Czech supermodel Petra Nemcova has been named as the new face of British department store John Lewis.
A spokesperson for John Lewis said Nemcova had been chosen due to her “ageless beauty”…she will be fronting the stores autumn fashion advertising campaign.
Nemcova, who is currently dating singer James Blunt, shot to fame after surviving the Asian Tsunami.
She and her British fiancé Simon Atlee were caught up in the disaster while staying at the Thai resort of Khao Lak, while she clung to a tree for eight hours her fiancée was swept away to his death.
Since then Nemcova has set up the charity Happy Hearts to help children orphaned by the Tsunami.