Paulina Porizkova Gained 15 Lbs. After Recent Surgery but Says Her Body Is Now at the ‘Height of Its Sexiness’

Paulina Porizkova isn’t going to sweat a little bit of weight gain.

The model, 59, shared on Instagram on Jan. 8 that she recently experienced some weight gain, and initially, it concerned her, because it meant she couldn’t fit into the clothes for a job.

“I gained about 15 lb after my bilateral hip replacement in early 2024,” she wrote in a lengthy caption alongside a few photos of herself in swimsuits during recent travels to Jamaica and Icelend with boyfriend Jeff Greenstein. “The funny thing is, I was so happy with my life ; the end of chronic pain, building a life with my love, traveling with friends and working on new writing projects – that I had no idea I had gained all this weight.”

She went on to reveal that in September 2024, she went to Paris for her first modeling job of the year, and it was then that she realized she had actually gained weight following the surgery.

“One day back at my old job, and I was excruciatingly aware of every extra pound. I didn’t fit the clothes,” she wrote. “Which of course WAS and IS my job. To fit the clothes!”

She did her best to employ a fake-it-till-you-make-it attitude during the job, she said, but admitted that she felt “awful” about herself by the end.

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Knowing that her modeling career required a certain body, she said she wanted to try to take the weight back off so she could “fit into the clothing” — but then she “hit the post menopausal bump.”

“Two months later, I’m exactly the same weight,” she wrote. “My butt feels firmer, but otherwise- most of my clothing is too small, a good indication I haven’t shrunk. And yet, I don’t exactly mind this new, fuller body. Compared to a year ago when I was 15 lbs less but in constant pain, my new softness feels soothing. And thanks to my love @sjeffgreenstein my body also feels at the height of its sexiness, desirability and ok, I’ll say it – prowess.”

Porizkova ended her caption on an even cheekier note, jokingly saying her “only problems” now are that she has “no jobs and nothing to wear.”