Daniela Peštová (born 14 October 1970) is a Czech model. She was born in
Teplice
Teplice () (until 1948 Teplice-Šanov; german: Teplitz-Schönau or ''Teplitz'') is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 49,000 inhabitants. It is the second largest Czech spa town, after Karlovy Vary. The his ...
,
Czech Republic
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, and was discovered by the Madison Modeling Agency's Dominique Caffin. She had plans to attend college after grammar school but after winning a
modelling contest she moved to Paris to sign with Madison Modeling Agency. She moved to New York, and from there, her career took off.
Career
She has appeared on the covers of ''
GQ'', ''
Marie Claire
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'', ''
Cosmopolitan
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Food and drink
* Cosmopolitan (cocktail), also known as a "Cosmo"
History
* Rootless cosmopolitan, a Soviet derogatory epithet during Joseph Stalin's anti-Semitic campaign of 1949–1953
Hotels and resorts
* Cosmopoli ...
'', ''
Glamour
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Arts
Film
* ''Glamour'' (1931 film), a British film
* ''Glamour'' (1934 film), an American film
* ''Glamour'' (2000 film), a Hungarian film
Writing
* ''Glamour'' (magazine), a magazine for women
* ''The Glamour ...
'' and ''
Elle''. She appeared in the ''
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue'' (second of Czechoslovak descent, after
Paulina Porizkova) and has been modelling for the magazine for years, appearing on the cover three times, in 1995, 2000 and 2006. In addition to working with
photographer
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s on her ''
Sports Illustrated
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'' shoots, she was the subject of
Joanne Gair's inaugural
body painting works as part of the ''Sports Illustrated'' Swimsuit Issue. She has modelled for
L'Oréal
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and
Victoria's Secret
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.
Personal life
Peštová married Tommaso Buti (former
CEO
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of
Fashion Café) in 1995, but they were divorced in 1998. The couple had a son, Yannick Fausto (b. 1996).
She has a daughter, Ella Joy (born 21 July 2002) and a son, Paul Henry (born 2009) with her present partner, Slovak singer Pavol Habera, frontman of Slovak band ''TEAM''. She was dubbed "The Chameleon" for continuously changing her look.
Pestova's Nickname
She speaks Russian, English, French and Italian fluently, as well as her native Czech.
References
External links
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1970 births
Living people
Czech female models
People from Teplice
Victoria's Secret Angels