Petra Němcová
(born June 24, 1979 in Karviná (now Czech Republic);
pronounced Nyemtzovah) is a fashion supermodel. In
December 2004, she was injured in Thailand by a tsunami
resulting from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake; her
then-fiancé, Simon Atlee, was killed in the tsunami.
Her father was a mason and her mother, a teacher. She
became a model after being spotted at the age of 16
during a national talent search.
She was featured on the cover of the 2003 Sports
Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, and has also modeled for
Victoria's Secret, and for many other companies in the
women's clothing market. On June 3, 2004, she was one of
the telecast judges during the 53rd annual Miss Universe
competition in Quito, Ecuador.
The 2004 tsunami: During the Indian Ocean
earthquake of December 26, 2004, Petra was at the Khao
Lak resort in Thailand with her main photographer and
fiancé, Simon Atlee when a tsunami struck where they
were staying. Initially, Atlee was presumed missing, but
his body was found and identified on March 3, 2005, on
the shores of Sumatra (near the epicenter of the
earthquake that caused the Tsunami).
Atlee was killed by drowning, and Němcová suffered
a broken pelvis and serious internal injuries, but she
managed to hold onto the top of a palm tree, reportedly
for eight hours, until she was rescued by Thai civilians
and airlifted to an inland hospital nearby. Petra spent
three weeks in a Thai hospital, and then flew home to
the Czech Republic, where she spent an additional three
weeks in the hospital. Atlee's body was not found until
over two months after the tsunami. Petra's first
interview after her near-death experience was with Diane
Sawyer on ABC's Primetime Live, on March 9, 2005. She
has also spoken of her experiences on the "Coady
Read Live" program on CNN.
Moving on: Glamour magazine recently awarded Němcová
a "Survivor Award" for the tsunami ordeal, and
how she has picked up her life since then, her comeback
being complete with her appearance in the 2006 Sports
Illustrated swimsuit issue. She also appeared in the
2007 British FHM calendar as Miss May. She is now the
host of TLC's A Model Life.
She wrote Love Always, Petra, published December 2005.
It tells of her early life under Communist rule in
Czechoslovakia, her entrance into the field of fashion
and modeling, and her breakthrough into Sports
Illustrated, which was her springboard to becoming a
supermodel. She also tells of her life with Simon Atlee
and how they fell in love and became engaged to marry.
On July 7, 2007 she presented at the American leg of
Live Earth. She is working with HP computers to produce
a multi-million dollar TV and web campaign. She dated
British singer James Blunt in 2006, but they broke up.
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