Friday, September 21, 2007

Czech Supermodel Eva Herzigova


Eva Herzigová (born March 10, 1973) is a Czech supermodel and actress. 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. 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's been romantically linked with Guy Oseary, the CEO of Maverick Records.

On 1st June 2007, Herzigová and her boyfriend Gregorio Marsiaj welcomed a son in Turin, (Torino, Italy) just before 10 pm. Herzigova's labor and delivery were without complication, and the baby weighed in at over 9 lbs and is 20.5 inches long. His name is George Marsiaj Herzig.

Source: Wikipedia

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