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Daniela Pestova Profile |
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Birth Date: October 14, 1970
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Birth Place: Teplice, Czech Republic
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Birth Name: Daniela Pestova
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Height: 5'11"
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Biography |
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 Caf. 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
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Other
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Had son Yannick Fausto Buti in 1996
First job was as a mail carrier in Czechoslovakia
Studied Languages at University before becoming a model with
hopes of being a teacher.
Started Modeling at the age of 17 in Prague.
Daniela is expecting her second child, a girl in summer 2002
welcomed daughter Ella on July 21st 2002. The baby weighed
7lbs 6oz.
Measurements: 35 1/2- 23 - 35 1/3 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth
magazine) |
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