arolina Kurkova Biography
Karolina Kurkova is a famous Victoria's Secret Angel. Kurkova was born in February 28, 1984. Karolina is a Czech supermodel, best known as one of the Victoria's Secret Angels. Karolina Kurkova has modeled with victoria secrets diomond bra. Mario Testino said of Kurková, 'The proportions of her body and face, as well as energy level, make her a model who could fit almost into any moment.' Designer Marc Jacobs said on Karolina Kurkova, '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 Karolina Kurkova the 'next supermodel.'
Karolina Kurkova was born in Czech Republic, to Josef Kurka, a Czech basketball player, and a Slovak mother. Karolina Kurkova had a slight taste of what celebrity would be like, as her father Josef Kurka was a star basketball player. As a child, her height made her relatively awkward and gangly, but that would all change with age. After a friend sent photos of Kurková to an agency in Prague (as is the case of most models), Karolina Kurkova immediately landed a runway appearance, as well as a commercial and print ad. It followed up with many modeling assignment in Milan and Karolina Kurkova rose to the forefront. In Milan, Miuccia Prada, the designer behind the brand Prada, signed Kurkova to a modeling contract.
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. Karolina Kurkova headlined the second Victoria's Secret show the following year. Karolina Kurkova 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. She was also featured in the 2006 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Pictures above shows Karolina Kurkova wearing Victoria's secret designer bra.
Most recently, Karolina 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.
Kurková is also set to make film debut alongside Frankie Muniz, Harvey Keitel and Amber Valletta in Howard Himelstein's coming-of-age dramedy, My Sexiest Year.
Karolina Kurkova Personal life
Karolina Kurkova currently lives in New York City's TriBeCa district with boyfriend and enjoys courtside basketball games at Madison Square Garden.
Karolina Kurkova models diamond bras
Hearts On Fire has created a dazzling diamond bra to celebrate the 10-year-anniversary of the Victoria's Secret 'Fantasy Bras,' which have a combined value that surpasses $96 million in diamonds, jewels and precious metals.
Inspired by the Victoria's Secret 'Very Sexy' collection, the balconet-style bra includes more than 2,000 diamonds and weighs 800 carats. The centerpiece is a 10-carat Hearts On Fire diamond brooch with a Victorian floral motif, meant to embody "the romance, glamour and sophistication that is Victoria's Secret."
Karolina Kurkova, a Victoria's Secret "angel," models this year's bra, which will be featured in the 2006 Victoria's Secret "Christmas Dreams and Fantasies" catalog, coming out this month. This is the second time Kurkova has had the honor of modeling one of the diamond bras, having donned the "Star of Victoria" in 2002.
The 2,000 Hearts On Fire diamonds that make up the Diamond Fantasy Bra required over 20,000 hours of labor to cut and polish, the company said. It took another 300 man-hours to design and create this special victoria secrets diomend bra.
"Trust but Verify", were the sage words of advice by our late President, Ronald Reagan. I'd like to get up close and examine those diamonds bra with my 10X loupe.
Karolina Kurkova Filmography
