EVA HERZIGOVA

Eva Herzigová was born in Litvínov, Czechoslovakia (now Czech 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 advertising executive Trevor Beattie, working for TBWA/London, developed an ad for Sara Lee’s “Hello Boys” Wonderbra campaign in 1994. It 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.

She was also featured in Guess? jeans advertisements. She has also appeared in the Victoria’s Secret catalog and Sports Illustrated. She was a member of Thomas Zeumer’s Metropolitan Models. 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. It featured fashions by Agent Provocateur and H&M.
She was offered first the role of Mandy in Eyes Wide Shut (1999) by Stanley Kubrick, but she refused because there were too many naked scenes, and Kubrick didn’t want to modify them..
Has been in a relationship with Gregorio Marsiaj since 2002 and they have 3 sons together.

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