Profile
Petra Němcová
Czech Fashion Model
Female
Born
Jun 24, 1979
Age
33
Hometown
Karviná
Measurements
84
Agency
Next Model Manage...
Petra Němcová is a Czech model, television host, author, and philanthropist. She is the founder and chair of the Happy Hearts Fund. In December 2004, she was injured in Thailand by a tsunami resulting from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake; her fiancé… Read More
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Chic Clicks: James Franco Looks Good In A Suit; Plus, Jennifer Lawrence’s ‘hunger Games’ First LookPeople Magazine - Mar 06, 2013
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Uma Thurman & Selita Ebanks: Fashion Week Fun!Just Jared - Feb 12, 2013
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Petra Nemcova: Each New Day In The New Haiti Brings New Opportunities To Create HappinessHuffington Post - Jan 16, 2013
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Gavin Newsom's Show Going Off The AirHuffington Post - Jan 03, 2013
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD

1979
Birth
Petra Němcová was born June 24, 1979 in the then Communist-state of Czechoslovakia.
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TEENAGE

1995
16 Years Old
Scouted on the streets of Prague by NEXT Model Management, upon signing she moved to Milan, Italy. After winning the 1995 Czech Elite Model Look, she returned to Milan where her career flourished.
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TWENTIES

2000
21 Years Old
From 2000 to 2004, she has walked for designers Lolita Lempicka, Gai Mattiolo Erreuno, Matthew Williamson, Custo Barceloa, Blunauta, Dirk Bikkembergs, Gugliemo Cappone, Luciano soprani, Marina Babini, Yumi Katsura, Akadius, and Michino Koshino.
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Injured in Thailand by a tsunami resulting from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, while her fiancé the photographer Simon Atlee was killed, Němcová is the founder and chair of the Happy Hearts Fund.

Němcová's first interview after her near-death experience was with Diane Sawyer on ABC's Primetime Live, on March 9, 2005.
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2007
28 Years Old
On 12 November 2007 Němcová visited Haiti alongside Haitian-born musician Wyclef Jean as part of a charity-sponsored event.
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2008
29 Years Old
In 2008 she went with Happy Hearts Fund to Peru to help children who were affected by the 2007 Peru earthquake.
THIRTIES

2010
31 Years Old
Němcová speaks Czech, Slovak, Polish, English, French and Italian. In December 2010, she became engaged to English actor Jamie Belman.
In April 2012, it was announced that Němcová and Belman had ended their engagement.
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