Paulina Porizkova returns to Sports Illustrated, embracing age and insecurities
A timeless supermodel is making her return to the pages of the magazine that first kick-started her career. This time, Paulina Porizkova is opening up in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition about her message to embrace insecurities and change the way we think about beauty.
The Czech-born beauty has often been called the face of the '80s and has done it all, from magazine covers to music videos and films, for four decades.
Now, the supermodel, who rose to fame when she was just 17 for her first Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue in 1983, will make her 10th appearance in the annual issue.
The model told "Good Morning America" she's very happy with the way she looks, even with only minor retouching.
"If I don't have a comparison, if I just look at a picture of myself now like from the Sports Illustrated shoot," the model said, "well, I look good for 54!"
"Looking good at 54 is not the same as just looking good," she added.
In the latest swimsuit edition, Porizkova penned her experience about modeling with women decades younger than her and how she has embraced that opportunity.
"She's outspoken and honest and she really is an advocate for ageism, which I think is a really important topic to address … Because beauty doesn't end at 30. Beauty doesn't end at 40," the editor of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, MJ Day, told "GMA."
Porizkova hailed Day in return, for her inclusion in the annual issue.
"I'm going to give a lot of credit to MJ Day from Sports Illustrated," she said. "When she got into her position she really started expanding the notion in Sports Illustrated -- that's where people go to see beautiful young women -- and she really started expanding the idea that it's not just models size 2 to 4 that are pretty, but hey, they could be size 10 to 20."
The supermodel also hailed fellow SI alumna Ashley Graham, who was the first-ever plus size model to be featured on the cover of the magazine.
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue hits newsstands May 8.
