Alena Seredova

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Alena Šeredová

Birthdate	March 21, 1978 (1978-03-21) (age�32)
Birth location	Prague, Czechoslovakia (present Czech Republic)
Birth name	Alena Šeredová
Measurements	94-60-92 (EU)
Height	1.81�m (5�ft 11⁄₂�in)
Eye colour	Dark brown
Hair colour	Dark brown (originally black)
Ethnicity	Czech
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Alena Šeredová (Czech pronunciation:�[ˈalɛna ˈʃɛrɛdovaː]; born 21 March 1978 Prague) is a Czech model currently living and working in Italy. Ironically for a model, the Czech surname Šereda means ugly person.

Career

Alena's modeling career started at the age of 15. Five years later, Šeredová was first runner-up of Miss Czech Republic 1998 and her country's representative at Miss World 1998 where she placed fourth in the finals. She started her career as a model in 2002. Šeredová was chosen by the Italian comedian Giorgio Panariello to co-host his own prime-time TV show Torno Sabato. Alena has been featured on the covers of several magazines including Penthouse Europe, Playboy Europe, Spy, Extreme and Quo. In 2005, Šeredová was chosen to pose in Max Calendar.

Personal life

Šeredová is currently living with Italian national football goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon. They have a son named Louis Thomas Buffon, who was born on 28 December 2007. Their second son, David Lee was born on 1 November 2009.

She has a sister named Eliška, who is also a model. Her mother's name is Jitka Šeredová.

Šeredová co-owns the Italian clothing-line Baci e Abbracci together with Buffon's former national teammate, Christian Vieri.

Filmography

Ho visto le stelle (I Have Seen the Stars) (2003; Viděl jsem hvězdy); comedy, running time: 91 minutes,
director: Vincenzo Salemme
Christmas in Love (2004; Zamilované Vánoce); comedy, running time: 118 minutes,
director: Neri Parenti