Eva Herzigová Biography

Eva Herzigova is a Czechoslovakian born model and actress whose versatile career has spanned twenty-six years. She comes from a modest family of five with parents who encouraged their children to work hard and stressed the importance of perseverance and commitment. They encouraged their daughter to find another career field as a back-up plan in case modeling proved unsuccessful. Without modeling lessons, she didn’t know what to expect when she entered her first modeling competition at the age of sixteen. Despite her lack of training, she won the competition in Prague and eventually headed to Paris where she launched a lucrative career. She quickly rose to international fame in the modeling world, appearing in both print and television advertisement campaigns for several well-known companies worldwide. Renowned as one of the supermodels of the 1990s, her name is recognized amongst models such as Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss and Helena Christensen to name a few. Her career includes a successful transition to film where she is credited for appearances in seven feature length films and one short film. Today she continues to work in the modeling industry, appear in films, and play the role of mother to her three children.