676: Paulina Porizkova, part 1: No Filter
One of the most famous supermodels, Paulina needs no introduction.
She’s here because mutual friends introduced us and her recent book, No Filter, that tells a different story than you’d expect of the once-most-highly-paid model. It deserves the positive reviews from the New York Times and elsewhere. As she describes in our conversation, she spent formative years behind the iron curtain, ingraining in her how to thrive with less, not more, which she caries with her until today. She also wasn’t always considered beautiful. I’ll leave you to read the book to learn about the toilet bowl incident we allude to in our conversation.
In any case, you’ll hear someone much more approachable, humble, and resilient that you’d expect.
We recorded in the winter. She agreed to meet me in Washington Square Park to pick up litter together when the weather warmed up. Since models make great role models, the event could help change minds, behavior, and culture. I can’t wait to tell you how it went.