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 New York Daily News - Daily Dish & Gossip - Lure of glamour shattered   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Nemcova and her boyfriend, Simon Atlee, 33, were vacationing at a Thai beach resort when the tsunami struck Dec. 26.
Atlee was swept away and is presumed dead, while Nemcova shattered her pelvis and clung to the top of a palm tree, listening to the screams of dying children until she was rescued.
Members of Atlee's family visited her in the hospital two weeks ago, and she is slowly accepting that he is gone forever.
www.nydailynews.com /news/gossip/story/281711p-241383c.html   (541 words)

  
 World's Largest Prayer Board Annointed.net News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Nemcova and her fashion photographer boyfriend Simon Atlee, 33, were spending the holidays in a beachfront bungalow at the Thai resort of Khao Lak when Sunday's catastrophe struck.
Before she and Atlee could react, a wall of water shredded their wooden bungalow and sent them sprawling into a churning sea of debris that swallowed Atlee without a trace.
They were comfortable on glamorous beaches: He shot all the pictures for her 2005 calendar, many of them as they waded together in the warm waters off the south of France.
www.annointed.net /PrintArticle758.html   (852 words)

  
 Love Always, Petra by Petra Nemcova and Jane Scovell
Model Petra Nemcova and her fiancé, photographer Simon Atlee, were vacationing in Thailand.
Atlee and Nemcova date for eighteen months, in which they combine their personal lives within the hectic fashion industry.
Nemcova recalls their last conversation about children, which was their silent sign of the next step of the relationship: marriage.
www.myshelf.com /biography/06/lovealwayspetra.htm   (354 words)

  
 My Way - Star Magazine
The stunning 25-year-old runway princess and her boyfriend, London-based fashion photographer Simon Atlee, were in their beachfront bungalow in Phuket, Thailand, on Dec. 26 when a mammoth wave knocked it down.
The wave swept Atlee out to sea --he's still missing -- and broke Nemcova's pelvis and crushed her leg.
She understands Simon is missing, but she still thinks he'll be found.
entertainment.myway.com /celebgossip/star/id/01_11_2005.html   (263 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Body of Nemcova's boyfriend found (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The body of Czech supermodel Petra Nemcova's boyfriend has been found, two months after the couple was caught in the Asian tsunami while vacationing in Thailand, officials said Tuesday.
Caught in the tsunami: Simon Atlee and Petra Nemcova.
The body of British fashion photographer Simon Atlee, 33, was identified Friday.
www.usatoday.com.cob-web.org:8888 /life/people/2005-03-08-nemcova-interview_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA   (200 words)

  
 Body of Nemcova’s Boyfriend Found   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The body of British photographer Simon Atlee who was lost in tsunami wave, was found and identified in Thailand March 03.
The famous couple of Sports Illustrated cover model and fashion photographer whose romance lasted for two years were spending their Christmas holidays at the Thai resort of Khao Lak in a bungalow on the beach when the awful disaster happened.
Atlee's sister, Jodi Hansard told the New York Daily News from her London home: "We're very relieved that he's been found, and we're very grateful for all the hard work that people have done to help find him.
www.fashiongates.com /magazine/nemcova-09-03-05-17091.html   (381 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Model Petra Nemcova shares tsunami tragedy
Petra Nemcova talks about her harrowing experience and the death of her boyfriend, Simon Atlee, in the pounding waters of the Asian tsunami, in an interview to air on ABC.
Nemcova and Atlee, a 33-year-old British fashion photographer, were vacationing at the resort of Phuket in Thailand when the waves swept through their beach hut on Dec. 26.
Dr. Elton Strauss, chief of orthopedic trauma and adult reconstruction at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York, said Nemcova fractured every bone in her pelvis and is "truly a miracle person.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,600117315,00.html   (328 words)

  
 Love Always, Petra: A Story of Courage and the Discovery of Life's Hidden Gifts -- book review
While on a modeling assignment, she met Simon Atlee, the photographer who was to work with her that day.
Simon got Petra off laxatives, and she was the reason he quit smoking.
Just as Simon and Petra worked together to raise funds for amFAR, their love will help others again: all the proceeds of this book go to a tsunami relief fund.
www.curledup.com /lovpetra.htm   (587 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Among those missing is an English fashion photographer, Simon Atlee, 33, who was on holiday with his supermodel girlfriend, Petra Nemcova, 25, on the Thai resort of Khao Lak.
Rescuers found her at sunset and she was airlifted to an inland hospital, where doctors found she had a broken pelvis and serious internal injuries.
A pensioner described how her daughter-in-law was swept to her death after popping into a supermarket to buy sun cream while holidaying on the popular Thai island of Phuket.
www.telegraphindia.com /1041229/asp/nation/story_4187655.asp   (518 words)

  
 the futon critic - the web's best primetime television resource
And she relates the powerful story of how she managed to survive - despite enduring the unbearable pain of crushed bones, baking in the merciless sun and nearly drowning -- both through her own sheer will and the courageous efforts of others.
Nemcova says she marvels at how this calamity brought out the best in people, heroes willing to risk their lives to help others when all else was lost.
Nemcova speaks at length about Atlee, a man she says loved life and making others laugh - and who was the ultimate romantic.
www.thefutoncritic.com /listings.aspx?id=20050307abc01   (474 words)

