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'Karolína Isela Kurková' (born February 28 1984) is a Czech supermodel, best known as one of the Victoria's Secret Angels. Mario Testino said of Kurková, ''"The proportions of her body and her face, as well as her energy level, make her a model who could fit almost into any moment."''^[1] Designer Marc Jacobs said, ''"She has an angelic look with a dark side, she's sweet and fun but looks like she could be an evil bewitching child."'' ''Vogue'' editor Anna Wintour called her the ''"next supermodel."''.

Contents

Early life and career

Modeling career

Personal life

Charity

References

External links

Early life and career

Karolína Kurková was born in Děčín, Czech Republic, to Josef Kurka, a Czech basketball player, and a Slovak mother.
After a friend sent photos of Kurková to an agency in Prague, she immediately landed a runway appearance, as well as a commercial and print ad. She later traveled to Milan to gain more experience. There, Miuccia Prada, the designer behind the brand Prada, signed her to a modeling contract. ^[2]

Modeling career

Kurkova on Vogue Brasil

In September 1999, Kurková met with ''Vogue'' editors in New York City, then she moved to NYC permanently. At seventeen years old, she landed a spot on the cover of the February 2001 issue of ''Vogue''. Kurková was now recognized at haute couture fashion shows, and lingerie brand Victoria's Secret chose her to be a part of that year's televised fashion show special. ^[3]Prominent fashion houses such as Yves Saint Laurent signed Kurková to modeling contracts. Print campaigns for Tommy Hilfiger, Valentino, and others helped expose her even more, while she headlined the second Victoria's Secret show the following year. She was named "Model of the Year" at the 2002 VH1/''Vogue'' Fashion Awards. Kurková later signed contracts with designers including Ralph Lauren, Óscar de la Renta, Chanel and Balenciaga.
Most recently, she has appeared on the cover of Korea's ''W'', as well as the Greek ''Vogue''. Kurková has been featured in fashion spreads in most major fashion magazines including U.K., U.S., and French ''Vogue'' (as well as other international versions of), ''Vanity Fair'', and ''The Face''. She has worked with well-known fashion photographers including Steven Klein, Mario Sorrenti, and Mario Testino. She was also featured in the 2006 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
Kurková is also set to make her film debut alongside Frankie Muniz, Harvey Keitel and Amber Valletta in Howard Himelstein's coming-of-age dramedy, ''My Sexiest Year''. ^[4]
Kurková is among the world's top-earning models. ^[5][6]

Personal life

She currently lives in Florida.

Charity

In March 2006, Kurková received an award from the non-profit organization, Women Together, for her humanitarian work. Kurková was honored for working for the welfare of children through organizations such as "The Beautiful Life Fund", "Free Arts" and "Global Youth Action Network". ^[7]

References

1. http://models.com/model_culture/tales_model/Karolina02/
2. "Karolina Kurkova".AskMen. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
3. "Profile of Karolina Kurkova'.Fashion Model Directory. Retrieved 2005-11-13.
4. "My Sexiest Year".imdb. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
5. Forbes Top Fifteen Modelshttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/16/wforbes116.xml. Retrieved on 2007-06-16.
6. Forbes Top Fifteen ModelsForbes. Retrieved on 2007-06-16.
7. "GYAN Advisor".youthlink.org. Retrieved 2007-06-04.

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