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bad frankenhausen , germany 27 january 1980 evapadberg1.jpg eva padberg
 eva padberg
eva padberg

eva padberg -lrb- born 27 january 1980 -rrb- is a german fashion model , singer , and actress .
padberg was born in bad frankenhausen and grew up in rottleben , germany .
in 1995 , she applied for `` bravo '' 's `` boy & girl '' contest ; she made it among the best ten models and gained the opportunity to do a test shooting for louisa models in munich .
in 1998 , after having finished her abitur , she started her professionel model career .
eva worked in paris , tokyo , and new york , e.g. for ralph lauren and calvin klein and walked for different prêt-à-porter shows .
besides the catwalk and the photo shootings , she became a frequently asked model for commercials and advertising campaigns : since 2003 , she has been the face of the world-known make-up-brand astor .
in may 2005 , she appeared in the tv commercial of the candy brand `` gletscher eis '' and in september of the same year she became not only the new face of the korean automobile manufacturer kia motors , but also the new cover top-model of the mail order company otto and campaign model for nintendo 's `` nintendogs '' .
since may 2006 , she has been promoting the new drink `` könig pilsener lemon '' of the brand könig pilsener .
in may 2004 , padberg was photographed for the german playboy by ellen von unwerth .
in 2005 , she was voted `` sexiest woman of the world '' by the readers of fhm and became cover model of the magazine gq in 2006 .
she is also a singer and songwriter of dapayk & padberg , a well-known electronic club act .
together with her husband niklas worgt , also known as dapayk , she released various singles followed by their first album `` close up '' on mo 's ferry prod .
in september 2005 .
in 2005 , she started acting and had minor roles in her debut '' '' -lrb- 2006 -rrb- and the film adaptation of the video game `` in the name of the king : a dungeon siege tale '' -lrb- 2007 -rrb- .
she also worked in the jury of germany 's `` star search '' and , in 2006 , as a presenter for the bambi award of hubert burda media together with talk show host harald schmidt .
on july 29 , 2006 , after a relationship of ten years , she married the music producer niklas worgt .
padberg is active for numerous charitable projects such as sos children 's villages .
she has also served as an ambassadress for unicef .
since may 2007 , eva has also represented mercedes-benz as a brand ambassador at international fashion and lifestyle events , including mercedes-benz fashion week berlin and mercedes-benz fashion week mexico .
in june 2010 , she began collaborating with german fairtrade fashion label armedangels together with niklas worgt .
their own t-shirt `` two hearts - one rhythm '' is sold online .