  
 Petra Pens Tsunami Horror   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
One person who was there that dreadful day was world famous supermodel Petra - who had been vacationing with the man she was happily engaged to, Simon Atlee.
The model recounts the horrific moment she realised that her fiance Simon Atlee had been killed.
Nemcova heard Atlee screaming "Petra, what`s happening?" as she desperately grappled for something to hold onto.
www.houseofhorrors.com /crypt/pages/recent_news/printer_254.shtml   (258 words)

  
 CTV.ca | Czech model injured in Asian tsunami disaster
Nemcova and British photographer Simon Atlee had been vacationing in the resort of Phuket when the waves swept over them on Sunday, said Atlee's agent, Eve Stoner.
It said she suffered a shattered hip and internal injuries.
Atlee, 33, is a well-known fashion photographer who recently shot the pictures for Nemcova's 2005 calendar.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1104248217949_94   (229 words)

  
 ABC News: Model Petra Nemcova Speaks of Tsunami Ordeal
Nemcova avoided being swept away by clinging to a palm tree for eight hours, but was left badly injured with a shattered pelvis and internal injuries.
Nemcova's boyfriend, British photographer Simon Atlee, is still missing and presumed dead.
During the highly emotional interview, the 25-year-old Nemcova explains to Sawyer how this ordeal forever changed her perspective on life and why Atlee's memory continues to inspire her.
abcnews.go.com /Primetime/Entertainment/story?id=551533   (203 words)

  
 Telegraph | News | Model clung to palm tree as boyfriend disappeared
Simon Atlee, 33, and Petra Nemcova, 25, were staying in a beachfront bungalow at the Khao Lak resort when the tsunami struck, pulling the couple out of the hut and throwing them into a sea of debris.
Miss Nemcova's family and friends have e-mailed pictures of Mr Atlee to hospitals and rescue organisations in Thailand in the hope that he will be found.
Mr Atlee's agent, Eve Stoner, said: "We are waiting for the phone to ring.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/12/29/wthai429.xml   (365 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - Supermodel Petra Relives Tsunami Nightmare - Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Arts And ...
She heard boyfriend Simon Atlee (search) scream, "Petra, Petra," before he vanished in the surging waves.
As she flailed about in the roiling sea, a second wave unleashed its fury and she found herself gulping foul, fl water and thinking she was going to drown.
She copes with the loss of Atlee by talking to him and writing to him in a special diary.
www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,149742,00.html   (1553 words)

  
 Natural Disasters: Petra Nemcova going home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Her boyfriend, British photographer Simon Atlee remains missing and is presumed dead.
Saturday Jan 8, 2005, 2:24 PM ET ech supermodel Petra Nemcova, who was seriously injured in the Asian tsunami disaster, arrived back in the Czech Republic and was immediately hospitalized in Prague, her father Oldrich Nemec told the national CTK news agency.
Her British photographer boyfriend Simon Atlee is still missing.
vikingphoenix.com /blog/ndblog/2005/01/petra-nemcova-going-home.html   (379 words)

  
 Vegas Magazine - Feature
By now the details are well-documented: She and her 33-year-old boyfriend, British photographer Simon Atlee, had been vacationing in the beachside Thai resort of Khao Lak and were packing to leave on the day after Christmas.
The force of the water ripped her clothes from her body and shattered her pelvis; the broken bones rendered her legs useless, causing her to almost drown in the rolling water, but she found the surface and sought refuge in the branches of a tree, where she was rescued eight hours later.
Nemcova knows how lucky she was: More than 200,000 people are estimated to have died in the tsunami, with Atlee originally listed as missing and presumed dead until his body was found in March.
www.vegasmagazine.com /2005/11/01/feature1.html   (576 words)

  
 Wharton Club of DC
She gripped the tree in excruciating pain under the burning tropical sun until rescuers found her at sunset and carried her to an overwhelmed local hospital on a makeshift stretcher.
About the book and the luncheon: Petra will share her stories of growing up and of launching a modeling career at age 18 in Milan, of success and fortune, despair and tragedy, but most of all, her story of her love for Simon Atlee, one that has not been extinguished by his untimely death.
Simon, who lit up the lives of everyone around him, used to tell Petra, “a day that is without laughter is a day wasted.” In LOVE ALWAYS, PETRA: A Story of Courage and the Discovery of Life’s Hidden Gifts, the author seeks to transmit this message of hope and faith to her readers.
www.whartondc.com /article.html?aid=491   (922 words)

