Eva Herzigova Biography
Summary
"Eva Herzigová" (born March 10, 1973) is a Czech model and actress.
Career
Herzigová was born in Litvínov, Czech Republic, and she began her modeling career after winning a modeling beauty contest in Prague in 1989, at the age of sixteen. After arriving in Paris she became a popular supermodel. Her first important appearance was the Miss Wonderbra campaign in 1990s. She was also featured in the Guess? Jeans advertisements and was dubbed the 'Marilyn of the 1990s.' She has also appeared in the Victoria's Secret catalog and "Sports Illustrated". She was a member of Thomas Zeumer's Metropolitan Models. Herzigová has also appeared in several movies. She posed nude for "Playboy" in August 2004. In 2006 she was 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. Since 2000, she was romantically linked with Guy Oseary, the CEO of Maverick Records.
On 1 June, 2007, Herzigová and her boyfriend Gregorio Marsiaj welcomed a son in Turin, "(Torino, Italy)". His name is George Marsiaj Herzig..
She is signed to Storm Model Management in London, and 1/One Management in New York City.
Other
Herzigova is fluent in Czech, English, French, Italian (which she learned allegedly in two weeks for hosting an Italian music show) and Spanish.
Eva Herzigová is a noted potter and has owned a computerized kiln. 'Making pottery's very calming and it's creative and it's, you know, when you're like in your own world, you have a creative thing that's going through your head. You just go. Travel in your mind. It's cool.' she has said.
About her film career, she said:
Her face also appears on the cover of Powderfinger's successful album, "Vulture Street".
Louis Vuitton released a handbag called the Eva, inspired by the model.
Credit
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