Petra Nemcova (HQ)

Petra Němcová ,born 24 June 1979 in Czech Republic ,is a model, television host, author, and philanthropist. She is also the founder and president of Happy Hearts Fund. In December 2004, she was injured in Thailand by a tsunami resulting from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake; her then-fiancé, photographer Simon Atlee, was killed in the tsunami. Her last name pronounce nyem-tsaw-vah:.