Paulina Porizkova, 60, Proves Aging Can Be Beautiful — And Fun

Super­mod­el Pauli­na Porizko­va has once again remind­ed fans that beau­ty and self-accep­tance go far beyond per­fect angles or fil­ters. The 60-year-old shared a can­did Insta­gram video that began as an acci­den­tal cam­era mishap but turned into a pow­er­ful mes­sage about aging with grace. The clip, show­ing her face from an unflat­ter­ing angle, sparked a heart­felt reflec­tion on the real­i­ties of grow­ing old­er in a world obsessed with youth.

Instead of delet­ing the video, Pauli­na Porizko­va chose to share it, pair­ing it with a cap­tion that mixed humor and hon­esty: “Oh… Oops!” Her deci­sion to laugh at her­self while also con­fronting the dou­ble stan­dards of aging drew admi­ra­tion from fans. In the post, she remind­ed fol­low­ers that con­fi­dence comes not from deny­ing age but from embrac­ing it ful­ly. “I love my age,” she wrote. “I’m the hap­pi­est I’ve ever been. I wouldn’t trade it for any oth­er age.”

Reflect­ing on Aging and Authen­tic­i­ty

For Pauli­na Porizko­va, the can­did post was more than a moment of self-deprecation—it was an act of empow­er­ment. The for­mer America’s Next Top Mod­el judge has long been open about her strug­gles and tri­umphs, using social media to show that aging is nei­ther shame­ful nor lim­it­ing. “Hav­ing relied on my looks for most of my life as part of my per­son­al­i­ty, this phys­i­cal­ly aging stuff demands an inner courage I’m still work­ing on,” she admit­ted. “But it’s also a priv­i­lege.”

Accord­ing to AARP, her will­ing­ness to dis­cuss beau­ty and aging with such vul­ner­a­bil­i­ty con­tin­ues to res­onate. Fans flood­ed her com­ments with appre­ci­a­tion, call­ing her words heal­ing and inspir­ing. Many not­ed that her hon­esty gives oth­ers per­mis­sion to accept their own chang­ing faces and bod­ies.

Find­ing Joy in Every Sea­son

In recent years, Pauli­na Porizko­va has also shared per­son­al mile­stones that show a renewed sense of joy and self-dis­cov­ery. After the loss of her hus­band, Ric Ocasek, in 2019, she grad­u­al­ly found love again with writer and pro­duc­er Jeff Green­stein. The pair got engaged ear­li­er this year, mark­ing a hope­ful new chap­ter for the super­mod­el who has spent much of her life in the pub­lic eye.

Through humor, vul­ner­a­bil­i­ty, and courage, Pauli­na Porizko­va con­tin­ues to rede­fine what it means to age beau­ti­ful­ly. Her mes­sage is clear—aging is not a flaw but a priv­i­lege, one that should be embraced with grace, laugh­ter, and grat­i­tude.