cheekily clapped again at a critic who claimed she was too ‘previous and ugly’ to indicate off her physique by sharing a sultry photograph of herself posing nude. 

The 57-year-old mannequin wore nothing however a strategically positioned denim jacket that she held over the entrance of her physique, leaving her left leg and hip utterly naked, whereas giving the digital camera a come hither gaze. 

Porizkova posted the risqué snapshot on Twitter Tuesday, writing: ‘Easy methods to put on a jean jacket if you’re #oldandugly.’ 

The Sports activities Illustrated Swimsuit alum began utilizing the hashtag #oldandugly after a follower criticized her for sharing a photograph of herself modeling a gold string bikini.

She posted the throwback photograph, which was taken in Costa Rica final summer time, together with the merciless remark she had obtained. 

‘You have to be in a lot ache to maintain posting bikini footage at your age. I’ve at all times thought that getting previous and ugly is hardest on the beautiful individuals,’ the web troll wrote. ‘The autumn from grace is a lot father if you had been lovely.’

The stranger patronizingly added: ‘I pray you may come to phrases together with your mortality. All of us get previous and ugly…you simply needed to fall from a larger peak than the remainder of us.’ 

Porizkova famous within the caption of her submit that she will get feedback like these each time she posts a photograph of her physique. 

She defined that these haters really feel like ‘a lady of 57 is “too previous” to pose in a bikini — it doesn’t matter what she appears like. As a result of “previous” is “ugly.”‘

‘That is the ageist shaming that units my enamel on edge. Older males are distinguished, older girls are ugly,’ she continued. ‘Individuals who consider prettiness equals magnificence don’t perceive magnificence. 

‘Fairly is straightforward on the eyes, partly as a result of it’s just a little bland, inoffensive. It’s simple to absorb and straightforward to neglect. Not so magnificence. Magnificence will be sharp. It might probably wound you and depart a scar. To understand magnificence you may have to have the ability to SEE.’

The previous America’s Subsequent High Mannequin decide defined that she believes that ‘we get extra lovely with age’ as a result of ‘we’ve earned our magnificence, we perceive what it’s, and we will see it so a lot better.’

‘There is no such thing as a such factor as ugly and previous,’ she added. ‘Solely shortsighted and ignorant.’

Porizkova concluded her submit with a disclaimer, saying she wasn’t asking for individuals to really feel unhealthy for her when she shared the remark. 

‘I’m not posting this as a result of I really feel unhealthy and wish sympathy — fairly quite the opposite!’ she wrote. ‘I’m posting this as a result of it is a pervasive sentiment that must be completed away with. So we will be pleased with getting old, as we need to be!’

The mannequin’s message struck a chord with many individuals who shared their very own body-positive photographs utilizing the hashtag #oldandugly. 

Porizkova was so moved that she shared a photograph grid that includes a few of the first photographs she got here throughout after opening up about being advised she was ‘previous and ugly.’ 

‘What occurred subsequent was unbelievable to me. At first lovely mature girls began to submit their very own “ugly and struggling” bikini photographs,’ she defined. ‘After which, close-up selfies of their lovely faces. 

‘And males bought in there too, posting themselves at their “previous and ugly” age, mountaineering, figuring out, climbing mountains, hanging with their grandkids and their spouses — simply having the instances of their lives,’ she continued. ‘AND — much more surprisingly (for Twitter) they had been “liking” one another’s submit, commenting with love and charm.

‘I ended up in tears at properly previous midnight, nonetheless scrolling and commenting on this wave of affirmations of each other. For one evening, the world appeared a wonderful place.’