BIOGRAPHY Eva Herzigova, born on March 10, 1973, in Litvínov, Czech Republic, is a Czech model and actress.
Herzigova 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. Herzigova 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 1 June 2007, Herzigova 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 Model Management in New York City. 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: “Ever since I was a very little girl, I've dreamed of acting. You can't be a model at age 60, but you certainly can be an actress. So I'd like to be in that profession."
Herzigova also appears on the cover of Powderfinger's successful album, Vulture Street. View GALLERY:
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