  
 Amazon.fr : Love Always, Petra: A Story of Courage and the Discovery of Life's Hidden Gifts: Livres en anglais: Petra ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This was a far cry from her childhood, which she spent under the specter of communism in the former Czechoslovakia.But her world changed forever on December 26, 2004 when a powerful tsunami hit the resort of Khaolak, Thailand, where she was vacationing with her boyfriend, Simon Atlee.
Petra will also reflect on her struggle through a poor childhood, and how, at eighteen, this shy young woman managed to launch a modeling career in the fashion capitals of the world-a glitzy and glamorous time in her life.
But most of all, Love, Petra is the story of her love for Simon Atlee-a love that has not been extinguished by his untimely death.
www.amazon.fr /Love-Always-Petra-Courage-Discovery/dp/0446579130   (419 words)

  
 LP: MODEL'S TERROR/Victoria's Secret model...supermodel stunner managed to hang on for dear life
The supermodel stunner managed to hang on for dear life, grabbing a tree as the wall of water crashed through her bungalow and sucked her and her boyfriend, British fashion photographer Simon Atlee, out of the building.
Nemcova, 24, and Atlee were on the fifth day of a planned two-week vacation in Thailand.
A weak Nemcova told Ernest that she and Atlee were inside the waterfront bungalow when the tsunami hit.
www.libertypost.org /cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=79638   (1760 words)

  
 Excerpt from 'Love Always, Petra' by Petra Nemcova model, generosity, Thailand, strangers, Buddha -- Beliefnet.com
On December 26, 2004, model Petra Nemcova was on a dream vacation with her boyfriend, photographer Simon Atlee, when a devastating tsunami hit, separating the two.
I told him what had happened to Simon and me and that I was worried but certain that Simon was okay.
After we talked for a while, he reached down and took off a chain from around his neck; on it was a small figure of the Buddha.
www.beliefnet.com /story/183/story_18370_1.html   (575 words)

  
 Simon Atlee - Anna Sinkovska Fashion Forum
Thank you simon for leaving us such a beautiful pictures and god blesse your sole.
There's a tribute to Simon Atlee posted on the site of his management agency, Pearce Stoner Associates.
The loss of Simon to his family, friends, colleagues, and all who knew him is a huge loss, we cannot comprehend life without him.
www.annasinkovska.com /fashion-forum/index.php?showtopic=83   (421 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Love Always, Petra: Books: Petra Nemcova,Jane Scovell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
As he was swept away by the fierce waves, Petra managed to cling to a tree for nearly eight hours, even as her pelvis was shattered by the oceans ferocious power and her legs lost all feeling.
But most of all, Love, Petra is the story of her love for Simon Atleea love that has not been extinguished by his untimely death.
It's horrible the pain she describes she was in due to all the broken bones and cuts.
www.amazon.com /Love-Always-Petra-Nemcova/dp/0446579130   (1848 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Petra Nemcova toiled to be a thin model (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
She has appeared in magazines including Vogue and Marie Claire, and has modeled for Victoria's Secret.
She was vacationing in Thailand with her boyfriend Simon Atlee in December 2004 when waves from a deadly tsunami swept through their beach hut.
Atlee, a 33-year-old British fashion photographer, was killed.
www.usatoday.com.cob-web.org:8888 /life/people/2006-09-20-nemcova-thin_x.htm   (288 words)

  
 A second chance for her, but not for her boyfriend - Deccan Herald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Nemcova, a former swimsuit model, and Simon Atlee, a 33-year-old British fashion photographer, were vacationing at the resort of Phuket in Thailand when the waves swept through their beach hut on December 26.
Nemcova was pulled away from Atlee and eventually clung to a palm tree for nearly eight hours before being rescued.
While clinging to the palm tree, Nemcova said, "the hardest thing is just, you know, not knowing if Simon's still somewhere.
www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/mar102005/f5.asp   (464 words)

  
 Biography for Petra Nemcova   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Her boyfriend, photographer Simon Atlee, has been killed by the waves.
(2004) (December 27) Recovering in a hospital near Phuket, Thailand from injuries suffered when a tsunami plowed into the resort where she was vacationing with her boyfriend, fashion photographer Simon Atlee.
Atlee was still missing as of December 28.
imdb.com /name/nm1023092/bio   (203 words)

  
 Missing UK Photographer ID'd in Thailand (phillyBurbs.com) | Europe
A spokeswoman for the Foreign Office confirmed that the body of Simon Atlee, 33, had been found and was identified on March 3.
She said his family were aware and British officials were working on having the body repatriated.
Atlee and Nemcova, 25, were vacationing in the resort of Phuket when the waves swept through their beach hut.
www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/89-03082005-460046.html   (243 words)

  
 People in the News: Tsunami survivor tale has a sad ending
Petra!" from her boyfriend, Simon Atlee, as he was swept away in the tsunami waves.
Nemcova's revelations in the Sawyer interview were apparently recorded before last Friday's final identification of the remains of the 33-year-old fashion photog from Britain.
Nemcova tells Sawyer how she and Atlee were swept out of the Thailand beach bungalow through a broken window when the initial tsunami hit.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /people/215017_people09.html   (541 words)

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