Paulina Porizkova was born on April 9, 1965 in Pavlina Porizkova (Czech Republic). She is both a supermodel and an actress and holds two citizenship - United States and Swedish. Porizkova made her film debut in the year 1983 in a modeling pseudo-documentary Portfolio when she was only seventeen and became the cover girl of the film. She appeared on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 1984 and again in 1985. In 1987, she was featured in the cover of "Playboy August 1987 Issue". Both of her calendars in 1988 and 1989 by photographer Marco Glaviano sold hundreds of thousands of copies, setting a standard among other supermodels around the world. In 1990 and again in 1992, Porizkova was chosen as one of the Fifty Most Beautiful People in the world by "People magazine".