Daniela Pestova life and biography

Daniela Peštová is a Czech model. She was born in Teplice, Czech Republic, and was discovered by the Madison Modeling Agency's Dominique Caffin. She had plans to attend college but after winning a modelling contest she moved to Paris to sign with Madison Modeling Agency. She moved to New York and from there her career took off.

Career Highlights:


1990:
- Appears in GUESS? ad campaign alongside Claudia Schiffer
1991:
- Lands first major cover for Cosmopolitan
1992:
- Moves to New York to pursue modeling full-time
- Appears on cover of Cosmopolitan
- Appears on cover of Mademoiselle
1993:
- Lands on cover of Glamour four times (January, March, September, October)
1994:
- Signs contract with L’Oreal
- Lands on the cover of Glamour three times (January, May, November)
- Appears on the cover of the premier issue of Czech Elle
1996:
- Signs contract with Victoria’s Secret
- Lands on cover of British Cosmopolitan three times (January, March, June)
- Appears on cover of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue
- Appears on cover of Australian Vogue
1998:
- Walks the annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show
2000:
- Appears on cover of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue
2001:
- Walks the annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show
2003:
- Appears in the H&M lingere ad campaign alongside Naomi Campbell
2006:
- Appears on the all-star cover of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, alongside Veronica Varekova, Elle Macpherson, Rebecca Romjin, Rachel Hunter, Elsa Benitez, Carolyn Murphy, and Yamila Diaz-Rahi
- Appears in Italian Elle editorial
- Appears on the Today show alongside Elsa Benitez and Yamila Diaz-Rahi to speak about the all-star Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover (30 OCT)
- Featured in WWD as one of the models GUESS? helped to launch (16 APR)
2009:
- Featured on the cover of Czech Marie Claire

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