19 February 2010

Czech Top-Model: Eva Herzigová


Eva Herzigová is a Czech model and actress, born in Litvínov, Czechoslovakia- now Czech Republic. She began her modeling career after winning a modeling beauty contest in Prague in 1989, at the age of sixteen.

Upon arrival in Paris, her popularity soared. After the first important appearance for the Wonderbra campaign in 90s, she was also featured in Guess? jeans print ads extensively.

Herzigová has also appeared in the Victoria's Secret catalog and Sports Illustrated. She was a member of Thomas Zeumer's Metropolitan Models and also has also appeared in several movies. She posed nude for Playboy in August 2004, and in 2006 -understandably- played the part of Venus at the 2006 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony.
She married Tico Torres, the drummer from Bon Jovi, in September 1996, in a lavish wedding attended by, among others, Donald Trump... the pair divorced in June 1998.

On June 1, 2007, Herzigová and her boyfriend, Turinese entrepreneur Gregorio Marsiaj, welcomed a son George in Paris- She is signed to Storm Model Management in London and 1/One Management in New York City.