Paulina Porizkova Defends Her 'Grandma' Lingerie Photo After Backlash
The Czech-born model faced criticism earlier this month after posing in a bra and underwear on social media.
Paulina Porizkova is speaking out once again to let internet trolls know that she is still unfazed by their hate comments on her social media posts.
Earlier this week, the Czech-born model was faced with criticism over an Instagram photo that showed her posing in front of a fire place while wearing a racy black lingerie set, accessorized with nothing but an open red cardigan and a pair of boots.
"Almost 58? Grandma, knitting, fireplace? Check, check, check, check!" Porizkova captioned the post, shared on March 6. "I'm the proud step grandma of five. I've knitted the sweater I'm wearing—and yes, I'm standing by a fireplace. So this is what almost 58 looks like for me today."
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But shortly after sharing the photo, Porizkova followed-up the post with a screenshot of various hateful comments, including one person who commented, "you didn't age gracefully."
Others called her "too obsessed" with her looks, and "hung up on age," and one comment even accused her of setting a "bad example" for other women with her own "self objectification."
"How do you think this makes other 58-year-old women—who haven't been commensurately blessed—feel???" one person questioned.
Porizkova then defended her lingerie photo in the caption, addressing the "naysayers" head on.
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"I post a barely clothed photo of myself, it gets a lot of attention, and then come the comments," she wrote. "Most of you are wonderfully supportive and understand what I’m trying to do in representing an older woman as still sexy and viable, and certainly not invisible."
"Then there are the naysayers. This if [sic] course when a conversation actually begins," she added. "Many of the unkind comments seem to focus on me needing validation - which is true in part, I do need to be noticed in order not to be invisible. You also call me out for promoting the objectification of women. This is also partly true, I am working within set constraints thousands of years old."
But she went on to say, "The comments that I like the least however, are that because I’m tall and slim, I do not have the right to represent women my age because I don’t look like a typical woman my age. I’m not trying to represent all women of my age. How could I? How could anyone? Don’t we all look different and isn’t that where our beauty lies? In our uniqueness?"
"What is truly sad here are the obvious insecurities of women who cannot find space to love themselves for who they are. For what their bodies can do. For what they can feel. Instead, they will compare, feel wanting and ashamed for not measuring up, and turn around to shame those who made them feel this way," she continued. "We can all only walk in our own bare feet, making our own unique imprints in the sand."
Porizkova concluded her post with a series of hashtags, including "#sexyhasnoexpirationdate," "betweenjloandbettywhite," and "graypride."
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