The 22-year-old blond model/singer/actress also loves to document her celebutante lifestyle on Twitter — with images of a lingerie-clad Paulina in bed, dancing at a nightclub, lying poolside in a red bikini and striking a pose with girlfriends (backs arched! chests out!).

Or at least she loved posting to Twitter.

Abruptly over the weekend, the daughter of hockey legend Gretzky and Janet Jones, shut down her account.

Paulina, the eldest of five children, was born Dec. 19, 1988, four months after her dad was traded to the L.A. Kings.

There are a couple of theories about why the Twitter account was closed.

Speculation No. 1: Gretzky’s name was linked last week to the potential sale of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment. It’s possible the news drew attention to his daughter’s Twitter activity and racy online photographs, and that he stepped in. He grew up in Brantford , a far cry from the hustle of Hollywood. This couldn’t please him.

Speculation No. 2 involves the possibility that Dad intervened when he learned that Canadian hockey star Paul Bissonnette, who plays for the Phoenix Coyotes, had recently exchanged Twitter salutations with Paulina Gretzky (an innocuous “Hi Paulina,” but still). Bissonnette wasn’t with the Coyotes when Gretzky was coach but Gretzky would not be unaware of his reputation as a man who enjoys the company of women and for his blunt language on Twitter..

That Wayne Gretzky was involved in the closing of the Twitter account is strengthened by this tweet shortly before it disappeared: “Having a nice sit down dinner with my dad about social media..haha #SIKEEE.”

Photographs posted by Gretzky’s fun loving 22-year-old blond daughter include a images of her lying in bed in skimpy lingerie, dancing suggestively at a nightclub, lying poolside in a red bikini and striking a pose with girlfriends (backs arched, chests out).

The young Gretzky made her modelling debut on the cover of Flare in 2005. (Interestingly, her beautiful mom appeared on a Playboy cover and photo spread in 1987).

Paulina is also musical. On her website, she boasts that her single, Collecting Dust, “scored a television hit” after it was featured on MTV’s Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County.

“The forums, message boards and chat rooms for MTV’s hit show were flooded with comments, questions and requests for the song,” Gretzky wrote on the website. The single has been released exclusively on iTunes. The song chronicles the sadness of a lost love. (Sample line: “Page by page I learn / how fast love letters burn.”)

And, of course, there is (or was) her profile on Twitter.

That it has been shut down will not go unnoticed by the Twitterati.

Last month, the website COED Magazine posted Paulina Gretzky’s 77 sexiest Twitpics.

Some viewer comments:

Paulina’s a “smoke show,” tweeted one man. He commented the young Gretzky was the best thing dad Wayne ever did — “clearly his greatest accomplishment.”

Another man agreed. “Thanks for putting the Great One’s daughter on my radar. She’s a beaut!”

Apparently, young Gretzky’s presence on Twitter was umissable: “Discovering @Paulina Gretzky on Twitter is like a British person stumbling upon Kate Middleton,” one person tweeted.

But for now, at least, she’s off.

On Saturday, she tweeted, “Taking a break from Twitter for a bit. Happy Holidays!!! xoxo”

source: thespec