Popular Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model, TV show host, and Tsunami survivor Petra Nemcova told Women's Wear daily, "I love challenges and love to achieve things and to push myself. For me, life is about learning and growing. For me, to stop learning is to stop living."
In the above photo Petra Nemcova wears a white Marchesa gown at amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS 2008 at Le Moulin de Mougins in Mougins, France. Nemcova is adorned in drop earrings and a beautiful bracelet. "For me, jewelry is an easy way to make a personal statement with your look," says Nemcova. Petra codesigned a line under her name for the jewelry store Fortunoff, retailing from $125 to about $5,000. "I feel very blessed to now be a part of the Fortunoff family and the pieces I designed not only add a glamorous and sexy touch to any outfit, they add a bit of light and hope to your outlook each and every day." 
Above left Petra Nemcova went braless, wearing a revealing white floor length satin gown, at the premiere of French movie Un Conte de Noel in Cannes last year. And above right nicely covered up in Central Park, New York.
New York has been home to the Czech model for more than ten years, after she was turned away from modeling jobs in Europe because of her curvy figure. Petra Nemcova made it big thanks to Sports Illustrated where such curves are more welcome! The brown-haired beauty was featured in the swimsuit issue from 2001 till 2006. While suffering broken bones in the 2004 Tsunami, and losing the love of her life, Petra returned to modeling after recovering with the help of family and friends in the Czech Republic.
Growing up Petra wasn't much of an athlete, but later she picked up challenging sports like scuba diving and sky-diving. Nemcova knows the importance of exercise saying she tries to workout daily: "When I have time and hour each day. Otherwise, if possible, at least 30 minutes." Petra is also into spiritual Yoga: "A meditation technique based on receiving and sending energy to yourself and others," she told Harper's Bazaar.
The pressures of toning down her curves for modeling jobs got to Petra Nemcova so much that she used to take laxative pills to flush out food from her system. After her Tsunami near-death experience Petra says she has learned to respect her body. In 2007 she turned vegan, alarmed at the depletion of global fish stocks. One of the advantages of being a vegan, says Nemcova: "When you go to a restaurant, you do not have to spend an hour searching in the menu, just say you want something that is vegan, like tofu......But I might go vegetarian - my body is craving feta cheese."
Petra Nemcova with Bar Refaeli at the Somaly Mam Benefit, raising awareness of the sex slave trade, at the Tribeca Rooftop Grill on April 8, 2008 in New York City. Petra Nemcova, currently dating Cambridge University graduate and Dubai oil baron Bader Jafar, describes what attracts her to a man: "For me, the eyes are important, a window into the soul."
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