Things are very different since the last time we shot Miss Kurkova (she was #50 on the MDC Top 50 Working Models list and the decision to make her the covergirl was universally scoffed at.) Back then she got that MDC cover because in that very first comp card, her beauty was poetic in its remoteness. Back then everybody wanted to be icy and cool and deadpan.

But fashion, that creature of compulsive change has changed again and whereas two years ago sexy and gorgeous was synoymous with corny and commercial, now the post-recession law among clients seems to be "If she can't wear a bikini and win, don't call".

Victoria's Secret	Celine

Kurkova, when she stalked out first at the now infamous Victoria's Secret show broadcast on ABC ...