Eva Herzigová

Eva Herzigová is a Czech model, actress, and fashion journalist born on 10 March 1973. Standing 1.80 meters (5 feet 11 inches) tall, she emerged as a prominent figure in 1990s modeling and became recognized as one of the supermodels alongside Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, and Christy Turlington.

Herzigová was born in Litvínov, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic), to an accountant mother, Eva, and an electrician father. Growing up, she excelled in gymnastics, basketball, track, and cross-country skiing. She began modeling at age 16 after winning a Metropolitan Models contest in Prague in 1989, subsequently moving to Paris.

In Paris, Herzigová achieved breakthrough fame as the face of the 1994 "Hello Boys" campaign for the Wonderbra. Created by advertising executive Trevor Beattie for TBWA/London and the Canada-based lingerie label, the campaign featured a billboard photo of Herzigová in a black bra. The poster was showcased at the Victoria and Albert Museum, voted tenth in a "Poster of the Century" contest, and named the most iconic outdoor ad of the past five decades by the Outdoor Media Centre in 2011.

Herzigová has worked with major fashion houses and designers, including Dolce & Gabbana, Chanel, Versace, Louis Vuitton, Giles Deacon, and Emilio Pucci. She appeared in campaigns for Guess? jeans, Victoria's Secret, and Sports Illustrated, as well as posing for Playboy in August 2004. Herzigová has covered magazines including Vogue, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, and Glamour. She portrayed Venus at the 2006 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony, represented Dior's Capture Totale line from 2013 to 2021, and joined Giorgio Armani's New Normal Campaign in 2016.

In film and television, Herzigová has appeared in Les Anges gardiens (1995), My Best Friend's Wife (1998), Modigliani (2004), and A Prominent Patient (2017), alongside starring in the fashion art film Decadent Control. She also works as editor-at-large for Vogue Czechoslovakia.

Herzigová supports health-related causes, notably collaborating with DKMS to combat leukemia and encourage bone marrow donation. After learning of a child with the disease, she promoted the "Get Swabbed, Save a Life" campaign to expand DNA databases for transplant matches.

Herzigová speaks Czech, Russian, English, French, and Italian. She was married to Bon Jovi drummer Tico Torres from September 1996 to June 1998. She later settled in Italy with Italian businessman Gregorio Marsiaj, with whom she has three sons: George, Philip, and Edward. The couple became engaged in 2017 and married in Turin on 11 July 2026.