Popsugar Fashion Models Who Is Paulina Porizkova? Paulina Porizkova Is a 53-Year-Old Grandmother and, Yes, a 2019 SI Swimsuit Issue Model February 18, 2019 by Perri Konecky First Published: February 4, 2019 View On One Page Photo 5 of 16 ADVERTISEMENT () Start Slideshow View this post on Instagram Giving it a twirl. Behind me is (unfortunately only) the bottom of the statue of our national treasure, author Bozena Nemcova. Her most famous book “Babicka” was my security blanket when I was little. Babicka means Grandmother in Czech. Having left Czechoslovakia and my grandmother (who raised me) at the age of nine to go to Sweden with my parents, I desperately missed my babicka. In Bozena Nemcova’s book, the grandmother is a simple, religious peasant woman come to live with her daughter and her family, and grows close to the eldest grandchild, Barunka. Although the novel had been written a hundred years earlier, I felt understood. It kept me company, soaked up my tears and made my life feel a little more bearable. Photo @topbunartist #greatbooks #praha #bozenanemcova #ballgown A post shared by Paulina Porizkova (@paulinaporizkov) on Dec 9, 2018 at 3:44pm PST Share This Link Copy ← Use Arrow Keys → 5 Previous Next Start Slideshow Celebrity InstagramsSports IllustratedSwimwearModelsPaulina PorizkovaSports Illustrated Swimsuit IssueMagazinesFashion Instagrams