Petra Nemcová, Supermodel, - Biography
Supermodel, model,
Height 5' 10" 178 CM
born June 24, 1979 in Karviná; pronounced Nyemtsovah, Czech Republic
Petra Nemcova had a father who was a bricklayer & her mother, a teacher. She became a model after being spotted at the age of 16 during a national talent search.
She was featured on the cover of the 2003 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, & has also modeled for Victoria's Secret, & for many other companies in the women's clothing market. On June 3, 2004, she was one of the telecast judges during the 53rd annual Miss Universe competition in Quito, Ecuador.
The 2004 tsunami
During the Indian
Ocean earthquake of 26 December 2004, Petra was at the Khao Lak resort in Thailand
with her main photographer & fiancé, Simon Atlee when a tsunami struck
where they were staying.
Atlee was killed by drowning, & Nemcová suffered a broken pelvis & serious internal injuries, but she managed to hold onto the top of a palm tree, reportedly for eight hours, until she was rescued by Thai civilians & airlifted to an inland hospital nearby. Petra spent three weeks in a Thai hospital, & then flew home to the Czech Republic, where she spent an additional three weeks in the hospital. Atlee's body was not found until over two months after the tsunami. Petra's first interview after her near-death experience was with Diane Sawyer on ABC's Primetime Live, on March 9, 2005. She has also told of her experiences on the "Coady Read Live" program on CNN television.
Moving on
Glamour magazine recently awarded Nemcová
a "Survivor Award" for the tsunami ordeal, & how she has picked
up her life since then (her comeback being complete with her appearance in the
2006 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue).
She wrote Love Always, Petra, ISBN 0446579130, published December 2005. It tells of her early life under Communist rule in Czechoslovakia, her entrance into the field of fashion & modeling, & her breakthrough into Sports Illustrated, which was her springboard to becoming a supermodel. She also tells of her life with Simon Atlee & how they fell in love & became engaged to marry.
She has recently broken up with singer
James Blunt.
This site was written in April 2007
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