Eva Herzigová

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Eva Herzigová
Eva Herzigova Cannes 2016 2.jpg
2016 Cannes Film Festival
Born (1973-03-10) 10 March 1973 (age 48)
Litvínov, Czechoslovakia
Occupation
  • Model
  • actress
Children3
Modeling information
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Hair colorLight blonde[1]
Eye colorBlue / green[1]
Agency
  • DNA Model Management (New York)
  • ZZO (Paris)
  • d'management group (Milan)
  • Unsigned Group (London)
  • Traffic Models (Barcelona)
  • Scoop Models (Copenhagen)
  • Mega Model Agency (Hamburg)
  • Czechoslovak Models (Prague)
  • Priscilla's Model Management (Sydney)[2]

Eva Herzigová (born 10 March 1973) is a Czech-Italian supermodel and actress.

Early life and career[]

Herzigová was born in Litvínov, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic), the daughter of an accountant mother and an electrician father.[3] Growing up, Herzigová was athletic, "excelling in gymnastics, basketball, track and cross-country skiing."[4] She began her modeling career after winning a modeling beauty contest in Prague in 1989, at the age of sixteen.[4] She was a member of Thomas Zeumer's Metropolitan Models.[5]

After arriving in Paris, her popularity increased. Her first important appearance was as the model for the first Wonderbra campaign. In 1994, advertising executive Trevor Beattie, working for TBWA/London, developed an ad for Sara Lee's "Hello Boys" Wonderbra campaign. It featured a close-up image of Herzigová wearing a black Wonderbra. The ad used only two words: "Hello boys." The influential poster was featured in an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London[6] and it was voted in at number 10 in a "Poster of the Century" contest.[7] The Canada-based lingerie fashion label wanted the ad campaign to motivate women to see the Wonderbra "as a cosmetic and as a beauty enhancer rather than a functional garment". The billboard was voted in 2011 as the most iconic outdoor ad during the past five decades by the Outdoor Media Centre.[8] She was also featured in Guess? jeans campaigns, the Victoria's Secret catalog and Sports Illustrated. Herzigová has featured in a variety of international fashion magazines, gracing the covers of Vogue (France, Britain, Spain, Germany, Japan, Australia, Mexico, Poland, Turkey, Thailand), Harper's Bazaar (Britain, Spain, Ukraine, Italy, Australia) as well as Elle, Marie Claire, Numéro and Allure. She has also walked for designers including Louis Vuitton, Benedetta Dubini, Giles Deacon, Emilio Pucci and Versace.

Herzigová also starred in a fashion art film by Imagine Fashion, called Decadent Control with Roberto Cavalli. It featured fashions by Agent Provocateur and H&M. Herzigová posed for the August 2004 edition of Playboy.[9] In 2006, she portrayed Venus at the 2006 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony.[10] In 2013, Herzigová was chosen as the new model for Dior's Capture Totale line.[11] She continued working with Dior into 2021.[12] In 2016, Herzigová was one of those chosen to be spokesmodels for Giorgio Armani's New Normal Campaign.[13]

Personal life[]

Herzigová married Tico Torres, the drummer from Bon Jovi, in September 1996 in New Jersey.[14] The couple divorced in June 1998.[15] Herzigová has three sons with Italian businessman Gregorio Marsiaj: George (born 1 June 2007), Philipe (born 13 March 2011) and Edward (born 20 April 2013).[16][17] They live in Italy. In 2017, the couple became engaged.[18]

La Senza refused to pay her for a catalog photo shoot for a breach of contract because the company did not approve of her recently shortened haircut.[19]

Filmography[]

Title Year Role Notes
Inferno 1992 TV film
Les Anges gardiens 1995 Tchouk Tchouk Nougat
My Best Friend's Wife 1998 Frida Seta
Just for the Time Being 2000 Christine
Modigliani 2004 Olga Khokhlova
The Picture of Dorian Gray 2005 uncredited
Eva 2005 herself short by Gaspar Noé
Girl Panic! 2011 Nick Rhodes Duran Duran music video
Cha cha cha 2013 Michelle
2014
A Prominent Patient 2017

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Eva Herzigova at Fashion Model Directory
  2. ^ "Eva Herzigova". models.com. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  3. ^ Anderson, Hephzibah (8 June 2008). "Eco Herzigova". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Eva Herzigova - Biography". Hello! Magazine. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Amerikas Superstar "50 Cent" bei Saadi Gaddafi". Archived from the original on 14 November 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2008.
  6. ^ "Power of the poster reveals a bigger picture". The Independent. UK. 2 March 1998. Archived from the original on 5 October 2007. Retrieved 22 June 2007.
  7. ^ Gibson, Janine (16 October 1999). "Tory advert rated poster of the century". London: The Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved 22 June 2007.
  8. ^ "Eva Herzigova's Wonderbra campaign voted the most iconic ad". International Business Times. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  9. ^ Hefner, Hugh, ed. (1 August 2004). "Playboy Magazine, August 2004". Playboy – via Amazon.
  10. ^ Starr, Mark (19 February 2006). "Torino Lights Up". Newsweek. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  11. ^ Poulain, Lucie (29 January 2013). "Eva Herzigova: New Dior icon". Vogue. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  12. ^ Chu, Ying (22 February 2021). "Dior's New Film About Perfume Takes You On a Trip Around the Globe". Marie Claire. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  13. ^ Phelps, Nicole (25 January 2016). "Giorgio Armani Launches His New Normal Campaign in Paris". Vogue. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  14. ^ "Model Gets A Rock - And A Rock Star". Deseret News. 9 September 1996. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  15. ^ "Supermodel Eva Herzigova splitting with hubby". CNN. 16 June 1998. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  16. ^ Barnett, Leisa (29 May 2008). "Eva Herzigova wants son to be a linguist". Vogue. UK. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
  17. ^ "Eva Herzigova Gives Birth To Second Child". Star Pulse.com. 29 March 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  18. ^ Foster, Alistair (25 January 2019). "Eva Herzigova: My life could have taken a very different path". Evening Standard. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  19. ^ "Tress Distress – Models, Too Crazy to Believe, Eva Herzigova". People. 28 April 2003. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2011.

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