{"id":5710,"date":"2023-11-25T16:58:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T15:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=5710"},"modified":"2023-11-25T16:58:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T15:58:03","slug":"former-supermodel-claps-back-after-critics-call-her-desperate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=5710","title":{"rendered":"Former Supermodel Claps Back After Critics Call Her \u2018Desperate\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former supermodel has been called everything from \u201cold\u201d and \u201cugly\u201d to \u201cdesperate\u201d for posting provocative photos of herself in swimwear, lingerie, and even nothing at all. The woman\u2019s age seems to be at the center of the criticisms, so she has clapped back at the \u201ctrolls,\u201d even going so far as to set online \u201cbait\u201d for them.<\/p>\n

When it comes to former supermodel Paulina Porizkova and her online battles with internet trolls, it\u2019s hard to know where to begin. It seems that once the woman hit her 50s, many felt it was time for her to stop posting any sort of scantily-clad images. However, as a former Sports Illustrated Swimsuit alum, Porizkova continued to pose in swimwear and lingerie, as well as nothing but a smile, and she shamelessly shared such images on social media. Sadly, critics took this as an invitation to disparage the woman.<\/p>\n

In March of 2021, cruel \u201cbullies\u201d branded a then-55-year-old Paulina Porizkova as \u201csick\u201d and \u201cdesperate\u201d after she shared saucy photos of herself posing in black lingerie in her New York apartment, according to Daily Mail. The following month, she made headlines again when she hit back at the trolls. In November of the same year, bikini photos that the model posted while on vacation became \u201cnews.\u201d April of the following year, Porizkova\u2019s swimsuit photos made the news again after a commenter said she was \u201ctoo old\u201d to post bikini photos.<\/p>\n

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The criticisms continued as Paulina Porizkova continued to post \u201ccontroversial\u201d snaps. In September 2022, she was again in the headlines after she showed off her body in a \u201cstunning bikini pic,\u201d according to the NY Post. More recently, in March of 2023, Page Six reported that Porizkova, then-57, had slammed critics of a \u201cbarely-clothed\u201d lingerie pic that she had posted to Instagram, calling the naysayers \u201csad.\u201d So, as you can see, we have a pattern. Porizkova posts \u201cracey\u201d photos, the trolls come out to criticize, and she hits back.<\/p>\n

So, why would a successful woman, who\u2019s well into her 50s, continue such an exhausting cycle? The answer is in her responses. After a commenter said she was too \u201cold and ugly\u201d to share swimsuit photos, Porizkova explained, \u201cI get comments like these every time I post a photo of my body. This is the ageist shaming that sets my teeth on edge. Older men are distinguished, older women are ugly.\u201d Being no stranger to internet hate, the supermodel has become a pro-aging activist, who uses the criticisms launched at her as teachable moments.<\/p>\n

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\nPaulina Porizkova (Photo Credit: Screenshot\/Instagram)<\/p>\n

Often posting screenshots of her critics\u2019 cruel comments on Instagram, Porizkova has explained that she is \u201cholding them responsible for what they say.\u201d More importantly, however, she\u2019s trying to change perceptions. Explaining that \u201cin society, when you go into your middle age, you sort of lose your license to be able to show up in bikinis too,\u201d she has said that she believes \u201cwe get more beautiful with age,\u201d and it seems she\u2019s trying to prove it with her \u201ccontroversial\u201d photos as well as her own unique take on beauty.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople who believe prettiness equals beauty do not understand beauty. Pretty is easy on the eyes, partly because it\u2019s a little bland, inoffensive. It\u2019s easy to take in and easy to forget. Not so [with] beauty. Beauty can be sharp. It can wound you and leave a scar. To perceive beauty you have to be able to SEE,\u201d Porizkova explained in a post lambasting one critic\u2019s comments. Speaking of women her age, she added, \u201cWe have earned our beauty, we understand what it is, and we can see it so much better. There is no such thing as ugly and old. Only shortsighted and ignorant.\u201d<\/p>\n

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