Paulina Porizkova Wears Nothing But Silver Body Paint for New Magazine Cover
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Paula Porizkova is letting go of shame and embracing her bare body.
The Czechoslovakian-born model left very little to the imagination in her newest magazine cover, where she was almost completely topless, save for shiny metallic body paint slathered all over her torso.
Porizkova, 58, was recently featured on the November cover of Elle Czech, striking a powerful pose as she bared her unclothed chest and gave an intense gaze into the camera.
See the sultry magazine cover shot!
Taking to Instagram to reflect on what she called a particularly "special" photoshoot, Porizkova shared a poignant message with her followers about the vulnerable cover.
She started out her caption by saying, "I have done many covers this year I’m very proud of, but this one is special."
"Yes, I'm topless; but the silver paint on my skin is like an armor," she continued. "The silver deflects darkness and reflects light—but allows me to feel everything."
She went on to talk her refusal to feel shame when posing uncovered, adding in her caption, "I was brought up in a culture and time where nudity was common and absolutely accepted as a part of being human. I was never made to feel ashamed of an unclothed body, mine or anyone else's."
"So perhaps it stand to reason that as long as it is MY choice to undress, it actually makes me feel strong," the No Filter author explained. "It makes me feel like I have nothing to hide. This is where my power lies. Not the nudity per se, but the ability to show myself as I am."
Porizkova even shared her partner Jeff Greenstein's reaction after seeing her be so exposed during the shoot, which he thought made her "the most powerful person in the room."
"And that is what I see in this photo," she continued, going on to call herself, "A woman who is not ashamed for being exactly who she is. A woman who refuses to be shamed."
Admitting that she doesn't always feel strong and powerful every single day, Porizkova insisted, "this is the woman I'd like to become. The one who claims her space without apologies, without guilt, without shame, and with, or without clothes."
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