Talk:Paulina Porizkova

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Once a lady achieves the status of a "supermodel", this status is a permanent feature of her life. There is no such thing as a "former supermodel". If Paulina reaches the age of 80 and wants to model clothing for 80 year-olds, she will still be a supermodel, for she has earned that status once and for all.

[edit] Statistics

I'm not sure that "vital statistics" (degrading nonsense) belong in an encyclopaedia article, but I'm certain that they don't belong in the summary. For the record, I've just removed this: "Measurements: 35B-23 1/2-35 1/2 Height: 5' 10 1/2" 1.79m (from her elite 80's model card)". --Phronima 10:24, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Of course statistics belong in an encyclopedia article, especially things like height and weight! It's a natural piece of public information, and to disregard these is to flush ones brains down the toilet.

As an example, www.imdb.com lists the heights of all the actors and actresses. That is where I found out that Rock Hudson and John Wayne were 6'4" tall, but other noted actors were in the neighborhood of 5'7", e.g. Tom Cruise.

especially important for a model

[edit] Mother

I've removed this from the article:

Her mother is NOT Iva Parizkowa Ryggeståhl, a leading liberal politician in the city of Malmö, Sweden as noted here, but Anna Porizkova, a midwife in New York City.

First of all, there is no cause for using the word NOT in all capital letters, which makes me suspicious of the contributor's intention; secondly, "as noted here" doesn't make any sense, because only this sentence is noting anything about the mother's name, making it a self-reference, and finally, the mother is either one or the other of the two named, so let's figure it out. 70.20.232.141 06:12, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] supermodel? proof?

Is she a supermodel in Czech? Bc she isnt know like tyra banks nor Heidi Klum nor Cindy Crawford nor Naomi Campbell nor Evagelista nor Turlington, etc. Thx. 70.108.128.109 (talk) 21:18, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

One could argue that Porizkova gained "super model" status when given the position as judge on America's Next Top Model. There is no popularity standard required for "super model" status. On the contrary these figures, as well as this entire article, should have citations. 72.152.135.75 (talk) 22:48, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Czech-born Paulina Porizkova rose to supermodel status in the 1980s, appearing on the cover of the Sport's Illustrated swimsuit issue in 1984 and '85. She later posed for Playboy magazine. According to ABC News, she is a super model. 72.152.135.75 (talk) 22:50, 29 May 2008 (UTC)