Ch, Ch, Czech her out: Pouty Petra Nemcova, a comely cover girl and swimsuit model, is not just a pretty face—she’s a tough-as-nails survivor of the infamous 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The phenomenally pretty Petra grew up under Communist rule in Czechoslovakia before getting spotted and signed to a modelling agency on the streets of Prague. From there, she moved to Milan and her modeling career took off, although it really hit the stratosphere when she landed the cover of the perennial spank Bible, Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue, in 2003. For longtime readers: it's the one with the woman tying her bikini bottom in a barely hanging on red bikini. Tragedy struck the very next year when she was seriously injured—and her fiancé was killed—in the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that killed over 227 thousand people, while the pair was vacationing in Thailand. Petra had to cling to a palm tree for over eight hours awaiting rescue, but you can’t keep a good supermodel down for long, and Petra was back in front of the cameras soon enough, her bod in better shape than ever. Don’t miss the Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 2004 video to check out what naughty Nemcova has under her clothes. Another sexy look at the sexual supernova that is Petra Nemcova came when she competed on season twelve of Dancing With the Stars, especially in a rockin rockabilly performance set to Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love." These days Petra has been mixing hosting duties on Fashion News Live with running All Hands and Hearts (AHAH) her charity that seeks to help communities rebuild following disasters. We're all hand and hard on (HAHO) thinking about doing some heavy petting with Petra Nemcova!