New York- Ex-Playboy model Bridget Marks celebrated a “wonderful victory” yesterday after a unanimous appeals court gave her back custody of her twin daughters.

“I knew I would be vindicated and my children would be coming home,” said Marks. “I always believed that right is might.”

The 4-0 victory gives Marks, 38, control of the cute twin 5-year-olds, Amber and Scarlet, who had been living with their casino mogul dad John Aylsworth, 54, since a Family Court judge handed them to him last year.

“It’s a wonderful victory for me and my daughters,” the redhead said. “I am absolutely paralyzed with joy.”

The identical twins are vacationing with their father and Marks was not permitted to talk to them yesterday.

“The most important thing is that two little girls got their life back today,” said Thomas Shanahan, a lawyer for Marks. “They got to go back to their mother.”

Marks has been nervously waiting by the phone every Tuesday and Thursday, when the Appellate Division releases its rulings. This week, she decided to ease the unbearable tension by jetting out for a skiing vacation.

“Lo and behold, my prayers have been answered,” she said, adding that she credited news reports with helping her win her kids back.

Aylsworth’s lawyers did not return calls for comment on the ruling. Because the decision was unanimous, Aylsworth must ask for permission to appeal the decision to the the state’s highest court.

The judges in yesterday’s ruling called Marks a “good mother” to the identical twin girls, who were conceived during a steamy bicoastal affair with Aylsworth.

“It [is] in the best interests of these very young girls to [stay] in the care of their mother with whom they had lived – and for the most part thrived – for all their lives,” the judges said in a 32-page order.

The judges agreed with Family Court Judge Arlene Goldberg that the girls were coached into falsely accusing their father of abusing them – a tactic they branded as “abuse.”

But they declared it was too harsh a punishment to take away the kids.

The girls are now living with Aylsworth and his wife in Manhattan, but they spend two nights a week with their mom.

The judges said Aylsworth’s busy schedule – he often travels to casinos on the Gulf Coast and elsewhere – effectively meant the kids would be raised by their stepmother or nannies.

“The children are entitled to be raised by a parent,” they ruled.