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Paulina Porizkova is going unfiltered—literally.
The former supermodel took to social media to share two photos of herself while getting candid about the stories behind them.
“This is me,” Paulina said of the first photo posted to Instagram July 28, which featured her by the water in a white bikini. “Vacation, pretty light, posing for a shot.”
The second photo featured the 60-year-old standing in front of a bathroom mirror wearing a beige bra and underwear set, writing, “This is also me. Home, not great light, not posing.”
Of the two photos, Paulina said, “This is 60.”
“This is 60 years of sometimes healthy eating, sometimes not,” she continued. “60 years of sometimes working out, sometimes not. 60 years of doing the right things followed by doing the wrong things and over again and again.”
The Sports Illustrated star added that her current self is also the sum of “learning of what works and what doesn’t” throughout her life.
“And just as I think I’ve figured it out, everything changes and I have to start again,” she added. “The beauty of 60 is that now I understand the importance is IN the lesson, not passing the exam.”
Fans were overwhelmed by Paulina’s honesty, with one writing in the comments, “Words can’t express how thankful I am for women like you, Paulina. Keeping it real. You are beautiful inside and out. Age is just a number. I wish more women felt beautiful in their own skin.”
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But keeping it real is what fans have come to expect and appreciate from Paulina, as she has rarely shied away from sharing every aspect of herself on social media.
“Here’s an unfortunate angle and seriously unflattering light,” she wrote on Instagram in June, alongside a photo taken from a low angle. “In selecting my photos for IG, I almost unconsciously gravitate to pictures where I look best—as in youngest. Least wrinkled, least saggy.”
And while she was always prepared for those who chose to criticize her looks, she hoped to give her fans a look at “someone that mirrors them.”
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The supermodel—who got engaged to writer Jeff Greenstein earlier this month—has also been open about the treatments she’s received over the years, noting that although she hasn’t turned to cosmetic injectables, she has received skin-tightening treatments over the years, like Ultherapy and Morpheus.
"But even with the fanciest creams and lasers that promise to restore some collagen—I am aging," she wrote on Instagram in 2023. "Some days, I like it. I feel like my face has gained character even as it's lost its youthful prettiness. And it seems a fair trade off."
For a look at what other stars have said about aging in the public eye, keep reading.
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Heidi Klum
"I don't think of getting older as looking better or worse; it's just different. You change, and that's okay. Life is about change," she told Self.
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Cameron Diaz
"There's no such thing as anti-aging. We're all aging, period. Women take it as something personal that they are getting older. They think that they failed somehow by not staying 25. This is crazy to me because my belief is that it's a privilege to get older—not everybody gets to get older," she told Access Hollywood.
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Kate Beckinsale
"Historically when women have made strides of some type, culturally things rise up to oppress them. Right now I feel like we've made a lot of strides, but nobody's allowed to age or look pregnant. I feel all of that stuff has gotten worse. It's a brilliant way to keep people enslaved, by having them horrified by themselves. Well I refuse to feel shame about being human," she told the Los Angeles Times.
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Jennifer Lopez
"When I turned 40, I was like, huh. I accept myself more now. It was much more comforting," she told Harper's Bazaar.
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Cindy Crawford
"I'm actually happier with my body now… because the body I have now is the body I've worked for. I have a better relationship with it. From a purely aesthetic point of view, my body was better when I was 22, 23. But I didn't enjoy it. I was too busy comparing it to everyone else's," she told Popsugar.
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Drew Barrymore
"Gravity and wrinkles are fine with me. They're a small price to pay for the new wisdom inside my head and my heart. If my breasts fall down to the floor and everything starts to sag, becoming hideous and gross, I won't worry," as she told Bustle.
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Madonna
"F--k you. I'm 50. That's what I'm going to say when I turn 50. Sorry," as she told Popsugar.
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Diane Keaton
"Here is my biggest takeaway after 60 years on the planet: There is great value in being fearless. For too much of my life, I was too afraid, too frightened by it all. That fear is one of my biggest regrets," as the told PopSugar.
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Helen Mirren
"When you're 16, you think 28 is so old! And then you get to 28 and it's fabulous. You think, then, what about 42? Ugh! And then 42 is great. As you reach each age, you gain the understanding you need to deal with it and enjoy it," she told Bustle.
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Jennifer Garner
"I do think about ageing. I have those moments of panic and vanity, but life keeps getting better, so you can't worry about it too much," she told Marie Claire UK.
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Celine Dion
"There's no such thing is aging, but maturing and knowledge. It's beautiful, I call that beauty," she told Ok! Magazine.
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Penelope Cruz
"Age holds absolutely no fear for me. There is so much enjoyment ahead," as she told MarieClaire.
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Kate Winslet
"I'm baffled that anyone might not think women get more beautiful as they get older. Confidence comes with age, and looking beautiful comes from the confidence someone has in themselves," she told Net-a-Porter Magazine.
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Oprah Winfrey
"People who lie about their age are denying the truth and contributing to a sickness pervading our society—the sickness of wanting to be what you're not.... I know for sure that only by owning who and what you are can you step into the fullness of life," she wrote in O Magazine.
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Diane Von Furstenberg
"Aging is out of your control. How you handle it, though, is in your hands.... In my older face, I see my life. Every wrinkle, every smile line, every age spot. There is a saying that with age, you look outside what you are inside. If you are someone who never smiles, your face gets saggy. If you're a person who smiles a lot, you will have more smile lines. Your wrinkles reflect the roads you have taken; they form the map of your life. My face reflects the wind and sun and rain and dust from the trips I've taken. My face carries all my memories. Why should I erase them?" she told Vogue.
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Reese Witherspoon
"But I think as a woman, you get older, you feel more confident in your sexuality. You're not as intimidated by it, not as embarrassed by it. Sexuality and femininity is an accumulation of age and wisdom and comfort in your own skin," she told Glamour.
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