Background
Herzigová was born in Litvínov, Czechoslovakia (now Czechoslovakian Republic).
Herzigová was born in Litvínov, Czechoslovakia (now Czechoslovakian Republic).
She began her modeling career after winning a modeling beauty contest in Prague in 1989, at the age of sixteen. After arriving in Paris, her popularity increased. Her first important appearance was as the model for the first Wonderbra campaign in 1994.
She was also featured in Guess? jeans advertisements.
She has also appeared in the Victoria"s Secret catalog and Sports Illustrated. Herzigová has also appeared in several movies.
In 2006, she was Venus at the 2006 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony. Amongst her most recent projects, Herzigová also starred in a fashion art film by Imagine Fashion, called Decadent Control with Roberto Cavalli.
lieutenant featured fashions by Agent Provocateur and H&M.
In 1994, advertising executive Trevor Beattie, working for TBWA/London, developed an ad for Sara Lee"s "Hello Boys" Wonderbra campaign.
lieutenant featured a close-up image of Herzigová wearing a black Wonderbra. The ad used only two words: "Hello boys." The ground-breaking, racy ad campaign resulted in many imitations along with a few complaints that the photograph demeaned women. The influential poster was featured in an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and it was voted in at number 10 in a "Poster of the Century" contest.
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. The couple divorced in June 1998.
Herzigová and her boyfriend, Gregorio Marsiaj have three sons: George (born 1 June 2007 in Turin), Philipe (born 13 March 2011) and Edward (born April 2013). Czechoslovak Models Prague
Doctorate"management group Milan
Marilyn Model Agency Paris
One Management New York
Storm Model London
In 2003, Herzigová sued Canadian retailer Louisiana Senza for $36,000 for a breach of contract.
Louisiana Senza refused to pay her for a catalog photo shoot because the company did not approve of her recently shortened haircut.
She was a member of Thomas Zeumer"s Metropolitan Models.