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Woman's Hour: Paulina Porizkova - former supermodel, Vivienne Westwood, Sally Wainwright, Servicewomen & sexual assault, Annus horribilis

30/12/2022

Paulina Porizkova - former supermodel, Vivienne Westwood, Sally Wainwright, Servicewomen & sexual assault, Annus horribilis

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Paulina Porizkova - former supermodel, Vivienne Westwood, Sally Wainwright, Servicewomen & sexual assault, Annus horribilis

In 1988 Paulina Porizkova was one of world's highest-paid models & face of Estee Lauder.

Former supermodel Czechoslovak-born Paulina Porizkova appeared on the covers of numerous top magazines around the world during the 1980s and 1990s

Dame Vivienne Westwood died yesterday at the age of 81 but she has been called the ‘undisputed Queen of British Fashion’. She made her name with her controversial punk and new wave styles in the 1970s and went on to dress some of the biggest stars in fashion.  She was well known for her androgynous designs, slogan T-shirts and irreverent attitude towards the establishment and would use her platform later to bring the causes she cared about like climate change to the forefront. Barjis Chohan is a fashion designer in London who got her first break fresh out of college working with Dame Vivienne Westwood

The multi Bafta-winning BBC drama Happy Valley returns to our screens on New Year’s Day. It’s a long awaited third series – the first came out in 2014, and the second in 2016.  It centres on police Sergeant Catherine Cawood (pron. Kay-ward) - played by Sarah Lancashire - and her family in West Yorkshire and is the brainchild of writer and director Sally Wainwright, whose other TV credits include Last Tango in Halifax, Scott and Bailey and Gentleman Jack.  Krupa speaks to Sally, who is considered to be one of our greatest television dramatists.

Hundreds of servicewomen have experienced sexual abuse during their training at The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, according to Salute Her UK. Their figures show that 177 women have sought help for cases spanning more than 20 years. Paula Edwards, CEO of Salute Her UK discusses the ‘toxic culture’ of sexual assault in the military. Salute Her UK is the sister charity of Forward Assist - which supports military veterans struggling to adjust to civilian life. It is the only UK gender-specific support service to offer therapy and interventions for survivors of in-service sexual abuse.

Even if you don’t know her name, you will almost certainly recognise her face. A former supermodel Czechoslovak-born Paulina Porizkova appeared on the covers of numerous top magazines around the world during the 1980s and 1990s, including Vogue, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Glamour and Cosmopolitan. In 1988 she became  one of the highest-paid models in the world as the face of Estee Lauder.  She also acted in many movies and TV shows and was on the judging panel on cycle 10 of America’s Next Top Model.  Her novel, A model Summer, was published in 2007.  She has now written a memoir, No Filter: The Good, the Bad, and The beautiful.

2022 marks thirty years since Queen Elizabeth II used the term annus horribilis (worst year) in her Ruby Jubilee speech to describe a personal low point. As we approach the New Year, some of us may, instead of celebrating, be looking back at our own personal annus horribilis. But how do we cope when all the bad news seems to come at once? And after a worst year, how do we feel hopeful for a better one? Emily Dean is a radio host and author of Everybody Died So I Got A Dog. Ella Risbridger is a food writer whose books describe how she found solace from grief and mental illness through the comfort of cooking. They both join Krupa Padhy to discuss how we can cope with the lowest points in life.


Presenter: Krupa Padhy
Producer: Kirsty Starkey

Interviewed Guest: Barjis Chohan
Interviewed Guest: Sally Wainwright
Interviewed Guest: Paula Edwards
Interviewed Guest: Paulina Porizkova
Photographer: Jill Greenberg
Interviewed Guest: Ella Risbridger
Interviewed Guest: Emily Dean

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