Prostitution is present all over the world, and different countries apply different models of regulation. The aim of this paper is to present the problems related to prostitution and to describe the models that exist for the purpose of regulating prostitution and how they reflect on the life of prostitutes. The models of prostitution regulation described in this paper are: legalized prostitution, decriminalization model, partial (de)criminalization model, Nordic model and the illegal prostitution model. The legal regulation in Croatia is singled out and the context of the creation of the existing regulation is set through a short historical introduction. Prostitution in Croatia is described from available statistical data on phenomenology. The information was obtained by reviewing various literature sources. Each of the models has some advantages and disadvantages, but in all of them prostitutes experience violence, stigmatization and violation of their human rights. The model that best protects the rights of prostitutes is the model of decriminalization, and in the model of illegal prostitution their rights are violated the most.