{"id":5255,"date":"2023-11-23T11:18:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T11:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=5255"},"modified":"2023-11-23T11:18:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T11:18:02","slug":"former-supermodel-claps-back-after-critics-call-her-desperate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=5255","title":{"rendered":"Former Supermodel Claps Back After Critics Call Her \u2018Desperate\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>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.<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_83380\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83380\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-83380 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/taphaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/paulp-e1683305681548-640x391.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/taphaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/paulp-e1683305681548-640x391.jpg 640w, https:\/\/taphaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/paulp-e1683305681548-550x336.jpg 550w, https:\/\/taphaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/paulp-e1683305681548-768x469.jpg 768w, https:\/\/taphaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/paulp-e1683305681548.jpg 786w\" alt=\"Paulina Porizkova\" width=\"640\" height=\"391\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-83380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paulina Porizkova (Photo Credit: Screenshot\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/accounts\/login\/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FCr27_8cMpXG%2F\">Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/accounts\/login\/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fpaulinaporizkov%2F\">social media<\/a>. Sadly, critics took this as an invitation to disparage the woman.<\/p>\n<p>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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-9419545\/Paulina-Porizkova-branded-desperate-posing-lingerie.html\">Daily Mail<\/a>. The following month, she made\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-9430933\/Paulina-Porizkova-slams-trolls-called-desperate-sexy.html\">headlines<\/a>\u00a0again when she hit back at the trolls. In November of the same year, bikini photos that the model posted while on vacation became \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/paulina-porizkova-couldnt-resist-posing-bikini-vacation\">news<\/a>.\u201d April of the following year, Porizkova\u2019s swimsuit photos made the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/paulina-porizkova-bite-back-troll-170837410.html\">news<\/a>\u00a0again after a commenter said she was \u201ctoo old\u201d to post bikini photos.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CWJF-r4JgLR\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=640&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Ftaphaps.com&amp;rp=%2Fpaulina-porizkova-desperate-photos-23d%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1829.8999999985099%7D\" height=\"1616\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/10\/paulina-porizkovas-57-bikini-pic-has-fans-going-wild\/\">NY Post<\/a>. More recently, in March of 2023,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/03\/09\/paulina-porizkova-slams-critics-of-her-lingerie-photo-on-instagram\/\">Page Six<\/a>\u00a0reported 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<p>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<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-1\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Chuchl5uDeg\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=640&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Ftaphaps.com&amp;rp=%2Fpaulina-porizkova-desperate-photos-23d%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A1832.3999999985099%7D\" height=\"1616\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>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.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/brightside.me\/articles\/a-57-year-old-model-responded-to-critics-who-called-her-desperate-grandma-after-posting-bikini-photos-812574\/\">Explaining<\/a>\u00a0that \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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/accounts\/login\/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FCc79OF2uUxt%2F\">said<\/a>\u00a0that 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<p>\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\u00a0explained in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/accounts\/login\/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FCc79OF2uUxt%2F\">post<\/a>\u00a0lambasting 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<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-2\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cc79OF2uUxt\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=640&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Ftaphaps.com&amp;rp=%2Fpaulina-porizkova-desperate-photos-23d%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A1834%7D\" height=\"1240\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In addition to inspiring women to grow old gracefully while routinely exposing the double standards women face as they age, Porizkova has also offered valuable lessons on dealing with online trolls. \u201c\u2018You know how you disarm the bullies in the schoolyard, right? You LAUGH at them,\u201d she explained. And, that seems to be exactly what she does, even going so far as the set \u201cbait\u201d for their hateful comments, which she then uses to send a larger message about aging, beauty, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/taphaps.com\/aimee-copeland-beach-pic-23d\/\">embracing imperfections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTroll bait: a 57-year-old woman in a bikini. Who\u2019s not at all feeling #oldandugly Sorry\/not sorry trolls!\u201d the Swedish model, who once graced the cover of Sports Illustrated,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/10\/paulina-porizkovas-57-bikini-pic-has-fans-going-wild\/\">captioned<\/a>\u00a0a photo of herself in a two-piece swimsuit in 2022. As expected, the image garnered a lot of attention with mixed reviews. Admitting that the negative comments \u201chave been so mean,\u201d Porizkova added, \u201cI looked at those pictures of myself without makeup or without clothes, and I just thought, \u2018Hey, I look pretty good for my age.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=MadWorldNews&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1567988121995804672&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftaphaps.com%2Fpaulina-porizkova-desperate-photos-23d%2F&amp;sessionId=b5b096af9f58b5a321c1a55cba4397a1a75bd844&amp;siteScreenName=MadWorldNews&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=01917f4d1d4cb%3A1696883169554&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1567988121995804672\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cMy desire is to be an unaltered older woman,\u201d Paulina Porizkova explained, and she\u2019s hoping that her activism in the form of photos will encourage more and more women will accept their aging bodies and choose to celebrate their natural beauty without going under the knife for surgery to reverse aging. Because of this, she always speaks positively about her aging face,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.newsner.com\/news\/former-supermodel-posts-bikini-photos-at-57-years-old-and-gets-called-desperate-her-response-shocks-critics\/?fbclid=IwAR2-3B_Js8N3iRYyWqpxVI4rpYglQuVFjMJjQ_rmdLL0eVk7HgWONYwLizE\">saying<\/a>\u00a0\u201c[I]t\u2019s like a really good novel of the history of my life, like it\u2019s all written into my face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reminding other women about the importance of letting yourself age and how it is a beautiful natural process, she said, \u201cWe have to make older cool, I\u2019m really trying, but we need more women to sort of embrace age and keep trumpeting it out there, going \u2018look at what I\u2019m doing at my age.&#8217;\u201d And, doing just that, after her 58th birthday, she posted an image of herself in \u201cnothing but sunshine and a smile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-3\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cq3bPZLOhfZ\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=640&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Ftaphaps.com&amp;rp=%2Fpaulina-porizkova-desperate-photos-23d%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A3%2C%22os%22%3A2351.800000000745%7D\" height=\"1096\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-3\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Talking about the regrets people have on their deathbeds, Paulina Porizkova\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/accounts\/login\/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Freel%2FCoaQjl4jw0H%2F\">wrote<\/a>\u00a0that many people only realize how wonderful their body is when they begin losing it \u2014 when it\u2019s too late to fully appreciate what you once had. It\u2019s then that they say things like, \u201cIf only I had known, I would have danced more.\u201d Rather than facing the end of life with regrets, the former supermodel hopes women of all ages can appreciate their bodies at every season.<\/p>\n<p>Hoping to drive this point home, Paulina Porizkova concluded, \u201cSo, dance. And taste and smell and feel. And love the body, your body, that makes it all possible.\u201d That sounds like perfect advice to me.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/taphaps.com\/iskra-lawrence-shows-cellulite-23c\/\">Embrace your body<\/a>. Take care of it. And, don\u2019t cave to critics because, let\u2019s face it, the naysayers are uglier than Paulina Porizkova could ever be \u2014 and that has nothing to do with their outward appearance but rather the hate they spew at a woman for simply growing older without hiding her \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/taphaps.com\/karina-irby-model-instagram-23d\/\">imperfections<\/a>\u201d from their scrutinizing eyes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-47509\" src=\"https:\/\/taphaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-20-at-9.55.23-PM-640x50.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"50\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former supermodel has been called everything from \u201cold\u201d and \u201cugly\u201d to \u201cdesperate\u201d for posting&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":37,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}