Karolína Kurková is a Czech model and businesswoman born in 1984, who grew up in Děčín and made her name in the international fashion industry.
Karolína Kurková (born 1984) is a Czech model and businesswoman who made her name in the fashion industry abroad. According to Czech Radio, she is among the highest-paid models in the world.[1][2]
Life and career
She was born in 1984 and a year later moved with her family to northern Bohemia, to Děčín, where she spent her childhood.[1] Her photographs first reached a modelling agency before she turned fifteen. Soon afterwards she signed a contract with Prada in Milan. She is 182 centimetres tall.[1]
At seventeen she appeared on the cover of Vogue. She moved to New York and walked for fashion houses including Dior, Versace, Valentino and Hugo Boss.[1] People magazine named her among the hundred most beautiful people in the world. She also appeared in the films G.I. Joe and My Sexiest Year.[1]
Business
According to Czech Radio, she runs businesses in food supplements and natural cosmetics and works with a company that makes baby strollers.[1] Forbes.cz lists her as a model and businesswoman associated with the company Gryph & IvyRose. As a mother of three she works with the brand Cybex, founded by the Czech-born Martin Pos, and is active in food supplements, baby food and cosmetics. More than a million people follow her on Instagram. In the ranking published by Forbes.cz she is placed 177th, with her age given as 39.[2]
Residence
According to Czech Radio, she lives in Miami and occasionally returns to the Czech Republic to see relatives and friends. In one interview, according to the same source, she said she has ladyfinger biscuits and margotky sent to the United States from Czechia.[1]