Declared to be the model of the decade by American Phot, Paulina continues to be one of the most prominent supermodels around. She first began her career in Paris after being discovered through her friend’s photography and quickly rising to fame. In 1984, Paulina had become the first woman from Central Europe to grace the covers of Sports Illustrated and by 1985 she had appeared on it a second time. By the late 1980s, Paulina Porizkova had become the highest paid model around, earning a salary of $6 million. A year after this achievement, Paulina married the lead singer of new wave rock band The Cars, Ric Ocasek. The supermodel has been called one of the most beautiful models of all times while Ocasek is referred to as a lucky man for marrying Paulina.