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Born
October 14, 1970, and raised in the Czech Republic,
Daniela Pestova grew up in the midst of political bedlam.
Lucky she came from an upper class family and by the
time she was 19 years old, she ended up getting discovered
by the Madison Modeling Agency's Dominique Caffin in
Prague.
Although
she had originally planned to attend college and get
her degree in Education, after being spotted going into
a theater, Daniela was asked to enter a modeling contest.
As is no surprise, considering she is 5'11" and
beautiful, Daniela won the contest and soon rushed off
to Paris to sign up with Dominique's modeling agency.
In
1990, Daniela began making her mark by appearing in
Guess? ads alongside Claudia Schiffer, and as is quite
evident, just about every Guess? model eventually turns
into a bigtime model.
Three
years after being discovered, Daniela decided to move
to New York - even though she didn't speak a word of
English. Nevertheless, her career took off and she began
appearing on the covers of such reputable magazines
as Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Glamour and Elle.
It
was in 1994 that Daniela landed a huge contract with
the noted cosmetics company L'Oreal and became their
model and spokesperson - obviously she had learned to
speak the language by this time.
As
well, Daniela started modeling sexy lingerie for Victoria's
Secret, as did her colleagues Stephanie Seymour, Tyra
Banks and Yasmeen Ghauri. And in 1995 and 1998, Daniela
graced the cover of Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue.
On
the personal front, Daniela is married to Tomasso Buti
who, conveniently enough, was the former CEO of the
flailing Fashion Café. And in 1996, Daniela gave
birth to their first-born son, Yannick. Unfortunately,
Daniela called it quits with Buti in 1998 and the two
got divorced soon afterwards.
Also,
it's noteworthy that although Daniela couldn't speak
a word of English when she first arrived in the US,
she did speak fluent Russian, Italian, French, and Czech.
Presently,
Daniela has her own annual swimsuit calendar and plans
to have a house full of children one day. Either way,
it's evident that Daniela's beauty has endured through
time and she is going to be gracing the covers of magazines
for years to come
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Born
October 14, 1970, and raised in the Czech Republic, Daniela
Pestova grew up in the midst of political bedlam. Lucky she
came from an upper class family and by the time she was 19
years old, she ended up getting discovered by the Madison
Modeling Agency's Dominique Caffin in Prague.
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