Zdenka Podkapova At Nude Celebrities 4u

Zdenka Podkapova's Bio

My name is Zdenka Podkapova and I'm from the Czech Republic in Europe. I live in the second capital city, called Brno. I'm 26 years old and I've been in the business for eight years.

When I was younger I never thought or imagined I would become a successful model. I was a professional gymnast for more than ten years and sport was my whole world. I wasn't the best gymnast in the world but I did have some success; I was in the Czech national team for five years and I became the Czech national champion four times during my young career.

But when I gave up gymnastics my life completely changed and I began another new and exciting chapter. At 18 I was approached by a photographer, but I hung back because I was studying Economics at the time. When I finished school I contacted him and we made some test pictures. At that point I was still unsure, but he liked my look and we went from there.

My first professional photoshoot was in October 1996 on Gran Canaria Island. We worked flat out every day for two weeks shooting new pictorials. It was a very good experience for me and I learned a lot there. When we got back to the Czech Republic I started to collaborate with this photographer not just as a model but as a computer assistant and later as a make-up artist. We were good friends and worked very hard together for two years. Later I grew more ambitious and tried contacting USA Penthouse. It worked and I soon went to work with them.

My first pictorials for USA Penthouse came out in April 1998. I was chosen as Penthouse Pet of the Month. Two years later I won USA Penthouse Pet of the Year 2001. I never thought that I could win. It was a very big surprise for me and I cried like a baby. I received 100,000 USD and a golden key with coronet. I was the first girl in history from the Czech Republic to win the title of Pet of the Year and only the second girl from Europe.

I loved working with Penthouse because their team was very professional. Many people have asked me if this title (Pet of the Year) changed my life. It didn't exactly change my life, but it did bring me better exposure and open a lot of doors; new and better jobs and a chance to meet really interesting people. I got many offers from many magazines like Maxim, Esquire, Front etc., which were interested in publishing my pictures and I also received very interesting offers for different campaigns.

One of my favorite photographers is Christophe Mourthe. I love the variety in his art. He prefers to collaborate with only a handful of select models. I'm so glad we hit it off. I love to work with him. He is regarded as one of the best fetish photographers in the world. He's a really nice person and what I really like about him is that he's not just running a factory line of erotic pictures for the net like so many other erotic photographers.