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flag Supermodel Petra Nemcova marked the 20th anniversary of the 2004 tsunami, recalling her survival and charity work.

flag Supermodel Petra Nemcova, who survived the 2004 South-East Asian tsunami while vacationing in Thailand, spoke about her harrowing experience on the 20th anniversary. flag The tsunami, triggered by a 9.5-magnitude earthquake off Indonesia, left nearly 230,000 dead. flag Nemcova clung to a palm tree for eight hours; her boyfriend was swept away and not found for three months. flag She founded the Happy Hearts Fund in 2005 to rebuild schools after natural disasters, which later expanded into All Hands and Hearts.

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