Paulina Porizkova

Paulina Porizkova (born April 9 1965) is an actress and former supermodel. She was born as Pavlína Po?ízková in Prost?jov, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic). Measurements: 35B-23 1/2-35 1/2

Early life

Paulina Porizkova was born April 9, 1965, in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia. Porizkova's father and mother left Czechoslovakia the country after the Soviet invasion and moved to Lund in the south of Sweden. They left (Paulina) and her younger brother Joachym - nicknamed "Kym" - under the care of her grandmother believing they could be brought out later. But the Czech authorities would not allow it and the ensuing battle for Paulina made headlines in Sweden. The young couple pleaded with the media using pictures of young Paulina clutching a teddybear to make her a cause célèbre. After a failed rescue attempt where her mother ended up detained by Czech police, political pressure caused the government to finally allow the Porizkova family to reunited after 7 years. The joy was soon ended when Paulina's parents divorced when her father left the family. Father and daughter have been estranged since then, even after Paulina's rise to celebrity. This left Paulina's mother busy supporting her children and funding her own medical school education, leaving a ten year old Paulina to fend for herself and her brother. Paulina hated Sweden for she was harassed as a political refugee. She associated her self with other outcast and had no luck attracting members of the opposite sex making her identify with Dumbo.

Related Topics:
Czechoslovakia - Lund - Sweden - Cause célèbre - Dumbo

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