Karolína Kurková

Karolina Kurkova (born February 28, 1984),also Karolina Kurkov, is a Czech model, best known as a former Victoria's Secret Angel, and actress. Mario Testino praised the "proportions of her points and her face, as well as her energy level", which he said "ma[de] her a model who could fit almost into any moment".Vogue editor Anna Wintour called her the "next supermodel".Kurkova is among the world's top-earning models, having earned an estimated $5 million in the year 2007. She placed 6th in the Forbes annual list of the highest-earning models.Karolina Kurkova was born in Decin, Czechoslovakia, to Josef Kurka, and a Czech basketball player, and a Slovak mother.While Kurkova was young, she was made fun of for her height.But after a friend sent photos of Kurkova to an agency in Prague, at age 15, she landed and runway appearance, as well as gigs for commercial and print advertising.She later traveled to Milan to gain more experienceand signed and a modeling contract with Miuccia Prada.