Kurková is among the world’s top-earning models, having earned an estimated $5 million in the year 2007. She was placed 6th in the Forbes annual list of the highest earning models. Karolína Kurková was born in Decín, Czech Republic, to Josef Kurka, a Czech basketball player, and a Slovak mother. But after a friend sent photos of Kurková to an agency in Prague, she – at 15 – landed a runway appearance, as well as a commercial and print advertising. Kurková is also known for her unusual navel. in December 2007, she could be seen in print ads for Dell. in November 2008, E! Entertainment Television voted her the world’s sexiest woman, beating the likes of Angelina Jolie, Scarlett Johansson, Gisele Bündchen, and her fellow Angels Heidi Klum and Adriana Lima. Kurkova revealed that she has suffered from hypothyroidism, which caused her to gain weight.
