Petra Nemcova

(December 26, 2004) Had to hang on to a tree for eight hours when tsunami hit Phuket, Thailand where she has been vacationing. She suffered multiple broken bones and internal injuries. Her boyfriend, photographer Simon Atlee, has been killed by the waves.

I love to dance. I can dance for, like, four or five hours nonstop without even drinking water. It's a beautiful, beautiful thing.