About Paulina Porizkova
Paulina Porizkova (Czech: Pavlína Pořízková [ˈpavliːna ˈpor̝iːskovaː]; born 9 April 1965) is a fashion model, author and actress. In 1984, she became the first Central European woman to appear on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. Born in Prostějov, Czechoslovakia, Porizkova immigrated to Sweden as a child and began modelling in Paris at the age of 15. After immigrating to the United States, she made her film debut in the comedy drama Anna (1987). == Early life == Porizkova was born to anti-Soviet dissidents Anna Pořízková and Jiří Pořízka on 9 April 1965 in Prostějov, a city then part of Czechoslovakia and now part of the Czech Republic. After the couple fled to Sweden to escape the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion, she was left in the care of her maternal grandmother. Czechoslovakia's communist government would not allow the couple to reclaim Porizkova, and the ensuing battle was widely publicized in the Swedish press, making her a cause célèbre. When Porizkova was seven years old, a pregnant Anna returned to Czechoslovakia with a fake passport in a failed attempt to rescue her, after which the latter was briefly detained by the national police and then was placed under house arrest with her family. In 1973, international political pressure led by Swedish prime minister Olof Palme caused the Czechoslovak authorities to allow the Pořízka family to be reunited. Anna and Jiří divorced after the latter had an affair.
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