Compassionate_Conservative Posted June 24, 2007 Posted June 24, 2007 Happy Birthday, Petra!!!!I Love you!!!!!!!!!!! Quote
Compassionate_Conservative Posted June 29, 2007 Posted June 29, 2007 Petra Nemcova Starved Herself To Fit In Czech beauty Petra Nemcova used to starve herself in order to fit in with other models. The supermodel is famed for her shapely curves now, but admits she tried a range of diets, including a fruit-only eating plan, at the beginning of her modeling career. She tells Britain's Closer magazine, "I may have curves now, but when I started it was in the middle of the heroin chic phase. The likes of Kate Moss and Jodie Kidd almost forced everyone to be really skinny. I tried many diets, from eating very little or just protein to having only fruit all day. It was terrible for my metabolism and took me years to recover." Quote
anna89 Posted June 29, 2007 Posted June 29, 2007 Petra and Leonardo Dicaprio from a brazilian site www.glamuramapop.com.br Quote
funkyflamingo Posted June 29, 2007 Posted June 29, 2007 thanks Anna and CC for the news and pictures Quote
Compassionate_Conservative Posted June 30, 2007 Posted June 30, 2007 You're welcome, funkyflamingoThanks, Anna! Quote
rumorhasit Posted July 2, 2007 Posted July 2, 2007 From her new show premiering July 13th. You can read more here http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/a-model-life/a-model-life.html Quote
poutykisses Posted July 2, 2007 Posted July 2, 2007 has anyone else seen her commercial for hp computers? its really cute! Quote
Compassionate_Conservative Posted July 2, 2007 Posted July 2, 2007 ^ OMG!!! It's on TV???? No, but I want to!!Thanks, rumor! I will definitely watch her show on TLC. Quote
~ * AdRi * ~ Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 I just set my DVR to record the whole future series ! Can't wait! Quote
Compassionate_Conservative Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 Petra was on Good Morning America yesterday. Unfortunately, I didn't know that she was on, so I didn't watch GMA yesterday. I just found that out today. Does anyone have the interview video from GMA yesterday? Quote
rumorhasit Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 NutraCea, (OTC BB: NTRZ) along with Petra Nemcova, Founder of Happy Hearts Fund and Larry Jones, Founder of Feed the Children announces a major initiative to feed tens of thousands of malnourished children in Indonesia. Presentations focusing on the global hunger crisis at the press reception will begin tonight at 6:30 pm at the Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York City. http://www.financialnewsusa.com/release.php?rlsid=735 Quote
rumorhasit Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 Model Nemcova take lessons from survival to reality TVNEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - After surviving the southeast Asian tsunami, Czech model Petra Nemcova says everything she does in life has to have meaning, even a new reality TV show in which she mentors six models.Nemcova, 28, survived the December 2004 disaster by clinging a palm tree for several hours. Her fiance, photographer Simon Atlee, was killed when the couple's hotel at the Thai resort of Khoa Lak was struck by the tsunami.Since then the model has set up the Happy Hearts Funds to raise money for children suffering hardship due to natural, economic or health related disasters and also insists companies who use her in their campaigns donate to charity.In her latest venture, Nemcova is hosting a TV show called "A Model Life with Petra Nemcova" which premieres on U.S. cable channel TLC on July 13 and follows her as she mentors six models who come to New York seeking a contract.Nemcova said the show appealed to her because it was not just about the reality of the fashion industry but also about teaching these models about life."After the tsunami everything I do has to have some kind of meaning -- either inspirational or for charity -- otherwise I just won't do it," Nemcova told Reuters in an interview."This is to help these young girls, help them achieve their dreams. They learn a lot about other cultures, about modeling , overcoming adversity, appreciating what we have and freedom.Nemcova chose the models and coaches them about dealing with finicky photographers and designers and who to go to for diet advice as they enter the cut-throat modeling world.Nemcova became a model at age 16 after being spotted in a talent search. She became an international name after appearing on the cover of the 2003 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue.She admits she has struggled to stay slim enough for the catwalk, at times barely eating, and had to fight to be treated with respect rather than as a clothes horse."I went through many different diets and used to live on just tomatoes or carrots. I never became anorexic but after doing so many diets my digestive system was off. It is getting better now," she said.Nemcova said she also draws the models' attention to the potential for abuse within the industry."I know there is huge manipulation happening and girls who are naive get abused for their money, emotionally, even physically," she said.Nemcova said surviving the tsunami and her experience in modeling had taught her the need to focus on the positive."If you focus on the good things you can become stronger and happier but if you focus on the bad things you can go down in a spiral. We can all overcome adversity," she said.http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMo...05?pageNumber=1 Quote
~*BeTtY*~ Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 OOOh I'm not a fan of her, but I'm sooooo happy for her new show!! I can't wait to see it...I'm so exited since that's been always my dream & I think that show will be more real then ANTM & there are actually girls from different countries... There's 1 from Slovakia.. I'll be probly be rooten for her since she's eastern european Quote
LisaU123 Posted July 7, 2007 Posted July 7, 2007 When we went for the taping of the show we got to meet all the girls. They are all incredibly talented! Quote
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