Background
Padberg was born in Bad Frankenhausen and grew up in Rottleben, Germany.
Padberg was born in Bad Frankenhausen and grew up in Rottleben, Germany.
In 1998, after having finished her Abitur, she started her professionel model career.
In 1995, she applied for Bravo"s Boy & Girl contest. She made it among the best ten models and gained the opportunity to do a test shooting for Louisa Models in Munich. Eva worked in Paris, Tokyo, and New York, e.g. for Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein and walked for different Prêt-à-Porter shows.
Besides the catwalk and the photo shootings, she became a frequently asked model for commercials and advertising campaigns: Since 2003, she has been the face of the world-known make-up-brand Astor.
In May 2005, she appeared in the television commercial of the candy brand "Gletscher Eis" and in September of the same year she became not only the new face of the Korean automobile manufacturer Kia Motors, but also the new cover top-model of the mail order company Otto and campaign model for Nintendo"s Nintendogs. Since May 2006, she has been promoting the new drink "König Pilsener Lemon" of the brand König Pilsener.
In May 2004, Padberg was photographed for the German Playboy by Ellen von Unwerth. In 2005, she was voted "Sexiest Woman of the World" by the readers of FHM and became cover model of the magazine Gentlemen’s Quarterly in 2006.
She is also a singer and songwriter of Dapayk & Padberg, a well-known electronic club acting in September 2005.
In 2005, she started acting and had minor roles in her debut Maria an Callas (2006) and the film adaptation of the video game In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007). Padberg is active for numerous charitable projects such as SOS Children"s Villages. She has also served as an ambassadress for United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. Since May 2007, Eva has also represented Mercedes-Benz as a brand ambassador at international fashion and lifestyle events, including Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin and Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Mexico.
In June 2010, she began collaborating with German Fairtrade fashion label armedangels together with Niklas Worgt.
Their own t-shirt "Two Hearts - One Rhythm" is sold online.