Petra Nemcova, who once dated James Blunt, shows off her sexy side

Petra was first spotted by a talent scout in Czechoslovakia at 16 and went on to become a popular Sports Illustrated cover girl.

While she has enjoyed a successful career, she has also experienced heartache - she surviving the 2004 tsunami after clinging to a tree for eight hours, but the disaster claimed the life of her fianc, British photographer Simon Atlee.